Where Are Civilization VI Save Files Located?
Civilization VI save paths for Windows, macOS and Linux, plus the Epic folder variant, autosave subfolders and where 2K cloud saves fit.
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Civilization VI keeps saves in your user profile, never in the game's install folder. On Windows that means Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves, split into Single and Multi, with autosaves and quicksaves one level deeper again.
Which store you bought it from changes one word of the path. The Epic copy writes to a folder called Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Epic), and other stores use the plain name. On a Mac the Saves folder moved one level deeper after an August 2023 update, which is why old and new guides disagree.
Civ VI does not use Steam Cloud. Cross-store syncing runs through your 2K account, enabled by a checkbox on the save and load screens.
Where Civilization VI stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves
Saves splits into Single and Multi. Autosaves land in Single\auto (with a prev subfolder holding older ones), quicksaves in Single\quick, multiplayer autosaves in Multi\auto. The Epic Games Store copy writes to a folder named Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Epic) instead, and no other store suffix shows up in the sources. Paste %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games into the File Explorer address bar to get there in one step.
C:\Users\<you>\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves
Where saves land when OneDrive folder backup has taken over your Documents folder. Below the Documents root nothing changes, so finding the root finds everything. PCGamingWiki lists OneDrive as a working sync method for this game if you enable Documents backup on each machine.
~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves
The path Aspyr documents after the August 2023 Steam update, and the folder a 2025 report confirms. Before that update Saves sat one level up at ~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves, and older saves were moved rather than deleted, so both folders can exist. Finder, Go, Go to Folder beats hunting through the hidden Library.
~/Library/Containers/Civilization VI/Data/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves
The Mac App Store copy, sandboxed into a container. Singleplayer only, and the container path is stable across versions.
~/.local/share/aspyr-media/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves
The native Aspyr build follows XDG, so the real root is $XDG_DATA_HOME, which is ~/.local/share unless you have moved it. Flatpak Steam shifts it under ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/aspyr-media/. Steam running the Windows build through Proton gives the Windows layout inside compatdata/289070 instead.
Frequently asked questions
where are civ 6 save files on windows
In Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves. Single-player games go in Single, multiplayer in Multi, autosaves in Single\auto and quicksaves in Single\quick. Nothing is written to the steamapps folder where the game itself is installed.
why are my civ 6 saves missing on mac
An August 2023 update moved Saves one level deeper, to ~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves. Old saves were moved, not deleted, so look in the shorter pre-update path one level above as well.
does civilization 6 use steam cloud
No. Civ VI syncs through your 2K account instead: sign in from the link on the main menu, then tick the cloud save box on the save and load screens. The Steam store page does not advertise Steam Cloud for this game, so do not wait for it.
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