steam just reset so many hours of my progress how... how do i get it back ive been looking for files for 5 hours now.

[cervesta]

So basically i was just playing ultrakill on a save that i always opened without using steam. i just clicked on the exe file right. and 5 hours ago i opened steam which, automatically gives me the cloud save i stopped using steam to run the game with. so now im stuck here with this save and all my progress is gone. how do i get my original save back?

[Freqsync]

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https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/68D2-35AB-09A9-7678
^^^^^^^This is about steam cloud^^^^^


mainly this is where saves would be


Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata
MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata
Linux: ~/.local/share/Steam/userdata


Awful. Happens to everyone. Even the ones who note it don't.

Manual save folder and files as would data backup the game itself is just proper responsibility built up to over time and experience. Most believe it is just a game so don't. if you ever want teached experience of running a server and tape backups cd/dvd/blueray external hardrive then perhaps go that route slowly and learn to write a app to auto save those folders into new folders not overtop like a security camera system would.

[cervesta]

when i check cloud saves in userdata i find an empty file called "slot1"

[cervesta]

i found the save by deleting the current one
we are so back thank you for helping

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Just to explain, if game has cloud save, the save will be uploaded whenever you close the game. If game doesn't have cloud save, or you disable cloud save, the save is local only meaning there no online backup.

Please note, if you did something in game example hit delete save, or overwrite save, just don't close game, alt + tap out of game, download your cloud save game, then replace current files, force close game don't click save, or anything just alt + f4 then can launch the game, and carry one from your cloud saves was left off at this is one of the perks of having cloud save.

Also if need to find game save location use PC gaming wiki it should have most information where game save exact location.