How to find the local copy of your cloud save.

[ForzaA]

How to find your Cloud savegame:

Assuming you have installed Steam in the default directory (replace path as appropriate) - you can access a local copy of your cloud save games in the following location:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<YOUR STEAM ID>\281990\remote\save games\

 

[jruderman]

On Mac, cloud saves are in:

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/<YOUR STEAM ID>/281990/remote/save games/​

(To access the hidden Library folder: open Finder, open the Go menu (from the top of the screen), and hold the Opt key.)​

Non-cloud saves are in:

~/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/save games/​

 

[72 61 6E 64 6F 6D]

What about the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\save games\$EMPIRENAME+ID\ folder that's listed in the wiki on https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Save-game_editing

 

[TheFragPrince]

On my Windows 10, all updates to date, PC, I found them in \Steam\userdata\11600136\281990\remote\save games\<Name of my Civ>\

 

[Dagonus]

Would the 281990 be different for any reason? That folder doesn't exist under userdata for me. I can find folders by that name in Workshop and shadercache.

Edit:

Found them all in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\save games\$EMPIRENAME+ID\ folder as suggested by 72 61 6E 64 6F 6D

 

[henryhenry]

Where is it if i use Paradox Launcher?

Edit: In

(My document)\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris Plaza\pops_filestorage\save games

 

[Prokonsul Piotrus]

Or GOG?

 

[MGSteve]

Any idea where they're saved on Linux? I've found the normal saves, but not the cloud saves?

 

[xxnithicxx]

Thanks :>

 

[ratatosk1985]

For Linux:
/home/<NAME OF YOUR COMPUTER>/.steam/debian-installation/userdata/<YOUR STEAM ID>/281990/remote/save games

 

[Halitherses]

Any idea where it is for GOG?

 

[Onyd]

Assuming you've only played one Iron Man game in the last half hour, this will (on Mac and maybe Linux) grab your last save file and dump it in your Downloads folder. Saves a bit of clicking around.

BIG FLASHING WARNING: Know what this does before you run it. Read the manuals for the commands! It's a known issue that people post malicious stuff to forums in the hope that somebody will trust them.

cp -i "$(find $HOME -name ironman.sav -mmin -30 2>/dev/null)" $HOME/Downloads/

(Now I'm bookmarking this page since I can never remember where ironman.sav is stashed.)

(Much later edit: Added quotes, stupid unix allowing spaces in filenames.)

 

[Onyd]

Because I have spent a bunch of times finding filenames, the next iteration for getting your save. This will also grab your last save file and dump it in your Downloads folder, but also add any comment on the command line. Save this in your $PATH and invoke it like "scriptname comment goes here".

BIG FLASHING WARNING: Know what this does before you run it. Read the manuals for the functions! Understand the flow! It's a known issue that people post malicious stuff to forums in the hope that somebody will trust them and run it.

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use v5.30;

use File::Copy;

my $comment = "@{ARGV}";
$comment =~ s/ /_/g;

my $save_games;
if ($^O eq 'darwin') {
    $save_games = "$ENV{HOME}/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/save games";
}
# FIXME else linux etc.

opendir my ($save_games_handle), $save_games;
my @save_games_array = grep {
    -d "${save_games}/$_" && !/^\.+$/
} readdir($save_games_handle);
closedir $save_games_handle;

# perldoc stat
my @sorted_save_games_array = sort {
    (stat("${save_games}/$a"))[9] <=> (stat("${save_games}/$b"))[9]
} @save_games_array;

my $lsg = $sorted_save_games_array[-1];

my $source = "$save_games/$lsg/ironman.sav";
my $dest;
if ($^O eq 'darwin') {
    $dest = "$ENV{HOME}/Downloads/ironman__${lsg}__${comment}.sav";
}
# FIXME else linux etc.

copy($source, $dest);

say "'$source' '$dest'";