Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is now available on PC and consoles, and it’s one of the biggest Steam launches of the year with nearly 110K concurrent players mere hours after release. The PC version is available on Steam and the Xbox App, both of which support cloud saving. However, if you’re looking to back up your local progress, here is the save file location for Stalker 2.
Stalker 2 Save File Location
The save files for Stalker 2 Save File Location on PC are available at the following location on PC.
C:\Users\[WINDOWS USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\STEAM
The “Saved” folder contains all the configuration files as well as the saved data for Steam. It’s the same location for the Game Pass version apart from the additional Steam folder. We recommend backing up the entire “Stalker2” folder for future use as that will contain your settings as well. If you just want the save files, back up the “STEAM” folder instead.
Faster Navigation
To quickly navigate to the same location, you can use Windows Run. To bring up Run, press the Windows and R keys together.
%USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/Stalker2/Saved/STEAM
This will take you to the same location as above, and you can back up your progress easily.
Does Stalker 2 have Steam Cloud Support?
Yes, Stalker 2 has Steam Cloud support on PC, which means you can pick up your progress on different devices too. It doesn’t have any additional DRMs either, which is convenient. We highly recommend keeping this setting on because the files aren’t that large, and even if you have a slow connection, it takes a few seconds to upload and download the cloud saves.
Apart from Steam Cloud, it has the following features on the client:
- Achievements
- Steam Family Share support
- HDR
- Trading cards
It isn’t a great experience on the Steam Deck, which makes sense considering how demanding it is, especially on the CPU side of things. There may be optimizations made down the line, but it’s not worth playing on the device at the moment.
The developers have already confirmed that they’re listening to feedback, and will continue to patch the game to squash bugs and improve stability.
