Where Are Metro Exodus Save Files Located?
Metro Exodus writes saves to the Saved Games folder in your user profile, one numbered subfolder per storefront account.
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4A Games skips Documents entirely and uses the Saved Games folder sitting directly in your user profile. Not Documents\Saved Games, which is where half the internet looks first. The real one is shell:savedgames away.
Inside the metro exodus folder sits a subfolder named after your account ID holding the actual saves. Epic and Steam builds share this layout, and neither had cloud saves at launch, which is why manual copies of this folder became the standard moving method.
Where Metro Exodus stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\metro exodus
Type shell:savedgames into the Run dialog to jump there. The numbered subfolder matches your account; shared PCs get one per player.
Frequently asked questions
Can I swap backup saves in and out freely?
Copying a backup over the live folder while the game remembers a newer run can orphan progress, since the game tracks more than the files. Prefer the in game slots for juggling runs and keep folder copies for disasters only.
Do original and Enhanced Edition share saves?
Yes. Both editions use the same Saved Games path, so Enhanced Edition picks up where the original left off. Keep a copy of the folder before the first Enhanced launch in case the migration hiccups.
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