Where does Steam put game saves under Linux?

[test]

Especially if the game saves are on another drive.

[Phantom]

<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/{game's app ID}/pfx

A game's app ID can be found via its store page by inspecting the URL.

However, for every individual game on Steam, you can simply just check the PCgaming wiki.

In the wiki, save-game locations for any Operating System is listed there.

https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home

Search --> Enter the game's name --> Scroll down to Game data / game save location.

[test]

A game's app ID can be found via its store page by inspecting the URL.

Not sure what you are saying there or even if it's related to where the saves are. I assume since it's a reply that it's related but that's the only way I can make any kind of sense of what you said.

Where that site says my game save is, it's not there.

Surely there is something that will take me to a games save somewhere in the games properties? I can use it to get to the games general files but I don't see anything that takes me to it's saves.

[Teotwawki]

Probably in .local/share somewhere mainly, but it really depends on the game.

For example Civ V uses

~/.local/share/Aspyr/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves/

and Waking Mars uses

~/.local/share/WakingMars/SaveData/

But, Mount & Blade Warband uses:

~/.mbwarband/SaveGames/

Probably Robin3sk was pointing to a likely location for Proton-based saves. The appID can at least be searched in the filesystem, and might help narrow it down.

[CrispyElectron80]

On my Debian installation, this is where I found my save data. You're gonna want to go to the game's details page to grab its application ID, but that's easy enough to find. This is for games that have to be emulated via Wine / Proton, such as Assassin's Creed.

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To find the game ID

1. Select the game you want to find the data for in your library.
2. Click the gear (settings) icon below the game image on the right.
3. Select Updates from the list on the left.
4. Look for the App ID line.

Everything after the "drive_c" path is laid out exactly the way it is in native Windows, with the drive_c directory corresponding to the root directory of the C:\ drive.

Path:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/<Game App ID>/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data

If that directory doesn't exist for some reason, try searching for the game app ID in your favourite file manager / browser, or however you search for files in your distro.

[Wayne]

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