Where Are Cairn Save Files Located?
Cairn keeps climbing saves in a TheGameBakers folder under Saved Games, with a Local AppData variant reported by some guides.
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Cairn's own support team points at Saved Games: a TheGameBakers folder with Cairn_RETAIL inside and SAVEGAMES per mode (STORY) beneath. That dev-stated path beats third-party guesses.
Some guides instead report a Local/Cairn tree, likely version-dependent. Check the official path first, fall back to the variant, and email the .sav files to support when stuck under the world like other players. Demo saves do not always carry over.
Where Cairn stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TheGameBakers\Cairn_RETAIL\SAVEGAMES
Dev-stated STORY sav files per support. If empty, check %LOCALAPPDATA%\Cairn\Saved\SaveGames as some builds report. Copy with the game closed.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1588550/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/TheGameBakers/Cairn_RETAIL/SAVEGAMES
Proton prefix for app ID 1588550; both candidate tails reappear inside the prefix. Start with the Saved Games tree.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Cairn saves?
Copy the Cairn_RETAIL tree with the game closed. The developer's own support path is the Saved Games location, so prefer it over blog variants.
Guides disagree on the Cairn save path. Which is right?
Check both roots: the official path is Saved Games/TheGameBakers, while some guides report Local/Cairn. Trust whichever holds your SAVEGAMES folder.
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