Where is my game data saved?

[kiri720224]

I installed this game in C drive. Where is my game data saved? I want to backup my old games. And is it possible playing slime rancher with the computer in the internet cafe(PC Bang) and my own desktop both? Because the monitor is better than mine. I want to play slime rancher in the big screen when I go to the internet cafe.

[faroot]

If you look at the store page in the right hand column, it says it uses cloud save, so the game save data is on a steam server backed up by steam, not in your C drive. This is more common than not for steam games in recent years, and most people consider this a big positive.

It is possible to play any of your steam games on any PC that has steam installed and you logged in to steam and has the game downloaded.

In theory that means you can play this (or anything else) in the internet cafe, except that the cafe may or may not allow you to download steam and then a game like Slime Rancher; that's up to the cafe and their policies.

If you manage to get Steam and Slime Rancher installed on a cafe PC, then the cloud save mentioned above will allow you to continue playing where you left off, without needing to screw around with save files.

If the cafe allows you to, it would probably be best to download and install Steam and Slime Rancher into a USB drive from your home pc, and then just run Steam and Slime Rancher off of that USB drive in the internet cafe, so that you don't need to re-download them at the cafe.

Steam allows you to put games on any drive you want, so theoretically that should work, although I haven't tried it with thumb drives in particular.

It would be better if the cafe allows you to download and install steam on their PCs without having *it* on the thumb drive (just Slime Rancher), so that you don't have to screw around with switching Steam between C and the thumb drive and back again on your home PC; that would be tedious.

So it's technically possible, but your main problem would be with what the internet cafe allows versus what they do not allow. Ask them.

Googling will allow you to find step-by-step directions for installing Steam on drives other than C, and/or moving or copying your games from C to another drive, if it turns out you need to know that.

I'm not really sure you want your steam user name and installation on a public PC, though. That's kind of a major security problem for you, unless you actually install and uninstall steam every time.

P.S. I just tried, and if it helps, it seems you can launch Slime Rancher directly rather than from the Steam client, by using the full path name: "<SteamInstallFolder>\steamapps/common/Slime Rancher.exe" -- but it's not clear whether that only works if steam was already installed, since it probably looks in the registry for e.g. your steam account info for the cloud save.

The more I think about it the more I think you may be unhappy with the process, even if the internet cafe allows it. Ask them and see what they say.

[faroot]

I thought of a second option, which still isn't a great solution: buy it again on gog.com, which offers only DRM-free games. That would reduce the problem to merely installing Slime Rancher itself on the internet cafe PC -- you wouldn't need to also have Steam (you also wouldn't need to have the Gog app installed, since their games are DRM-free).

Paying twice for the same game makes that kind of a bad option, but *if* the internet cafe allows you to play games from a thumb drive, it's at least a possibility for your future purchases.

If you haven't heard of Gog: it's a trustworthy site, run by the people who created the famous Witcher games. It originally specialized in offering old games (from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s) but for some years now has also offered a fair number of major *new* games, that are now available from either Steam or from Gog. Including Slime Rancher.

But the versions of games they sell are always DRM-free, and their pricing for games in currency other than the dollar is more fair than Steam, so a lot of people love Gog.com.

Sorry that I don't have an easy perfect solution for you.

[CCShad]

Windows (C:) > Users > X > AppData > LocalLow > Monomi Park > Slime Rancher
you'll find your saves in there.

[kiri720224]

faroot, thank you so much for the good advice. I didn't thought about security problem when I use the public PC. I think install steam in the internet cafe is possible. I can try the tips you told me when I go to the internet cafe. I am so relieved there are many options. I haven't heard of Gog, I should try this way. Thank you for helping me.

[kiri720224]

CCShad, thanks for your help. But my window system seems like different. I can't find the same path you told me. I have to check another folders. Thank you again.

[CCShad]

Hmm I guess it's possible it was stored somewhere else. You should still be able to find it by searching "This PC" for Slime Rancher, and the saves will be in one of the files that shows up. Good luck!

[IssuesMayExist]

its stored in: C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\LocalLow\Monomi Park\Slime Rancher

[faroot]

To clarify the other people's comments, when CCShad gave you a path name, the "X" in it was meant to represent whatever your Windows username was.

IssuesMayExist said exactly the same thing, but saying "(your username)" instead of "X". They're not disagreeing with each other.

By the way, I emphasize that we're talking about your Windows username, not your Steam username (for me, the two are different).

To be very specific, if my Windows username is "SAM", then the path is:

C:\Users\SAM\AppData\LocalLow\Monomi Park\Slime Rancher

That's true even though I have Steam itself installed on F: -- some applications like to use the standard Windows "AppData" folder system for user-specific data. It looks like about 20 app and game developers decided to use AppData\LocalLow on my system. These details often vary between apps.

I thought I was using cloud save, but even for me, they are both right, that's where my save files are. Maybe it uses both cloud save *and* local system save files on every save; I'm not sure.

[Iglu47]

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Monomi Park\Slime Rancher\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Monomi Park/Slime Rancher
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/Monomi Park/Slime Rancher

Every save slot has its own *.sav file.

source: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Slime_Rancher