Camp Whittlewood save file location & backup
Steam does not list Steam Cloud for this game, so saves are local. Start at %LOCALAPPDATA%, then Saved Games, then the install folder — and zip a backup.
Camp Whittlewood save file location & backup
Camp Whittlewood is a small single-player game and its saves live on your own PC. One fact worth knowing before you go hunting folders: Steam does not list Steam Cloud among this game's features. The store page's feature list is Single-player, Full controller support and Family Sharing — nothing else. So as far as Steam is concerned there is no cloud copy travelling with your account, and a local backup is the only backup.
Pairs with: Beginner guide: what to know · Key items & progression · Release date & PC specs
Check Steam Cloud anyway (ten seconds)
- Open your Steam Library and right-click Camp Whittlewood.
- Open Properties → General.
- Look for a Steam Cloud section.
If there is no Steam Cloud line at all, that matches the store page: the game is not using Steam's storage, so your saves are local-only. If a line does appear and says the game syncs, that is newer information than the store page's feature list — but back up locally either way, because a local copy works regardless.
Where the save most likely is
The developer has not documented a path, so the honest answer is that you find it rather than look it up. Three candidates cover almost every small Windows indie game:
| Location | Path | How likely here |
|---|---|---|
| Windows app data | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Camp Whittlewood\ | The common choice for a small pixel-art RPG |
| Saved Games | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Camp Whittlewood\ | The same idea, a different convention |
| Next to the install | Steam\steamapps\common\Camp Whittlewood\ or a saves\ folder inside it | Some small games write beside the executable |
Steam's own per-game storage (Steam\userdata\<your SteamID3>\4813190\) is a fourth possibility, but it normally goes with Steam Cloud — which this game does not list — so treat it as the least likely of the four.
How to find it for certain in two minutes
- Launch the game and trigger a save, or reach the first autosave.
- Quit the game completely — an open save file can still be mid-write.
- In Windows Explorer, paste
%LOCALAPPDATA%into the address bar and sort the folder by Date modified; the newest entry is very likely your game's folder. - If nothing there is recent, repeat in
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games, then open the install folder through Steam: Library → right-click the game → Manage → Browse local files.
Whichever folder was touched at the moment you saved is the one. Note it down once and you never have to search again.
How to back up saves
- Close the game first.
- Copy the whole save folder somewhere outside Steam — a zip on another drive is enough.
- Copy it again before you start a fresh run.
That routine matters more than usual here: the game has three main endings plus a variation, and a run to the main ending takes about two hours, so one overwritten save can cost you a whole route. Rotate two or three zips rather than keeping one.
FAQ
Where is the Camp Whittlewood save file? Not documented by the developer. Start with %LOCALAPPDATA%, then Saved Games, then the install folder — find it with the date-modified trick above.
Does Camp Whittlewood use Steam Cloud? Steam does not list Steam Cloud for this game, so there is no cloud copy. Back up locally.
How many save slots are there? Not published.
Can I move a save to another PC? Copy the folder across manually — with no cloud sync there is no automatic route.
Will a patch wipe my progress? Nothing suggests that, but a zip taken before a patch costs nothing.
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