Steam Cloud Saves Out of Sync?

[Demerzel]

I am playing having a blast playing Starfield on my desktop computer and my laptop on the go, and I have noticed that, despite Steam claiming the Cloud saves are In Sync, whatever device I'm moving to (Desktop to Laptop or vice-versa) my last few saves will be missing.

I've tried testing this by advancing a quest line, or landing at a random planet then making a Save, and the other device will sometimes download a few autosaves, or one of the prior Manual saves, but it will never quite be fully sync'd up with my latest saves.

Has anyone noticed, this, or have any insight on how to get Cloud saves working properly in Starfield?

I've played many many many other cloudsave-enabled Steam games back and forth between my laptop and desktop and have not run into this before.

[crustaceomutoid]

Same issue.

Main on desktop. Also play on Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally. Have over 100 hours in Starfield and saves on handheld devices are there for only about first 40 hours ish. Tried the following on both devices:

Validate game files in properties
Repair Steam Library Folder in settings
Uninstall Starfield / Reinstall game from file transfer over network and again from new download
Restart Steam
Restart Device
Sign out of Steam / Sign back in to Steam on all devices
Clear Steam Cache on devices
Play Starfield via streaming from desktop, save game, quite to title screen, quite game, then start game from local install on device
Open game properties and toggle cloud sync off/on for all devices

None of the above have worked for me and honestly should have. There is something really wrong with Steam and Starfield game saves. I expect it will only be fixed in a patch.

All other games installed on Steam Deck and on the Ally sync just fine.

Only Starfield is having this issue.

[jacob.kart]

Same. Steam deck has saves for the first couple days I played but there doesn’t seem to be a way to force it to sync with newer saves from my desktop. So no steam deck Starfield until something changes here

[TrickyTheGamer]

ATTENTION!!!!! THIS IS A FIX READ THIS!

If your saves are NOT syncing to the cloud it is due to the cloud being low on space, simply go to your game with the most recent save and delete ALL of the older saves but keep a couple of the most recent ones. Exit the game and open up steam and the cloud SHOULD upload the saves to the cloud and will be available on other hardware. For ex: I was having this problem with my PC and my steam deck. My PC saves were NOT uploading to the cloud so they wouldn’t show up on my steam deck. So I got on my PC, loaded the most recent save and deleted the rest of the saves. I had over 100 saves since I started the game. Once I deleted them all but a Hard save, a quick save, and an exit save I opened steam and it uploaded the saves to the cloud. I then closed steam on my PC and opened it on my steam deck and it downloaded my cloud saves which fixed it.

[TrickyTheGamer]

Originally posted by jacob.kart:

Same. Steam deck has saves for the first couple days I played but there doesn’t seem to be a way to force it to sync with newer saves from my desktop. So no steam deck Starfield until something changes here

READ MY HOW TO FIX COMMENT

[TrickyTheGamer]

Originally posted by crustaceomutoid:

Same issue.

Main on desktop. Also play on Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally. Have over 100 hours in Starfield and saves on handheld devices are there for only about first 40 hours ish. Tried the following on both devices:

Validate game files in properties
Repair Steam Library Folder in settings
Uninstall Starfield / Reinstall game from file transfer over network and again from new download
Restart Steam
Restart Device
Sign out of Steam / Sign back in to Steam on all devices
Clear Steam Cache on devices
Play Starfield via streaming from desktop, save game, quite to title screen, quite game, then start game from local install on device
Open game properties and toggle cloud sync off/on for all devices

None of the above have worked for me and honestly should have. There is something really wrong with Steam and Starfield game saves. I expect it will only be fixed in a patch.

All other games installed on Steam Deck and on the Ally sync just fine.

Only Starfield is having this issue.

I FOUND A FIX I HAD THE SAME ISSUE. LOOK FOR MY COMMENT ON HOW TO FIX IT. SUCH A EASY FIX.

[TrickyTheGamer]

Originally posted by jacob.kart:

Same. Steam deck has saves for the first couple days I played but there doesn’t seem to be a way to force it to sync with newer saves from my desktop. So no steam deck Starfield until something changes here

I FOUND A FIX! FIND MY COMMENT ON HOW TO FIX THIS. ITS SUCH AN EASY FIX. I HAD THE SAME ISSUES.

[smr1957]

The fix is not to use Cloud saves - they are a constant source of issues, as they are limited in number and will be replaced by newer saves - regardless of the game. Using them is just asking for trouble - and it's been seen extremely often that people have lost their saves due to the way cloud saves work.

In addition, the best option is to use manual saves, and save often - as auto saves are limited in number and individuals may find that if they are relying solely on auto saves, in case of an error where they may need to roll back, the auto saves often do not go back far enough.

[Fly1ngSquid]

I figured it out.

>>>Just delete some saves in-game and it should re-sync correctly across your devices.<<<

Been pulling hairs out for days trying to figure this out, and it was seriously that simple.
Hope it helps another spacefarer out.

[❗️❗️ Annex ❗️❗]

Disable steam save sync for this game, ive had it mess up and lose 30 minutes, ive heard others lose hours

[ZombieHunter]

Steam cloud seems to always bug out on this game at exit.

[TheMovieHero]

Originally posted by trickysavage:

ATTENTION!!!!! THIS IS A FIX READ THIS!

If your saves are NOT syncing to the cloud it is due to the cloud being low on space, simply go to your game with the most recent save and delete ALL of the older saves but keep a couple of the most recent ones. Exit the game and open up steam and the cloud SHOULD upload the saves to the cloud and will be available on other hardware. For ex: I was having this problem with my PC and my steam deck. My PC saves were NOT uploading to the cloud so they wouldn’t show up on my steam deck. So I got on my PC, loaded the most recent save and deleted the rest of the saves. I had over 100 saves since I started the game. Once I deleted them all but a Hard save, a quick save, and an exit save I opened steam and it uploaded the saves to the cloud. I then closed steam on my PC and opened it on my steam deck and it downloaded my cloud saves which fixed it.

This did fix it for me, but one extra step, I had to open the game and and make a new save, and then it finally uploaded the saves.

[MrCBlower]

Steam cloud sucks and janks out with many games, turn it off and back up your saves yourself, don't rely on that.

[TrickyTheGamer]

Originally posted by Fly1ngSquid:

I figured it out.

>>>Just delete some saves in-game and it should re-sync correctly across your devices.<<<

Been pulling hairs out for days trying to figure this out, and it was seriously that simple.
Hope it helps another spacefarer out.

Bro I literally said that like 2 days before you posted this…lol

[Batslav]

Same here, every time i exit i get the error. So far no problems with the save itself since i play only on one PC.

[Chaz006]

Originally posted by trickysavage:

ATTENTION!!!!! THIS IS A FIX READ THIS!

If your saves are NOT syncing to the cloud it is due to the cloud being low on space, simply go to your game with the most recent save and delete ALL of the older saves but keep a couple of the most recent ones. Exit the game and open up steam and the cloud SHOULD upload the saves to the cloud and will be available on other hardware. For ex: I was having this problem with my PC and my steam deck. My PC saves were NOT uploading to the cloud so they wouldn’t show up on my steam deck. So I got on my PC, loaded the most recent save and deleted the rest of the saves. I had over 100 saves since I started the game. Once I deleted them all but a Hard save, a quick save, and an exit save I opened steam and it uploaded the saves to the cloud. I then closed steam on my PC and opened it on my steam deck and it downloaded my cloud saves which fixed it.

Just came here to say this fixed it for me as well going back and forth between my desktop and laptop.. Hoping others with the same issue see your post. Nicely done.