Where do save games go?

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

I almost filled up my 512GB Samsung 850 (C:) and I ended up deleting almost my entire Steam library to make room. I believe all the save files are still on my C: drive though.
I ended up reformating my "backup" Seagate 500GB HDD (F:) and installing Morrowind on it, since it only takes like 30 seconds lol.
So anyways I'm almost certain that the save file for Morrowind was on my C: drive, but I started download CoD: Infinite Warfare on my F: drive, which is a complete fresh (never installed on my computer) install.
I do plan on getting rid of the Seagate in favor of a WD Black 1 or 2TB drive, so will I lose my save content on games that I fresh install to my F: drive, or will save content save to my C: drive?
Or am I completely confused and they are all actually being saved in the Steam cloud drive?

[New Life]

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I'll show you below all locations that have saved game information.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME HERE\Documents
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME HERE\Documents\My Games
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME HERE\Saved Games
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME HERE\AppData\Local
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME HERE\AppData\Roaming

Every location i listed i have saved game files in. So maybe the games you have are saved in a different location then i listed. Also sometimes the folder is named by the app number in userdata and by the maker of the game in other locations. The folder won't always have the game name it will be the dev name or the publishers name as the folder name.

This site will show you where the save game data is located at just search for the game and it will tell you where the config file is and saved game files are at.

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Category:Games

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

But will it always save in the C: drive or will it save to the same drive the game is installed on?

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Originally posted by EpIckFa1LJoN:

But will it always save in the C: drive or will it save to the same drive the game is installed on?

Always on the OS drive.

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

Ok cool thanks. I guess I'll find out for sure when I delete a game or two that never were installed on the C:drive.

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I got all my games on D:\Steam and all my save games are saved on my C:\ drive which is my OS drive and when i uninstall a game my saves stay.

[Satoru]

So you can do a 'few' things to mitigate where your saves are

1) Redirect My Documents to a separate folder on another drive. That will cover saves in "My Documents" or "My Documents/My Games"

2) Redirect the %APPDATA% folder to another drive. That covers games that save in %APPDATA%

you can do all those redirections by going into those foldres properties and donig teh redirect.

[Stonehaven]

Also,

Some games saves may actually be saved in the game folder where steam installed the game (usually Steam/steamapps/common/YourGameHere).

i think the older dooms, and I know Septerra Core is saved in the game directory like this.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Stonehaven:

Also,

Some games saves may actually be saved in the game folder where steam installed the game (usually Steam/steamapps/common/YourGameHere).

i think the older dooms, and I know Septerra Core is saved in the game directory like this.

4+ year old thread you just necro'd

[♥ Boix ♥]

C:drive

[premier69]

where in linux for windows games?

[Mercules, Sr.]

Originally posted by Stonehaven:

Also,

Some games saves may actually be saved in the game folder where steam installed the game (usually Steam/steamapps/common/YourGameHere).

Just came across this discussion and your answer. The first person to point me to where my game files are after reading more than half a dozen others. THANK YOU!

Though, I'm not seeing the saved game files. Are those buried in there and named oddly?

[Mercules, Sr.]

Originally posted by Supafly:

Originally posted by Stonehaven:

Also,

Some games saves may actually be saved in the game folder where steam installed the game (usually Steam/steamapps/common/YourGameHere).

i think the older dooms, and I know Septerra Core is saved in the game directory like this.

4+ year old thread you just necro'd

And 3 years later, still being helpful.

[lsdninja]

Originally posted by premier69:

where in linux for windows games?

In the same folders as if you were running them under Windows, Steam just creates them within the games wine prefix and those are under compatdata/<SteamID>/pfx/drive_c in the folder(s) containing your Steam library(ies).

[Katie]

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