Steam saves windows 10

This guide will advise how to transfer your progress from Steam to Windows 10/XBox/Microsoft Store and back so you can take your progress between those platforms.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Be aware, updates/changes to the game may cause problems with save file leading to corruption and or progress loss as such you should have a solid understanding of the importance of backing files up to avoid loosing your progress entirely.

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Thanks for checking out this guide, I hope it helps you.
Please note that the actions being performed in this guide would not be supported at all by the creators of DRG and as such following this guide may result in the corruption or loss of your character progress.

This is not due to the process detailed here, but rather if game versions are different, or other issues cause direct file compatibility issues between Steam and XBox versions.

As such backing up is VERY important and you should have a good understanding of file navigation.

Hopefully in the future management will allow Steam and Win10/XBox miners to join forces and able to mine together regardless of if they are a pointy eared leaf loving XBox elf of not.

The only reason this guide exists is because unfortunately, currently DRG players are segmented between Steam and XBox.
No progress is carried over, and the games do not share the same servers it seems.

As I have spent many hours playing DRG having to loose all the progress just so I can play with my friends on XBox makes me more upset then when the only beer left at the bar is Leaf Lover.

Hopefully in the future we will see management allow the connectivity between the platforms, until then the only way to carry your progress across is to copy files around.

Finding the steam save file location is pretty easy:

1. From your Steam library right click Deep Rock Galactic
2. Select Properties
3. Select Local Files tab
4. Press Browse Local Files button

This should open a windows file explorer window in the folder:
..\Steam\steamapps\common\Deep Rock Galactic

From here go into:
> FSD > Saved > SaveGames

You should now be here:
..\Steam\steamapps\common\Deep Rock Galactic\FSD\Saved\SaveGames

This is the DRG save game folder for the Steam version.

The character file in this folder is:
1234567890_Player.sav

*Note: I have changed the leading number on the above as I am not sure what relevance it has, your number will be different.

You may notice a few files in here, these are backups that the game also performs so that in the event that an update breaks something support may be able to assist you in recovering your progress.

Recommendation: Change folder View to Details, and sort by Modified date to easily identify the most recent . _Player.sav file

Finding the location of the Windows 10/XBox/Microsoft Store saves is a little trickier as there is no straight shortcut to jump into the location required that I am aware of.

The save files are kept under AppData, this is a folder associated with your windows username thus will be different for everyone.

To quickly get to AppData do the following:

1. Press Windows Key + R
2. Type in %appdata%

Alternatively it can normally be found under your C Drive
Under: Users\YourUsername\AppData
*Note: It IS a hidden folder, so you may need to enable viewing of ‘hidden items’ under file explorer.

This will take you to:
. \AppData\Roaming

Drop back a folder level and the folder we need to get to is:
. \AppData\Local\Packages\CoffeeStainStudios.DeepRockGalactic_496a1srhmar9w\SystemAppData\wgs

In this folder will be a folder with a large number, open that folder.
Again another folder with a large number, open that folder.

This is where your save game file is for XBox.
Note: I have change the unique numbers with 1234567890 as I am not sure their relevance.
The folder you should be in now should something like:
. \AppData\Local\Packages\CoffeeStainStudios.DeepRockGalactic_496a1srhmar9w\SystemAppData\wgs\1234567890\1234567890

*Important note: The XBox save file has no file extension (Steam uses .sav) and is a unique number I beleive.
You will also note that unlike the Steam version there appears to be no extra backup files.

The file with just numbers and letters is the file you will want to copy if you want to transfer your progress to Steam.

The actual process once you open locate the file locations is pretty straight forward.
I will be referencing file locations moving forward, so if you are not aware where the file locations are, work through the sections above and figure out where your saves are!

1. Open Steam save file location
2. Copy most recent 1234567890_Player.sav
3. Open XBox save file location
4. Paste Steam save file
5. Rename XBox save file adding .bak to the end
6. Rename copied Steam save file to the exact name as the XBox save file, excluding the recently added .bak

Your progress from Steam should now be transferred to XBox.

1. Open XBox save file location
2. Copy file 1234567890
3. Open Steam save file location
4. Paste XBox save file
5. Rename Steam 1234567890_Player.sav file changing .sav to .bak at the end
6. Rename copied XBox save file to the exact name as the Steam save file, ending with .sav so it should be 1234567890_Player.sav

Your progress from XBox should now be transferred to Steam.

Here is the basic process:

1. Locate and copy save file from platform you played last on
2. Paste copied file into save folder of platform you want to transfer progress to
3. Rename existing save file for platform you are transferring the save file into
4. Rename pasted/copied file to the exact same name as the file you renamed
5. .
6. ROCK AND STONE!

REMINDER: The actions performed in this guide have a potential to corrupt and or destroy your progress.

I hope this helped you in transferring your progress over between these platforms so you do not have to start over again just so you can play alongside your friends on the other platform.

Moving a Steam Installation and Games

How do I change the default installation path for my games?

Games are installed to the following folder by default:

C:\Program Files\Steam (x86)\SteamApps\Common

You can create an alternate location on any drive, which you can choose in the future when installing games.

1. Navigate to your Steam client ‘Settings’ menu.
2. Select ‘Steam Library Folders’ from the ‘Downloads’ tab.

How do I move my existing Steam Installation?

Important:

Please ensure that you have your Steam login name and password before following this procedure. Also ensure that your account is linked to your current email address, so that you can reset your password if necessary.

It is not recommended that you install Steam to an external hard drive, due to potential performance issues.

Warning:

It is highly recommended that you create a backup of your SteamApps folder before attempting this process. If there is a problem in this process and you do not have a backup of your games or the SteamApps folder, it will be necessary to reinstall the games individually. Please see the Using the Steam Backup Feature topic.

The following instructions are a simple way to move your Steam installation along with your games:

1. Exit the Steam client application.
2. Browse to the Steam installation folder for the Steam installation you would like to move (C:\Program Files\Steam by default).
3. Delete all of the files and folders except the SteamApps & Userdata folders and Steam.exe
4. Cut and paste the whole Steam folder to the new location, for example: D:\Games\Steam\
5. Launch Steam and log into your account.

Steam will briefly update and then you will be logged into your account. For installed games, verify your game cache files and you will be ready to play. All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder (D:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\ in this example)

If you encounter any errors during the move process or when Steam is launched from the new location, it may be necessary to perform a more thorough process:

1. Exit the Steam client application.
2. Browse to the Steam installation folder for the Steam installation (continuing the from the last section example, this would be the new location of D:\Games\Steam\.
3. Move the SteamApps folder from the Steam installation folder to your desktop.
4. Review the Uninstalling Steam topic for instructions to uninstall Steam (this must be done to remove your old Steam installation settings from the Windows Registry).
5. Review the Installing Steam topic for instructions to re-install Steam to the desired location.
6. Move the SteamApps folder into the new Steam installation folder to copy all of your downloaded game content, settings, and saved games to the new location.
7. Start Steam and log in to your existing Steam account to confirm that the move was successful.
8. For installed games, verify your game cache files and you will be ready to play.

Note about Save Games

If you are moving your Steam installation to a new hard drive and want to keep game saves/profiles for third party games that are not saved on Steam Cloud most of these can be found in your Documents folder:

\Documents\[username]\My Games\. Moving this folder to the same location on your new hard drive will maintain your saves/profiles.

Steam saves windows 10

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In this guide I will try to explain how to import your save game from the Microsoft Store/Xbox version of the game in 4 steps:

1. Part 1: Locating and copying your Microsoft save file
2. Locating, backing up and deleting your Steam save files.
3. Renaming, duplicating and importing your Microsoft save files.
4. Loading up the imported save files, recreating your character and turning Cloud Sync back on.

The entire process might be a bit more complicated than you’re used to, but I’ll try to explain it in as much detail as possible.

To be able to locate your Microsoft save files, we first need to turn on an option to be able to see hidden files and folders. Below you will find an explanation for Windows 10 users:

1. Open File Explorer from the taskbar.
2. Select View > Options > Change folder and search options.
3. Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.

This is the setting you are looking for:

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, it’s time to navigate to the actual save files. I’m not entirely sure if the file path is different for other people, but for me it looks like this:

*Don’t forget to change *USER* to your Windows 10 username.

It’s possible that the seemingly random numbers and letters are different for you, but sadly I have no way of testing this. Either way, the first folder should be identifiable by «TheMolassesFloodLLC» (if you own their previous game, Flame in the Wood, you might have 2 folders with their company name in it) and the other folders only contain one folder with weird letters/numbers, so those should be easy to find.

In this folder you will find a lot of files with a bunch of numbers/letters (one for each of your saves), like so:

Take the following steps here:

1. Click on «Date Modified» (blue in the picture) to sort the files by date, making sure the newest files are on top.
2. Select the newest file* that has decent file above 1000kb in the size column (green in the picture). For me this is the file I indicated with the red box.
3. Open a second file browser and make a new folder anywhere you’d like. For this example I will create a folder called «Drake Hollow — Saves» on my E: drive.
4. Copy the file we selected earlier to this new folder, resulting in something like this:

*note: This selected the latest autosave in the game and everything in your personal inventory is lost, but everything in the depot is retained. Follow the steps below to create a new auto save and retain the items in your inventory.

1. Boot up the Microsoft version of the game.
2. Load a save game of the world you do want to import.
3. Put everything from your inventory in the depot .
3. Exit the game normally (it will now make a new autosave)
4. Go back to the previous steps to copy the new autosave we just created.

This concludes part 1 of the guide, so lets move on to part 2.

In this part of the guide we will be locating and, backing up and deleting your Steam save files. We will also have to take a slight detour and temporarily turn off «Steam Cloud Sync».

First lets locate your Steam save files:

1. Open File Explorer from the taskbar.
2. Navigate to the following location:

*Once again changing *USER* to your Windows 10 username.
3. If you have any Steam save filess, then you should now see a folder* with similar content to the picture below:

*Note If this folder does not exist, make sure you’ve installed the Steam version and started a game through it.

Now let’s back your Steam save files up, just in case you might want them back later or mess something up somehow.

1. Select all files in the previous folder, right click them and select «Copy».
2. Navigate to the folder you created in the previous part of the guide. For me this is the «Drake Hollow — Saves» folder on my E: Drive.
3. Create another folder inside this one. For this example, I will call this folder «Backup».
4. Open this folder, right click and select «Paste» . You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:

Before we move on to deleting your Steam save games, we first need to turn of it’s pesky «Steam Cloud» synchronization. Otherwise Steam will just repopulate them later (Skip this step if you have Cloud Sync disabled already).

1. Navigate to your «Library» in Steam.
2. Find and right click on «Drake Hollow» and then select «Properties».
3. Click on the «Updates» tab and uncheck «Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Drake Hollow». The window should now look similar to the picture below:

4. Click on «Close».

Finally, let’s delete your original steam save filess to avoid any confusion later.

1. Navigate back to the following location:

2. Select all files except for «Profile.sav».
3. Right click the selected files and select «Delete», while making sure you don’t delete «Profile.sav». Your Steam save game folder should now look similar to the picture below:

*Note: If you accidentally deleted «Profile.sav», then you can recover it by copying it back from the backup folder we’ve created earlier.

This concludes part 2, so lets move on to part 3 and actually import the Microsoft save file.

In this part of the guide we will be renaming, duplicating and importing your Microsoft save file.

First lets rename and duplicate your Microsoft save file.

1. Navigate to the folder we copied your latest Microsoft auto save to. In this example that would be:

2. Select the save file we copied here earlier. In this example that file is called «6F10EFA22969425ABA1724853210EF67».
3. Rename this file to «The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav» (without the » symbols).
4. Right click this file and select «Copy».
5. Right click in the folder and select «Paste».
6. You should now have a file called «The-Hollow-1_Auto_0 — Copy.sav», rename this file to «The-Hollow-1_Auto_1.sav».
7. Right click «The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav» and select «Copy» again.
8. Right click in the folder and select «Paste» again.
9. You should now, once again, have a file called «The-Hollow-1_Auto_0 — Copy.sav», rename this file to «The-Hollow-1_Auto_2.sav». You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:

*note:The above instructions assume you were playing with profile number 1. If you are using multiple profiles for the same Microsoft version of the game, then you need to change the first number in the file name to correspond to your profile number. For example; if you are playing under profile 2 then your new save files should be named: The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav», «The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav» and «The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav». If you are in doubt about the profile number you are using, then you can check the loading screen on the main menu. Right above the save games it should state «The Hollow», followed by the profile number.

Read the spoiler below if you’re interested in reasoning behind this, otherwise move on to the next segment about importing the save games.
The reason we’ve now created the same file with 3 different names, is because the game utilizes 3 Auto Save slots (0, 1 and 2) and the Steam version won’t recognize the save game if it doesn’t have to correct name. As of right now, I don’t know how to figure out which Auto Save slot we’ve exported from the Microsoft version (as they appear to, for unknown reasons. hash the names). So it’s easier to just cover all bases and make a version for all 3 possible names (this is also the reason we import an Auto Save to begin with)

Now that we’ve got our save games renamed and duplicated, it’s time to actually import them into the Steam version of the game.

1. Select the 3 files we’ve just created («The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav», «The-Hollow-1_Auto_1.sav» and «The-Hollow-1_Auto_2.sav»).
2. Right click them and select «Copy».
3. Navigate to the following location:

*Once again changing *USER* to your Windows 10 username.
(If you just copied that path, make sure you right click the 3 save files we’ve created earlier and put them on copy again!)
4. Right click in this folder and select «Paste». You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:

This concludes part 3, so lets move on to part 4 and actually load up the Microsoft save game.

*note: The above instructions assume you were playing under profile number 1. If you were using multiple profiles for the same Microsoft version of the game, then you need to change the first number in the file name to correspond to your profile number of the save game you are importing. For example; if you are playing under profile 2, then your new save files should be renamed to: «The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav», «The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav» and «The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav».

If you are in doubt about the profile number you are using, then you can check the loading screen on the main menu. Right above the save games it should state «The Hollow», followed by the profile number. See the picture below for an example:

In this case the shown auto save uses profile number 2, so the files should be renamed to: The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav», «The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav» and «The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav».

In this part of the guide we will be loading up the imported save files, recreating your character and turning Cloud Sync back on.

First lets fire up the game and load up the new save files.

1. Start up Steam and navigate to «Library».
2. Find and launch «Drake Hollow».
3. Click on Continue and you should now see a loading screen similar to the one in the picture below:

4. Load the auto save above.
5. Press «Esc» and click on «Save Game».

Now you’ve probably noticed that your character looks like the default girl again. Sadly I don’t know how to import your original character, however you can just recreate them by taking the following steps:

1. Press «Esc», click on «Quit to menu» and select «Save and quit».
2. Click on «Character».
3. Change the various settings to make your character look like they did before.
4. Click on «Accept» and select «Ok».

Now your character looks like they did before and all that is left is to turn «Steam Cloud Sync» back on (skip this step if you don’t want to use «Steam Cloud Sync».

1. Navigate to your «Library» in Steam.
2. Find and right click on «Drake Hollow» and then select «Properties».
3. Click on the «Updates» tab and uncheck «Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Drake Hollow». The window should now look similar to the picture below:

Steam should now repopulate your save game folder with the older saves that we’ve deleted/backed up earlier. It should however also leave the ones we’ve just created in place, so just make sure that you load the correct ones and you should be fine.

As you’ve probably noticed, it’s a lot more complicated to import save games from the Microsoft Store version of PC games, than it usually is for other platforms.

Because of this, I’ve tried to be as thorough and detailed as possible. I’ve also added quite a few pictures to try and make it more obvious if you’ve performed a step, or multiple steps, incorrectly. However, if you can’t get your Microsoft save files to import properly, then feel free to ask me questions in the comment section below and I’ll try to answer them as best I can.

I hope you found this guide useful and that it saved you from having to restart your game, or from being forced to continue playing it through the Microsoft store against your wishes.