Where Are Bendy and the Ink Machine Save Files Located?
Where Bendy keeps its single batim.game file under Joey Drew Studios, and the deletion bug behind backups.
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Bendy stores its entire progress in one file, batim.game, at %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Joey Drew Studios\Bendy and the Ink Machine\Saves. The Joey Drew Studios folder name hides it from title searches.
A notorious bug deletes that file after long breaks, which turned backups into community doctrine. Copy the single file out after every session and the bug becomes an anecdote. The folder holds nothing else worth migrating. Dated copies sort the timeline. The bug strikes idleness hardest.
Where Bendy and the Ink Machine stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Joey Drew Studios\Bendy and the Ink Machine\Saves
One batim.game file per Saves folder; no slots, no profiles. Paste the path into Explorer. Steam Cloud mirrors it inconsistently, so dated manual copies are the real safety net.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up bendy saves
Copy %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Joey Drew Studios\Bendy and the Ink Machine\Saves to the same path with the game closed. The folder holds one file, batim.game. Keep dated copies elsewhere; the game tolerates exactly one live file.
why did my bendy save disappear
A long standing bug deletes the save after long absences, which is why the community preaches backups. Restore by dropping a saved batim.game back into Saves and relaunching. Cloud sync has not reliably prevented it, so manual copies rule.
can i keep multiple bendy saves
No. The Saves folder tolerates exactly one batim.game, so extras need swapping with the game closed. Rename spares outside the folder and rotate them in. Each chapter checkpoint overwrites the same file.
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