Where Are Halls of Torment Save Files Located?
Halls of Torment splits storage: the profile save lives in Steam userdata remote while settings sit in Roaming HallsOfTorment.
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Halls of Torment keeps its two halves in two places, which confuses backup guides. The profile that matters is HoT_profile.dat inside the Steam userdata remote folder for App ID 2218750, with daily backups alongside. Settings live far away in Roaming HallsOfTorment as JSON.
Early-access leftovers muddy every search. Loose dat files in Roaming and a separate Prelude app ID both predate the current layout. Trust userdata remote for progress and the JSON file for options, and nothing else.
Where Halls of Torment stores this, by platform
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\2218750\remote
HoT_profile.dat with daily backups and the Steam cache manifest beside them. Check the account remote-storage page for App ID 2218750 as an alternative to disk copies. Prelude-era files do not belong here.
%APPDATA%\HallsOfTorment\settings.json
Options-only JSON for the Windows build. Legacy loose dat reports describe superseded early-access layouts. Keep this file with userdata copies when migrating machines.
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/2218750/pfx/
Steam Play prefix for App ID 2218750. The userdata remote tree syncs through Cloud on Deck and Linux exactly as on Windows, with settings still read from the same relative layout.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Halls of Torment progress?
Copy <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\2218750\remote with Steam closed, especially HoT_profile.dat. Daily backups sit beside it. The web remote-storage page for App ID 2218750 also lets you download the same files without touching disk.
Where is the Halls of Torment settings file?
Open %APPDATA%\HallsOfTorment\settings.json. Progress never lives here, only options. Older early-access reports of loose .dat files in this folder describe a legacy layout, so current installs should use userdata for saves.
Do Prelude saves carry into the full game?
Ignore them for current builds. Prelude-era reports reference a different App ID with progress-named files, superseded by the HoT_profile.dat layout under App ID 2218750. Migrate by playing on the release build, not by transplanting prelude files.
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