Where Does Heroes of the Storm Store Replays?
Heroes of the Storm variables, replays and screenshots on PC and Mac.
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Heroes keeps variables plus per-account replays in documents. Screenshots branch beside them. Mac mirrors under Blizzard support with the same tree.
Documents is hardcoded with no redirect. Cloud-moved folders break loading. Both native builds share the layout.
Where Heroes of the Storm stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Heroes of the Storm\Variables.txt
Variables plus per-account replays and screenshots in documents. Hardcoded path with no redirect. Cloud-moved folders break loading.
~/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/Heroes of the Storm/Variables.txt
Same variables plus replays tree under Blizzard support.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Heroes of the Storm?
Copy the Heroes folder matching the running OS with the game closed. Variables plus account replays travel together. Screenshots ride beside. Restoring means putting the folder back.
Moved Documents folder?
Blizzard hardcodes documents with no redirect option. Moved folders through cloud sync break the path. Keep the default location local.
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