Here's how to restore lost saved file

[mkinjubhy]

My notoriously unreliable power company just blinked four times while I was playing, and my saved file disappeared. The .dat and .info files were still in the right folder
(C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Lazy Bear Games\Graveyard Keeper) as 1.dat and 1.info (as well as two backup files).

Copy them to another folder, and delete the originals.
Create a new game, play long enough to save (after the bishop sends you to turn in your first Burial Certificate), save and exit.
Copy your original 1.dat file over the new 1.dat, load the game
The load screen will probably show stats for the brand new game, load it anyway

When I did this, it was my real/original saved game. Once I was able to sleep again it overwrote the .info file, and now the stats appear correct on the load screen too. Hope this helps someone else!

[The Void [UG]]

Wish I had checked for this earlier.. Lost 16 hours of progress :((

[MissEngineer]

Thank you so much. Retrieved my saved data!

[Ironclad]

Dude, thank you so much! I had this problem with my old file, and I had about 80 hours of progress in it... you're a life saver. Thank you so much!

[Rafapim]

Thank you! I thought I lost 60 hours, I bought the DLC yesterday and my screen went blue after closing the game, and today the file was corrupted. I did what you said and at first it didn't work, then I opened the 1.dat and saw it was blank, the one from steam cloud save was also blank. Luckly my 1.dat.backup.1 wasn't, I tried again with this one and it worked! didn't lost 1 minute.

[VingyX]

Hello everyone, i followed these steps however, i couldn't solve the problem. Nevertheless, i was looking for more info and could solve it, the problem was that my corrupted file was the 1.info file, so here is the procces that i made.

1) i entered the file: (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Lazy Bear Games\Graveyard Keeper)

2) Moved 1.dat, 1.dat.backup.1, 1.dat.backup.2, and this is what i did different: i deleted 1.info
3) i rename the "1.dat.backup.1" file into "1.dat"
4) Then, from Lazy Bear Games backups i dowload a new 1.info. You can download this file here: http://lazybeargames.com/files/1.info
5) I replaced that 1.info file into the (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Lazy Bear Games\Graveyard Keeper)
6) And that's it, when you enter the game you will see a different number of skulls and last play date, however, you will continue with your latest backup.

Hope this process works with you and keep enjoying the game.

[GHost_74]

I lost ~80 hours of gameplay :)

[Misudinger]

Oh my god you're a hero. Thank you so much!

[magpie]

Anyone have any idea where to go looking on Mac? Just lost a lot of data. :(

[Mx_Rose]

I tried everything here after losing 100~ hours of game and the best I got was the game to show there was a saved file with the progress of where I was a week ago and still loading it like a new game. I'm beyond upset, I was so close to the late game gold threshold I could taste it, and its just gone now.

[felixfelicis88]

WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO DO THIS?! this should be done by the game developers, obviously something went wrong, and its time for them to fix this, I have lost over 228 hours of my time, playing this game... not to mention the money I paid for it. there is no 1.info there is only info.plist
there is no file: (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Lazy Bear Games\Graveyard Keeper)
I can only acess this from the online games library and then hit the settings button beside the game or on the settings icon on right hand side of the game.....so frustrated, mac hell!
when the graveyard keeper info comes up after I click the ' manage' option, I am sent back to the finder on my mac, with graveyard keeper, and I see a folder named FRAMEWORK, under that and a few non helpful files : libcrypto.dyib and mono bleeding folder with mono embeded runtime folder then osx folder two other files that I wont name coz they are too obscure, and then gamedata_2.dat and game dat_3.dat
info.plist and nothing else. they both date November 1st and nov 21st 2020.
so not on windows, on mac...if there is any other solutions then please, please let me know. I bought this game for me and my partner, and we are both confused as to what to do. I tried to start a fresh game, but there no new data stored in local files with todays date on it. so I chose to back up the data, from the options in the library, that at least has todays date on it...failing this I will have to uninstall everything, and try to start over....

[magpie]

Originally posted by felixfelicis88:

WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO DO THIS?!

Agree that this seems like a patchable issue that the devs should have dealt with by now; but then again, I'm not a game dev, so I have no idea how patching it would work or what the long-term solution would be.

Originally posted by felixfelicis88:

...after I click the ' manage' option, I am sent back to the finder on my mac, with graveyard keeper, and I see a folder named FRAMEWORK, under that and a few non helpful files : libcrypto.dyib and mono bleeding folder with mono embeded runtime folder then osx folder two other files that I wont name coz they are too obscure, and then gamedata_2.dat and game dat_3.dat
info.plist and nothing else. they both date November 1st and nov 21st 2020.
so not on windows, on mac...if there is any other solutions then please, please let me know.

So I'm a little hazy on whether you're trying to play GK on Windows and/or on Mac, or if you're trying to run GK on Mac but through Windows on a partitioned or external hard drive using bootcamp, but it sounds like at the very least you're having this issue on your Mac. I was finally able to figure it out for myself (I'm on Mac), though it took some digging. I'll see if I can help by taking you through the steps I took.

I'm running macOS High Sierra v. 10.13.6. I don't know if the organization of files is completely, radically changed in the latest version of macOS or what, but from here, there's no C:\\. So the steps that others have listed above don't necessarily work for us--or at least for me; again, I cannot navigate to "C:\Users\USERNAME..." because that's a Windows OS address, and I'm not running Windows.

As you might be familiar with as a Mac user, users don't have access to all the files quite as conveniently as some Windows users might have. There's a Library, but then there's a hidden Library, and it's in this hidden Library that the majority of game files, etc., are located.

When I went to the game's page through my games library on Steam and clicked the gear icon in the right-hand section (across from the play button) and navigated to Manage and then “Browse local files," it took me to the interior of a folder called Graveyard Keeper, and in it was “1.dat” and “1.copy” along with a launch file for the game. The address for this, as it might be for you, is (without the period on the end) ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Graveyard Keeper. And you must include the tilde before the forward slash at the beginning so that way you can access the hidden folder.

(Please note that I’m trying to be thorough in my explanation not in attempt to talk down to you but because others who might come across this thread may need further explanation; so if you already know a lot of this, please disregard and know that I mean no offense.)

So, we have the local files that Steam points us to when we go to Manage->Browse local files. But what I discovered was that there are two locations for GK data.

For me, this was located not under the Steam folder but under “Lazy Bear Games.” Or, ~/Library/Application Support/Lazy Bear Games/Graveyard Keeper. Here, I saw a few different files but some that looked the same. I found “1.dat”, “1.dat.backup.1”, “1.dat.backup.2”, and “1.info”, along with “steam_autocloud.vdf” and a Unity folder which has a “local.” prefix followed by a string of letters and numbers. It was in this "Graveyard Keeper" folder that I found the 1.dat and 1.info files that corresponded to my old save. This was confusing to me because the files that were under the first location—the one that Steam pointed me to—ALSO appeared to be the files associated with my old save. But nothing was coming up when I’d run the game. It wasn't until I started a new game that I found the disparity: The new save files would save to the folder under "Steam," but the old save files remained in the other folder.

Here’s what you need to do. Or, at least, what worked for me.

1. Make a new folder on your desktop called “GK files” or whatever you want.
   
2. Copy the files in the second location (the one under “Lazy Bear Games”) to the new folder. The copies should look like “1 copy.dat” and “1.info copy”. There’s no need to rename them, and, frankly, it’s easier if you don’t. (These two options are not entirely required but they made me feel better.)
   
3. Run GK and start a new game.
   
4. Play until you’re able to sleep and consequently first able to save the game. This is after the Bishop is like “here, go to town.”
   
5. Save the game and exit.
   
6. Check the local files (via Steam’s link or going to the address manually). Confirm that they are now associated with the new save.
   
7. Navigate to the desktop folder you made, copy those files—no need to rename them yet—and then paste them into the folder that has the files related to the new save game.
   
8. Now, delete the 1.dat and 1.info files associated with the new save.
   
9. Rename the old dat “copy” file and the old info “copy” file so they read “1.dat” and “1.info”, respectively.
   
10. Try running GK to see if your old save shows up.

I really hope that helps you, ‘cause that’s what worked for me!

[felixfelicis88]

AH HA! Thank you for the instructions and dont worry, I was not offended at all. I have been onto other friends and they have scratched their heads, not knowing where to start. I will try your work around as soon as I am able and will update you asap.
sorry my reply was so late, I have been rather busy today. But, gaming hat is on, so I will see. fingers crossed!

[felixfelicis88]

So here is what I found, unity folder has just the logo in it. There appears to have no other files in there. I followed your instructions as far as steam, and got no where, which isnt your fault.
heres what I found:
contents: (click to display it on new tab to investigate more...)
folder: code signature - contained - text file named - 'code resources' and another called 'code resources' txt file.
folder : frameworks - contents- Breakpad.framework a (and another) crash handler - which is listed as a dynamic library. and another property list called Info.plist.
then another folder called MacOS, which has a folder that says, public, then a file unix executable file which has been named steam_osx then another alias txt file with steam.sh
under that there s a pkginfo text page. Then the final folder: resorces and inside that public folder, which has a steam icon inside....which only has language txt info inside...

nothing else, so no other file with 1.dat and no 1.copy file and certainly no 1.dat.backup1 or any 1.dat backup.2 file anywhere...which leads me to believe that steam has done something on their update, and it has wiped my game out completely....I am glad I still have the game, but it will take me a while to get to where I was again...
Thanks for your help, but I dont think it will help me somehow and I know that there is at least one other user on another similar thread that can see what I see when they navigate the library store or even on finder, the game save file is not there...which makes me nervous about other games and their saves, what will happen then?
But your help is very, very much appreciated, and I am not tech savvy in any way, just really blundering through this thing as best as I can. If only I could send you a screen pic and you will see what I mean. its like there is nothing there, apart from a skeleton set of operations...

[felixfelicis88]

also steam award system is not working for me....which is a bummer, but not much of one.

[felixfelicis88]

lerouxiner - I have found another possible solution to pass on to those who may be reading this thread, there is another way to find all the game saves in the cloud on steam by using this link : https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorage 
it allows you to look at games that have been saved in your account, so the 1.info and the 1.dat files should be in there if you cant find them anywhere else on your computer.