Where Are Deus Ex: Human Revolution Save Files Located?
Human Revolution saves to Steam userdata with readable slot names, while settings live in the registry.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution saves into the Steam userdata folder under its AppID, with human-readable slot names instead of opaque blobs. Quicksaves, autosaves, and manual slots each follow their own naming pattern.
Settings live apart in the registry under the Eidos key, which is where mouse fixes and graphics tweaks happen. The saveindex file is the fragile piece: it catalogs every slot, and a corrupted index orphans otherwise healthy saves. Back up the whole remote folder, not individual slots.
Where Deus Ex: Human Revolution stores this, by platform
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[SteamID]\28050\remote
Quicksaves (gameq), autosaves (gamea1/2), manual slots (gamer1-99), plus saveindex catalog. Copy the whole folder with Steam closed.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos\Deus Ex: HR
Mouse, graphics, and engine tweaks live here as registry values. Export before editing; many community fixes target these keys.
~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/28050/pfx/
Proton prefix for the Windows build (AppID 28050). The userdata saves and registry settings appear inside the prefix.
Frequently asked questions
What do the save file names mean?
gameq is the quicksave, gamea files are autosaves, and gamer files are manual slots up to 99. The saveindex file ties them together; lose it and the saves stop loading.
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