Where are the save files hidden in steam version

[gillia69]

every one say it si here but steam seem to have hidden it somewhere deep
C:\Users\XXXX\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\dishonored2\base\savegame But it is not and it is not in my documents. In fact It is not in any folder or sub sub folder of C:\Users\XXXX\ did a search forof Arkane Studioes and came up blank on my computer.

[gel]

For me they *appear* to be in:

C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Dishonored2\base\savegame

[Semipalmated Plover]

"XXXX" or "<username>" means your windows login name. Just in case that's not clear.

And yes, they're in C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Dishonored2\base\savegame

[BlackQueen]

This saved games folder dont exist

[cheshirm]

that is where they are located on my win 11 desktop.

these also say that is where the save folder is:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dishonored_2
https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/5fdmk0/where_are_dishonored_2s_save_files_located/

not using windows?
are save files showing up in game?
have never saved?

[Death Approaches]

even if he's (and the OP) are not using windows, like a deck or linux or osx, it'd still be the same only under the AppID of D2...

(whatever path to your steam library volume where this game is)/steamapps/compatdata/403640/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/Arkane Studios/Dishonored2/base/savegame

it's not possible it doesn't exist, the game cannot keep track of stats like kills and when a black market should restock. It's them, either trolling to annoy, "but I swear it's not there!" (giggle) or just so non-technical they can't figure it out...

[RayTcharlze | #FreeTheWorkshop!]

For everyone not finding it, and for the aggressive edgelords like the guy above, this "Saved Games" folder DOES exist, but might NOT SHOW as such in your user folder, depending on your language.

WHY ?
Microsoft has this very annoying habit of wanting to "oversimplify" everything instead of letting users learn, and that include the default name of special folders being replaced —VISUALLY only— by what Microsoft deemed to be a good translation.
Open a french Windows C:\ drive, and try to find "Users"... good luck. It's "Utilisateurs". All right, it's the correct translation, but the actual folder "c:\Utilisateurs" does not exist on the disk (check the drive on Linux, you'll see), BUT the address bar WILL take that as a valid input, and put you in what is actually "C:\Users", while displaying "C:\Utilisateurs".
And you're prevented to learn or discover it, since if you enter "C:\Users" in the address bar, it ALSO put you in that Users folder displaying it as "C:\Utilisateurs". This means that unless you already know the actual original name, you cannot naturally find this name by simply reaching the folder. In those cases, you need to look at the properties of something INSIDE a special folder (here, let's say the "JohnSmith" user folder) to see the actual directory tree ("C:\Users\JohnSmith").

Back to the "Saved Games" folder :
Either you get into your user folder, click on the address bar and complete it with "\saved games", or you have to find what terrible translation Microsoft did in your language.
To help you, the Icon for thisspecial folder is "a white chess pawn in front of a puzzle piece on your left and a card game's spade on the right".

In french, it is called "Parties enregistrées", which would usually translate to "recorded parts".
If they wanted to convey the "saved" and the "games", it should have been "Parties de jeu sauvegardées", or more colloquially "Sauvegardes de jeux"

[chakkman]

I have no idea what you're ranting about. Of course, the name of the folder will be different, depending on your Windows language, but, Dishonored 2's saved games will always be in that folder, as has been pointed out in the very first reply to this thread.

[RayTcharlze | #FreeTheWorkshop!]

Originally posted by chakkman:

I have no idea what you're ranting about. Of course, the name of the folder will be different, depending on your Windows language, but, Dishonored 2's saved games will always be in that folder, as has been pointed out in the very first reply to this thread.

Seems like reading comprehension isn't everyone's forte.
I'll try to make it simple enough for you to understand :
This folder path has 2 variables :
- the user name, which people usually know and understand the concept quite well.
- the translation of that "Saved Games" folder, which depend on the system language for the VISIBLE, READABLE part of the user's everyday use of the file explorer.

Most people have no problem locating their user folder,
the problem comes when you tell someone to look for a subfolder named "Saved Games", they have the subfolders ordered by alphabetical order, they look at "S", and they CANNOT find it.
Because, somehow, in their language, which can be ANY of the 111 different languages supported by Windows 10, that folder CAN have another name that is not exactly EXPLICIT (see my previous post).
But again, the point is, this language-dependent displayed name for that folder is ONLY THAT : A DISPLAY NAME.

So, do you now understand why people answering that they cannot find this folder should be INFORMED about WHY they cannot find it, instead of :

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

It's them, (...) trolling to annoy

Also, this post is like the 1st one that pops up where you google-fu this problem, It seems like the perfect place to leave valuable infos for whoever else has this specific problem in the future, just like I was having for a few minutes before remembering the similarities with a problem I had a few years ago with another of those special folders that Microsoft calls "Known Folders".

And at no point was there any mention of that "Saved Games" folder having any other possible name in this thread.

[Emma]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.