Where Are Stationeers Save Files Located?
Where Stationeers keeps its saves in the Documents folder, and why OneDrive and Steam Cloud break them.
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Stationeers saves at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Stationeers\saves, with a settings.xml beside it that can redirect the folder. The layout is plain Documents, no AppData involved.
Sync services are the enemy here. OneDrive locks and Steam Cloud conflicts cause most missing save reports, and veterans recommend disabling both for this game. Lingering temp files in the save tree after a crash also block listing, so clean those before assuming a world is gone. Crash litter deletes safely.
Where Stationeers stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Stationeers\saves
saves/ holds worlds; settings.xml beside it holds options and the save path override. Paste the path into Explorer. OneDrive backed Documents splits this tree, so confirm whether the game sees the synced or local copy.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/544550/pfx/.../My Games/Stationeers/saves
Same Documents relative tree inside the Proton prefix for app 544550, plus the Steam Cloud mirror under userdata/544550. Copy the local saves folder with the game closed. Non ASCII usernames have historically broken the path resolution.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up stationeers saves
Copy %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Stationeers\saves to the same path with the game closed. Check settings.xml for a custom save path first, since it can redirect the folder. Steam Cloud mirrors saves when enabled, but the local copy is the master.
why do stationeers saves keep disappearing
Turn off Steam Cloud for Stationeers (advised by veterans) and exclude the folder from OneDrive. Both fight the game over file locks and produce missing saves or temp file litter. Local manual copies beat either sync for this title.
where is the stationeers settings file
In settings.xml in the Stationeers folder root. It records resolution, bindings, and the save path itself. Delete it to reset options when the game refuses to start; saves in the subfolder survive the reset untouched.
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