Savegame Files Location

You want to know this

Why You want to know this

Once you realise how large the savegame and log files are, you will want to consider whether you want to keep them or get rid of them. It is also a good idea to know the locations if you are asked for troubleshooting information.

Link to Steam Cloud Storage

https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=1669000

Local Savegame

Steam

..\Steam\userdata\YOURID\1669000\remote
(replace YOURID with your personal actual Steam ID number)

If you kept the default path for Steam during its installation, it may look like this

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\YOURID\1669000\remote

Unless your PC is being used by multiple users who also uses Steam, there will be only one YOURID folder in userdata. If you need to figure out which is yours, use this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976796532
Prepare to get dissapointed in your life.

GOG.com / Epic Games Store

..\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Storage

Subfolder Details

Empire
Contains your Pantheon

Lords/Lords
This is where your factions are saved

Profile/Settings.cfg
User specific game settings

Save
Each folder represents one game session - subfolder contain more information to identify

Worlds/Worlds
Custom Realms

Logs

..\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Logs

Global Settings

..\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Config

This is where to find PlatformSettings0.cfg

Temporary Folders

Whenever the game has issues to access your Documents or Steam folder, you might also find Age of Wonders 4 related files at these locations

%systemdrive%\users\%username%\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive

%systemdrive%\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Paradox Interactive

%systemdrive%\users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp

Mods

Steam

..:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\1669000

If you kept the default path for Steam during its installation, it may look like this

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\1669000

Otherwise it is always at the same drive where you installed the game to.

GOG.com / Epic Games Store

..\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Mods

Paradox Launcher

..:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Age of Wonders 4\launcher-se

If you kept the default path for Steam during its installation, it may look like this

..:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age of Wonders 4\launcher-se

Recommendation: Turn off Cloud Service

Right-click on the game in your Steam Library -> select Properties



Uncheck the box for the option in the centre



Unless you need the service, e.g. for playing on Steam Deck or a different PC, I recommend to turn off Steam Cloud Services for the game, as desynchronisations can lead to savegame file corruptions.

Related Guides

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2979663762
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978680677
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975516317
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977084759
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976653693

Purge Savegame Files on Steam Cloud

1. First you need to disable Steam Cloud Services for the game.

2. Delete the whole save game folder
..\Steam\userdata\YOURID\1669000\

3. Start the game -> it will start as a new game and create new files, leading to a mismatch with the cloud storage

4. Exit Steam and then delete

..\Steam\userdata\YOURID\1669000\remotecache.vdf

5. Launch Steam and enable the Steam Cloud Services again -> which will lead to the Steam Cloud Sync Conflict we aim for

6. When that Steam Cloud Sync Conflict popup appears, hold onto it without confirming anything yet!



7. Delete once more ..\Steam\userdata\YOURID\1669000\ the entire save game folder

8. And then you tell the Steam Cloud Sync Conflict pop-up to use the local files as reference -> no local files -> Steam Cloud Storage for the game becomes equally empty

At this point normally Steam would sense an error and prevent that from happening

9. That is unless you deactivate Steam Cloud Service for the game again, while still running the game (ALT+TAB)

10. and then kill the game's process via taskmanager which will further prevent Steam Cloud Services from noticing that something is wrong when you normally close the game

That way the content of the cloud will remain equally empty as the local save game folder was at the time you launched, and not synchronised with the newly created save game files after you have launched the game