Game Saves from Remote Storage

[djdavis1420]

The ability for users to download cloud save files from `/account/remotestorage` is such a wonderful feature of Steam.

I recently built a new machine and all the games for which I cared to maintain saves had Steam Cloud enabled. Additionally, I completely switched operating systems (Windows to Linux noob thanks to the great experience with Proton on Steam Deck), so I figured Steam Cloud could manage restoring the saves for me for the games I might reinstall.

However, there are many games that provide bonuses if there are cleared game saves from previous entries in a series. Most recently, I believe, would be Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but it's not an uncommon thing. Another example is Trails of Cold Steel IV which provides bonuses if you have clear data for the previous three games.

I completed Final Fantasy VII Remake, as well as two of the first three Trails of Cold Steel games, on my Windows machine, and the new Linux machine never had those games installed, so I figured I'd grab the saves from Remote Storage.

Unfortunately, there is no way to download all saves in one download. If you don't know which file is your cleared game save, you need to download each save file individually. It would be a nice extension of this feature if, on the page for a given game, at the top of the list of files, you could "Download All Files" to get a ZIP file of all files for that game.

Furthermore, the current files that are downloaded are named using the entire path of the save, meaning you need to go to each file and remove everything in the file name that is unrelated to what the game is actually expecting the files to be called.

Making this a simpler experience could potentially lead to more users using this feature (especially if Valve provides a tutorial) instead of re-downloading a game that is 100+ GB just to get game saves for a bonus.

Apologies in advance if this has already been suggested, but I did search and didn't find anything in the first few pages of results.