I'm getting a new computer. Do my game saves automatically transfer, or do I have to transfer them manually.

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darx202 Mar 6, 2014 @ 4:35pm

I'm getting a new computer. Do my game saves automatically transfer, or do I have to transfer them manually.

I know I will have to redownload the games, but I want to know if i can keep my save progress.

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Real Goblin Mar 6, 2014 @ 4:38pm

Unless you disabled the feature of "saving to cloud," you won't lose any progress.

darx202 Mar 6, 2014 @ 4:45pm

Does this work with all steam games?

Real Goblin Mar 6, 2014 @ 5:01pm

Everything that has a savegame feature lol (as in your place in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will not be save).

Laptop Mar 6, 2014 @ 5:20pm

Depends which games you're on about. If they have Steam cloud sync, then most likely.

muckymucks Mar 6, 2014 @ 5:38pm

Some games save to the cloud, some do not. I'm not sure how to tell which do or don't.

I had to replace my hard drive so I lost everything. When I redownloaded Far Cry 3 my game was saved, but when I redownloaded The Walking Dead I had to start from the beginning.

Last edited by muckymucks; Mar 6, 2014 @ 5:38pm

Saint Mar 6, 2014 @ 7:52pm

LOL LOL LOL

bvguthrie Mar 6, 2014 @ 7:56pm

To summarize what others have said: if a game uses Steam cloud, and you have not disabled it for that game, your saves will automatically transfer. If it does not use Steam cloud, you will need to manually transfer your saves. Save folders may be stored in My Documents, AppData, Steam's userdata folder, Steamapps, or occasionally somewhere else.