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Save Game Extractor is a tool that automatically locates and copies save files for Windows games in public directories. Basically, it's a tiny program for quickly backing up your save files, without having to look for them one by one!
What Save Game Extractor doesn't do
This program finds only saves in public directories, such as Documents/My Games/. Luckily, most games follow this trend.
There are 3 types of saves that can't be located with this program:
- Games that store their saves in launchers (such as Steam and Ubisoft Connect). Usually these are stored on the cloud, so it should be fine to ignore them.
- Games that store their saves in the game's installation folder. These vary wildly, so it's impossible to track them.
- Games that store their saves in the Windows Registry. I have no idea why some people do this.
How to use
Linux
Extract the tar file, then run ./save_locator
It is highly recommended to run it as sudo to avoid access denied errors
Windows
Extract the rar file then run save_locator.exe
How you can help
Games and their respective save files are ordered in the save locations text file. I compiled this by hand from a couple of different sources. Needless to say, it's not 100% complete. If you know a game that isn't on the list and is in a public directory, please suggest adding it by making an issue!
Big shoutout to the contributors at PCGamingWiki, which is where I got most of these from.
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