Where Are Dear Esther Save Files Located?
The Dear Esther save files on PC, split between the install folder and LocalLow for the Landmark Edition.
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The island's story splits across two eras of storage. The 2012 original saves inside its install folder under a dearesther directory, the way Source games did. The Landmark Edition moved to LocalLow under a long studio name, with Steam Cloud mirroring to userdata.
Match the instructions to the version on the title screen. Copy the right folder and the Hebrides transfer whole.
Where Dear Esther stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\The Chinese Room & Robert Briscoe @ LittleLostPoly.co.uk\DearEsther
Landmark Edition in Unity LocalLow with the full studio string, ampersand and all. Steam Cloud mirrors to userdata\[SteamID]\520720\remote. The 2012 original saved in its install folder under dearesther instead.
Frequently asked questions
Does this cover the 2012 original?
The original saved in its install folder rather than LocalLow. This page's path is for the Landmark Edition, now the standard Steam version.
Why does my typed path fail?
The studio folder contains & and @ characters that break retyping. Copy the full path above into Explorer instead.
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