How to Transfer SnowRunner Saves from Microsoft Store/Xbox Game Pass to Steam

If you have previously played the PC version of SnowRunner through the Microsoft Store or on Xbox Game Pass and would like to transfer your progress to Steam, this guide explains how to do that.

Locating Your WGS Save Files

Before proceeding, make sure that your vehicles are in the garage, as there have been conflicting experiences with people losing trailers, vehicles, watchtower progress, etc.

The Microsoft Store / Xbox Game Pass version of SnowRunner stores your user profile in a hidden directory. To find it, open Windows Explorer (or hit Windows Key + E) and using the top navigation bar, enter the following folder:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\FocusHomeInteractiveSA.SnowRunnerWindows10_4hny5m903y3g0\SystemAppData\wgs\000901FCAB048F93_000000000000000000000000624B3CA8

Within this folder, there will be a subfolder containing your save files:



Make a copy of this folder to a temporary location, such as your desktop. Inside there will be several files with GUID names and a file named "index.###" This file will be important for the next step.



Depending on how much progress you have made in the game, you will potentially see more or less files in this directory.

Uploading Your Container File

All of your save files are already in the right format, they just need to be renamed to something the Steam version of the game can understand. In the WGS version, the container file provides a mapping between what the name of the file on the disk is and what the game expects. There is a very handy tool that will let us examine the contents of the container file and see this mapping.

Save File Name Check for Microsoft Store / Xbox Game Pass[www.save-editor.com]

Upload your container file to this tool and click 'run'.

Renaming Your Files

IMPORTANT: Make sure you are working off a copy of your save files and not renaming the files in their original location.

The tool will generate a list of mappings with what the original filename is and a close approximation what the new file name should be. There are two different types of files and both need to be handled slightly differently.

IMPORTANT: When renaming files, it is crucial that you follow the order of files in the tool and NOT the order of files in your directory.





For files that DON'T end in an underscore, simply take the new filename and add '.cfg'. In this example, the file named...

354131990E6C442E8C854B2642F63EA5

would be renamed to...

CommonSslSave.cfg

For files that DO end in an underscore, append '01.cfg' to the filename. In this example, the file named...

D475A3DF396E457FB9599ED3CB8B5494

would be renamed to...

fog_level_ru_02_01.cfg

If you can't rename a file because one with the same name already exists, simply increment the number you append until there isn't a conflict. For example, if...

fog_level_ru_02_01.cfg

already existed, you would instead name it...

fog_level_ru_02_02.cfg

If both of those files already existed, you would name it

fog_level_ru_02_03.cfg

Repeat this process until all the files except container have been renamed.

Moving the Files to Steam

For best results, run the game at least once and spend a minute playing so that a save file can be created.

Your Steam save files are located in the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\ Steam ID \1465360

...where SteamID is unique to you.









If you wish to back up your existing Steam save, move the contents of the remote folder to someplace safe. Otherwise, delete the contents of the remote folder and copy in all the files you renamed. To avoid Steam cloud sync issues, it is recommended you delete the 'remotecache.vdf' file before starting the game again.

Afterword

That's it! After completing these steps, simply launch the game and enjoy. You can now also safely turn your cloud save sync back on - if you choose to do so, make sure to overwrite the remote save state with the new files.

In my experience, the Steam version of SnowRunner runs much better on PC than the WGS version which is apparently more optimized for consoles. On two of my computers I tried this with (i9-9900K with 2x RTX 2080Ti and Ryzen 9 5950X with an RTX 3090) my framerate was both overall higher and more consistent.

Special thanks to my friend Horvaticus for helping me test this, editing the guide for clarity, and being the Ostentatious Burrito Supreme.

[tammo]

What should I do with the files after renaming them? delete all files in the remote folder and then insert the files or overwrite the files in the remote folder? I done both and all maps except black river are not explored.

[[Kgb]Competi]

Hola, y en caso contrario como sería? Pasar datos de steam a juego del store gracias

[B21]

Or just use PROS

[StuBawlz]

No offense to you here but I did not think it could be pulled off, was 100% I would fuck it up. All seems in order, have my trucks,mission progress and watchtowers, dgaf about the rest.

Thank you so much and may fortune always come your way

F Microsoft locking this away

[TheArtilleryman]

Oh, also, the file location for the original game pass saves was slightly different - took a little bit of hunting to find mine but the link given in the guide takes you to the general area and it’s not too hard to find them after that.

[TheArtilleryman]

Just moved Snowrunner from Game Pass to Steam and this worked great, thanks! As others have said, I did need to travel to each map, then close the game and re-copy the save files, but after that it worked a charm! So glad I didn’t have to start over again! Thanks a bunch :)

[Schrödinger]

What @kenji1851 said worked for me except for the maps being undiscovered. For that, I tried what @Oceanbound said and now the maps being undiscovered promlem is solved too. Thank you so much to all of you.

[Fuzznut]

Managed to get EVERYTHING transferred over as far as I can tell thanks to this guide, @SLaXOR505's and a bit of extra tinkering.

Wrote up the full process for me on Reddit which got everything fully sorted in case its any help to anyone https://www.reddit.com/r/snowrunner/comments/12r1t30/definitive_guide_to_transfer_all_game_pass_save/

Feel free to add any of that to this guide @hobbseltoff if you like

[Gräsklippare]

Maybe someone find this helpful.

The "save file name check" website said I had some files named "sts_mudmaps_leve". Googled a bit but didn't find anything to rename them so launched the game without them. I got lots of missing trucks and every map undiscovered.

Then I winged it and named every file called "sts_mudmaps_leve" to "sts_mudmaps_level_01.cfg" "sts_mudmaps_level_02.cfg" etc. in order as the website suggests, and it worked! Everything back to normal.

[Overlord]

Edit: I followed this guide + what Kenji said. I was able to found 8 files which should also be named as whatever_XX_XX_NEW.cfg so basically I was able to get most of my maps working with the exception of these levels - Drummon island, Mountain river, Pedro Bay and Quarry. These 4 maps are "broken" watchtowers are not there and map isnt discovered. All of these 4 maps are not starting maps and there is no garage - so is it somehow related? So I was able to recover like 80 % of my savegame content from the Game pass game version. I wish it would work 100 % but I'm out of ideas :/ maybe if I would join someone in coop with map fully discovered it would help?