Where Are Crusader Kings II Saves Located?
Crusader Kings II save folder under Documents Paradox Interactive with ironman and cloud variants.
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Crusader Kings II keeps local saves in a save games folder inside its Paradox user directory, with settings and mods as neighbors. The layout never changed across the game's long patch life, which makes old backup guides still accurate.
Ironman saves sync through Steam Cloud into the userdata tree instead. Copy local files with the game closed and never mix cloud and local copies mid-campaign.
Where Crusader Kings II stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\save games
Holds .ck2 save files plus ironman variants. Steam Cloud copies sit under userdata\203770\remote. Mods live in the sibling mod folder. Copy the save games folder with the game closed.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Crusader Kings II ironman saves?
Copy the save from the cloud userdata folder or disable cloud sync and copy the local file. Never restore over a running game or the checksum flags the campaign.
Where are Crusader Kings II mods?
In the mod folder next to save games under the Crusader Kings II user directory, with Workshop copies under steamapps\workshop\content\203770.
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