Can You Transfer Save Files in Stray

Can You Transfer Save Files in Stray? – Answered

Cross-generational cat.

The cat is here! Stray arrived on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC on July 19, and it’s already a hit game enjoyed by many gamers and cat lovers worldwide. But what to do if you decide to switch systems before you finish it? Can you transfer your Stray save file between the different versions of the game? Read on to find out.

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Can You Transfer Save Files in Stray?

If you were lucky enough to get a PlayStation 5 in late 2020 or early 2021, you surely remember the horrible situation with the save file transfers from PlayStation 4 versions of games. Back then, that option simply wasn’t there for many titles, while some others used strange workarounds to get your save files to transfer. Fortunately, now in 2022, there are more and more games that do this process of transferring save files from the old to the new generation automatically – Stray included!

So it is possible to transfer Stray save files from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 automatically, and vice versa if you really want to. So if you started your cat-simulator adventure on PlayStation 4 and decided to switch to a new system, you won’t have to start the game from the beginning, even when playing the PS5 version of the game. Sadly, the transfer of save files between PlayStation consoles and the PC version is not possible.

Whether on PC, last-gen, or next-gen (shouldn’t we call it current-gen by now?), Stray is a super-fun experience that you shouldn’t miss if you like cats and some good platforming/puzzle action.

UPDATE: There seems to be an issue with transferring PlayStation 4 save files from the streaming version of the game to the PlayStation 5 digital version. For now, there is no solution for this one, but hopefully, in one of the upcoming updates, this save transfer issue will be resolved.

For more tips and tricks for Stray, check out our other guides here at Prima Games: Places You Can Take a Cat Nap in Stray – Ranked, How Long is Stray? – Main Story Play Time Length, All Sheet Music Locations in Stray, and Stray Trophy List: All Unlockable Trophies in Stray.


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Nikola "Nick" Jovanovic

Nick has been a Prima Games Staff Writer since May 2022, an old-school gamer, and a gamer journalist with over 25 years of expertise. Our resident micro-influencer from Serbia! When he's not driving through Belgrade, he's probably racing in Gran Turismo or Forza, playing some strange JRPG games or just watching pro wrestling.