Save Data and Backup for games that don't support Steam Cloud

[Mystical Spork]

Are there any good recommendations for any good programs or software to use to backup my saves for games that are unsupported for Steam Cloud like some older PC games as well as non-Steam games?

[SillyWalk]

Ludusavi[github.com], no doubt.

It has Windows and Linux versions, is available on the Discover app (the Steam Deck's app to download programs), works with native and Proton files, has solutions for cloud integration and, best of all, the info about the saves is automatically taken from the PCGamingWiki website, so the games it supports will only keep growing and doesn't depend on the developer of the app updating them manually whenever.

I myself have edited the PCGamingWiki pages of a few small indie games that weren't recognized by Ludusavi and they started working the very next day, not only for me, but for everyone using the app who has those games.

It also allows you to create redirections when creating and restoring backups, so if, for example, you reinstalled Windows and changed your username, you can tell it to replace the old name in the path with the new one when restoring a backup, so the original backup of "C:\Users\old_name\game\save.txt" will be restored to "C:\Users\new_name\game\save.txt" instead. I don't know how easy is to use that to sync the files between Windows native and Deck's Proton games though.

[Mahjik]

There is a Decky Loader plugin that you can check out:

https://github.com/GedasFX/decky-cloud-save

[Mystical Spork]

I should explain, I'm trying to reimage my Deck because I have a memory leak of sorts happening which I can't figure out where it's coming from, but I'm also trying to backup some programs, non-Steam games, screenshots, etc.

What should I use to transfer them elsewhere when I reimage my Deck since they won't be saved on it once everything is refreshed?

[SillyWalk]

I remember people suggesting mostly Warpinator and Syncthing for moving/syncing files, but I haven't tried them. I use the Deck almost exclusively to play games with Steam Cloud, and the few things besides that are inside my user's home folder, so if I have to RMA/reimage again (I have done both), I will just copy my home folder into the sd card and then copy it back to the Deck.

[Mahjik]

Originally posted by Mystical Spork:

I should explain, I'm trying to reimage my Deck because I have a memory leak of sorts happening which I can't figure out where it's coming from, but I'm also trying to backup some programs, non-Steam games, screenshots, etc.

What should I use to transfer them elsewhere when I reimage my Deck since they won't be saved on it once everything is refreshed?

If you have a desktop, you can use this plugin to copy files to your desktop via USB:

https://github.com/dafta/DeckMTP

[Yazite]

Is it possible to backup save files onto a micro sd? If so how?