Where Are Hunt: Showdown Saves and Settings Located?
Why Hunt has no local save file, where its settings actually live, and which folders to back up before a reinstall.
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Hunt: Showdown 1896 keeps no save file on your PC. Progression lives on Crytek servers against your Steam account, which is why a fresh install on a new machine has every hunter and unlock intact.
What does live locally is configuration, and in the least standard place imaginable: inside the install folder at steamapps\common\Hunt Showdown 1896\user\profiles\default. The attributes.xml there holds settings, which also means uninstalling or verifying files can wipe them. Back up that folder before any reinstall.
Where Hunt: Showdown 1896 stores this, by platform
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hunt Showdown 1896\user\profiles\default
attributes.xml holds the real settings; game.cfg beside it covers leftovers like resolution. Steam Library > Right click > Manage > Browse local files reaches the install root without typing the path. Copy the whole user folder before uninstalling, since removal deletes it.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/594650/pfx/.../Hunt Showdown 1896/user/profiles/default
Same install relative tree inside the Proton prefix: ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/594650/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Hunt Showdown 1896/user/profiles/default. Server side progression is identical; only the local settings path changes shape.
Frequently asked questions
where is the hunt showdown save file
There is none. Hunt tracks progression, hunters, and unlocks on Crytek servers tied to your Steam account. Reinstalling or switching PCs loses nothing except local graphics and key settings. Anyone selling a local save editor is selling fiction.
how do i back up hunt showdown settings
Copy the user/profiles/default folder (attributes.xml and game.cfg) from steamapps/common/Hunt Showdown 1896/user to the same spot on the new install. Verify the game files first so a fresh default exists to overwrite.
does hunt showdown use steam cloud
Through Steam Cloud for some settings files, but coverage is patchy across updates. Treat the user folder copy as the real backup and Steam Cloud as a bonus that sometimes helps.
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