Where Are Chaos;Head Noah Save Files Located?
Chaos;Head Noah keeps saves as .dat files in Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH on Windows, with GOG builds under Mages Inc instead.
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Chaos;Head Noah stores saves as .dat files in Documents My Games with separate trees per store. Steam builds use the mages_steam folder while GOG builds use Mages Inc. The filenames carry the game title with semicolons intact.
Cloud and patch interactions cause the known headaches. Fan translation patches live beside official saves and confuse fresh installs. Documents synced to OneDrive gains read only flags that silently eat new saves. Local backups dodge all of it.
Where Chaos;Head Noah stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
.dat saves including SAVEDATA.dat plus config in the same tree. GOG uses Mages Inc sibling. Copy whole folder with game closed.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1961950/pfx/
Proton prefix for app ID 1961950 mirroring the Windows tree. Steam root varies. Copy saves out before Proton changes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Chaos;Head saves?
Copy the whole CHAOS;HEAD NOAH folder with the game closed. GOG builds use the Mages Inc sibling path instead of mages_steam. Keep OneDrive off Documents since read only flags eat saves.
How do I reset Chaos;Head progress?
Move SAVEDATA.dat out or delete it to start clean, after backing up elsewhere. Fan patches write beside official files, so check for patch related files too. OneDrive read only folders cause the classic vanishing save bug.
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