Where Are Coral Island Save Files Located?
Coral Island saves sit in AppData\Local\ProjectCoral\Saved\SaveGames on Windows, with a Steam Deck path inside its Proton prefix.
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Coral Island uses an Unreal style save tree under a ProjectCoral folder in local app data. The SaveGames folder holds your farms, and a Backup subfolder keeps recent copies the game made on its own.
Early Access players should know the folder moved at least once during development, so old guides may point somewhere stale. If your saves seem missing after an update, check Steam Cloud storage before assuming they are gone. The game syncs there too.
Where Coral Island stores this, by platform
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectCoral\Saved\SaveGames
Main save folder. Back up the whole SaveGames directory, and look in its Backup subfolder for the game's own rolling copies if your latest save misbehaves.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1158160/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/ProjectCoral/Saved/SaveGames
Steam Deck and Linux via Proton, app ID 1158160. Same ProjectCoral tree mirrored inside the prefix. Crash logs sit next to it in Saved\Crashes.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up coral island saves
Copy %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectCoral\Saved\SaveGames to another drive or cloud folder with the game closed. To restore, paste it back to the same path and let it replace the current folder.
where are coral island saves on steam deck
Inside the Proton prefix at ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1158160/pfx, then drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/ProjectCoral/Saved/SaveGames. Enable hidden files to see the .local folder.
my coral island saves disappeared after an update, are they gone
Probably not. The save folder moved during Early Access, so confirm you are looking at the current path above. Also check Steam remote storage for Coral Island, since synced copies there survive local mixups.
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