Where Are Grounded Save Files Located?
Grounded files Steam worlds in Saved Games, while Game Pass builds hide them in an Xbox package with export help.
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Obsidian documents Grounded's split openly. Steam builds write worlds as plain folders in Saved Games, one per world with dates that identify them. Xbox and Game Pass builds bury saves in a wgs package under hashed names.
The bridge is an in game export on the Xbox side that produces Steam readable worlds. Community guides detail the manual copy for the impatient, down to skipping the hashed wrapper folder. Steam Cloud covers the Steam side once worlds land there.
Where Grounded stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Grounded
One folder per world, dates tell them apart. Game Pass builds instead use ...\Packages\Microsoft.Maine_...\SystemAppData\wgs with an in game export to Steam format.
Frequently asked questions
Can I move a Game Pass world to Steam?
Copy the world folders from the wgs package into Saved Games\Grounded, contents only without the hashed wrapper. The in game export option on the Xbox version performs the same move officially. Steam then lists the worlds normally.
Why can I not browse Game Pass saves?
Xbox builds manage saves opaquely and the support page says so plainly. Use the Continue Game export option to surface a copy Steam understands. Direct wgs browsing works but the hgame export is the supported route.
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