Where Are Penumbra Save Files Located?
Penumbra Overture and Black Plague save under Documents in per-episode folders, with quicksaves unlockable through the config file.
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Penumbra splits by episode under Documents. Overture nests an Episode1 folder with settings and saves inside. Black Plague and Requiem take sibling trees with save subfolders of their own.
The config file doubles as a feature unlock. Quicksaves hide behind a flag defaulting off, with display options beside it. Favorites folders survive while autosave slots rotate, so full-tree copies beat slot-picking.
Where Penumbra stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Penumbra Overture\Episode1\save
Episode1 settings plus save slots with protected favorites for Overture. Black Plague mirrors under its own tree. Copy whole trees with the game closed.
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Penumbra\Black Plague\save
Second-game saves under its Documents tree with Requiem as the sibling pattern. Retail and Steam share layouts with redist holding game data, never saves.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Penumbra saves?
Copy %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Penumbra Overture\Episode1 for the first game or the Black Plague tree for the second, with the game closed. Save subfolders carry slots with a protected favorites folder. Config sits beside saves in each tree.
How do I enable quicksaves in Penumbra?
Flip the quicksave flag in settings.cfg to true. That enables function-key saving the developers left off by default. Screen, fullscreen and framerate options sit in the same file.
Old guides show different Penumbra paths. Why?
They are the same logical spot across eras. Retail-era guides show the old user-documents root while modern paths use the profile Documents folder. Both stores share the pattern with game data staying in redist folders.
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