Where Are The Forest Save Files Located?
The original 2018 survival game stores saves in a LocalLow folder named after developer Endnight, with Steam Cloud copies beside them.
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This is the 2018 original, not Sons of the Forest, which has its own post and its own folder. The Forest follows the Unity convention and writes saves to LocalLow under the developer name SKS, inside numbered Slot folders.
Steam keeps a second copy in its userdata tree under app ID 242760, which is what Steam Cloud syncs. For single player backups the LocalLow copy is the one to grab. Multiplayer server saves live apart in a savesMultiplayer folder on the host.
Where The Forest stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest
Slots appear as Slot1, Slot2 folders. Copy the slot you care about. The Steam Cloud mirror sits at Steam\userdata\[your ID]\242760\remote.
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/242760/pfx/
Steam Play prefix. The saves hide inside at drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/SKS/TheForest. Your library folder may differ from the default shown.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same save location as Sons of the Forest?
No. The sequel is a separate game with a separate post on this site and a different save folder. Saves do not transfer between the two games.
Where are multiplayer saves kept?
Single player slots stay local as above. Dedicated servers write to a savesMultiplayer folder on the host, which is the folder to upload when moving hosts.
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