Where Are Shadow Tactics Save Files Located?
Shadow Tactics saves per user ID in a Daedalic LocalAppData tree, with native Mac and Linux paths too.
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Shadow Tactics saves per user ID under a Daedalic Entertainment folder, with a gameState folder holding progress on every desktop platform. Windows uses LocalAppData, Mac uses Application Support, Linux follows XDG.
The three layouts mirror each other, so profile folders transfer between operating systems directly. Steam Cloud syncs the saves on top. Deleting the state file fixes black-screen launches at the cost of the campaign, so treat it as surgery of last resort.
Where Shadow Tactics stores this, by platform
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun\[UserID]\gameState_00
Campaign progress per user ID in the gameState folder. Copy with the game closed. Deleting gameState.sav fixes black screens but wipes progress.
~/Library/Application Support/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/[UserID]/gameState_00
Same gameState layout under Application Support. Profile folders transfer directly between Mac and Windows.
~/.local/share/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/[UserID]/gameState_00
XDG data path with the same layout. Native build, no Proton prefix needed for the file locations.
Frequently asked questions
The game boots to a black screen. Which file do I delete?
Delete gameState.sav in the save folder, but know it wipes progress. That file is both the save index and the corruption vector, so copy it elsewhere first if the campaign matters.
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