Where Are Yooka-Laylee Save Files Located?
Yooka-Laylee splits saves into Steam userdata with dat slots while settings sit in LocalLow Playtonic plus registry. Old typos mislead.
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Yooka-Laylee divides Unity storage three ways. Slot dat files live in Steam userdata per account with profile beside them. Settings sit in LocalLow Playtonic with registry echo. Store builds containerize separately.
A persistent forum typo swaps the company vowel and breaks paths. Non-Steam builds use Unity defaults in LocalLow instead. Copy all three locations per platform for complete migration.
Where Yooka-Laylee stores this, by platform
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\360830\remote
Profile plus numbered slot dat files per account ID for App ID 360830. LocalLow holds settings only. Copy userdata whole with Steam closed.
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Playtonic Ltd\Yooka-Laylee
Unity default saves for non-Steam builds with registry echo under the correct company spelling. Old Platonic typo stays wrong. Keep with userdata copies.
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/360830/pfx/
Steam Play prefix for App ID 360830. Userdata and LocalLow trees mirror inside the prefix drive. Same three-way split on Deck and Linux.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Yooka-Laylee saves?
Copy <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\360830\remote with profile and slot dat files for progress, plus the LocalLow Playtonic tree and registry for options. The halves live apart by Unity design.
Playtonic or Platonic folder?
It is a typo that stuck in old forums. Canonical company spelling is Playtonic with a y, confirmed across sources. Registry and folder paths both use the correct form.
Where does the Microsoft Store version save?
It nests under the Store package cache with wgs containers in a single-source report. Steam builds use the userdata plus LocalLow split instead. Keep the two installs separate.
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