Where Are Sword of the Sea Save Files Located?
Sword of the Sea saves .sav files under AppData Local SwordOfTheSea Saved SaveGames on Windows, with the same root on Epic.
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Giant Squid's adventure follows Unreal Engine 5 conventions exactly. Saves are .sav files in Saved SaveGames under a SwordOfTheSea folder in Local AppData. The Epic build uses the same local root, so the two PC stores are interchangeable on disk.
Cloud timing is the one quirk. Steam Cloud support landed with the first patch, not on release day. Anyone who played launch week offline should treat the local folder as the only copy and let the patched Cloud adopt it rather than the reverse.
Where Sword of the Sea stores this, by platform
%LOCALAPPDATA%\SwordOfTheSea\Saved\SaveGames
Unreal .sav progress files in one flat folder. Same local root on Steam and Epic, only the cloud backend differs. Copy whole with the game closed.
%LOCALAPPDATA%\SwordOfTheSea\Saved\Config\Windows
Engine and quality settings for the Windows build. Keep with SaveGames on migration so the new machine does not reset to defaults.
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/2453160/pfx/
Steam Play prefix for App ID 2453160. The SwordOfTheSea Saved tree is mirrored inside the prefix drive. Cloud arrived post-launch, so verify sync state on first Deck boot.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Sword of the Sea saves?
Copy %LOCALAPPDATA%\SwordOfTheSea\Saved whole with the game closed. SaveGames holds the .sav progress and the Config sibling holds settings. Steam Cloud arrived with the first patch rather than at launch, so early offline runs only exist in this folder.
Does Sword of the Sea use Steam Cloud?
Yes, since the first patch. Launch-period progress never synced retroactively from machines that stayed offline, so check the local SaveGames folder before assuming Cloud has everything. The Steam file database confirms the *.sav pattern for this title.
Where does the Epic version save?
It uses the same local root. The Epic catalog lists an AppData SwordOfTheSea Saved SaveGames cloud folder, matching the Steam tree. Copy between the two freely. Only the cloud backend differs.
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