Save File Location, Manual Backup, and Steam Cloud

Where the save folder is

SteamDB’s view of the Steam Cloud configuration records root: gameinstall, path: save, and a wildcard covering the folder’s files. It resolves the usual install path as:

[Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Welcome to Elderfield - Full Game/save

Your library can live on another drive or use a different parent folder, so Browse local files is more reliable than pasting a hard-coded drive letter [1].

Make a manual backup without changing the live save

1. Close the game

   Exit to the desktop and let Steam finish any visible sync before copying. Do not copy while the game is writing a save.

2. Open the install folder through Steam

   Use Manage → Browse local files, then open save. This avoids guessing where a second Steam library is mounted.

3. Copy the entire folder

   Copy—not move—the save folder to a location outside the game install, such as a dated backup folder on another drive. Keeping the whole folder avoids guessing which files belong to a slot or configuration.

4. Verify the backup exists

   Open the copied folder and confirm it contains files and has a sensible modified time. Leave the original untouched.

What Steam Cloud does—and does not do

The Steam store lists Steam Cloud support, while the current Cloud record covers the install-folder save path with a 250-file limit and about 9.54 MiB quota [1][2]. Cloud sync is convenient across supported Steam installs, but it mirrors state; it is not a versioned archive you control.

• Wait for sync to finish before switching devices.
• If Steam reports a conflict, do not choose by habit. Compare timestamps and keep a separate copy first.
• Keep at least one manual backup outside the game’s install folder.
• A green Cloud status does not prove that the newest in-game slot is healthy.

Does the Steam Demo save transfer?

In an August 9 Steam reply, developer Chris Cote said Demo saves transfer automatically to the full game. The same reply says Patreon save folders can be copied into the Steam directory [3]. For a normal Steam Demo save, launch the full game and check the load screen before attempting manual file operations.

If the expected Demo save is missing, close the game, preserve copies of any Demo and full-game save folders you can still access, and report the platform and install locations. The developer’s statement confirms intended transfer behavior; it does not prove that every failed transfer has the same cause.

Quick evidence table

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