Where Are Surviving Mars Save Files Located?
Where the Surviving Mars colony builder keeps its colonies and settings in AppData Roaming on PC.
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Surviving Mars saves at %APPDATA%\Surviving Mars: colonies plus settings and profiles in one Roaming tree. Haemimont's layout skips Documents entirely for this title.
One folder copy migrates everything worth keeping, mods apart. The Paradox mod folder syncs separately through the launcher, so modded colonies need both trees. Copy with the game closed and the dome program resumes intact. Green Planet shares the tree. Mysteries persist with colonies. Wonders too. Rivals share it.
Where Surviving Mars stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Surviving Mars
Colony saves plus settings and profiles here. Paste %APPDATA%\Surviving Mars into Explorer. GOG and Steam builds share it. Below and Beyond content uses the same tree, so DLC needs no extra steps.
Frequently asked questions
how do i back up surviving mars colonies
Copy %APPDATA%\Surviving Mars to the same path on the new PC with the game closed. Colonies, profiles, and settings travel together. Steam Cloud may mirror saves, but the folder copy is certain and keeps modded colonies intact.
where is the surviving mars settings file
In the same Surviving Mars tree (settings and profile files beside the save folder). Deleting settings resets options without touching a single colony. The in game options menu writes the same files, so hand editing is rarely needed.
does surviving mars use steam cloud
Yes for the save files, which suits a colony builder with long campaigns. Mods in the paradox mod folder travel separately from saves. Keep both copies in step when migrating a modded Mars.
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