Steam Cloud Saves - How to download your scores from the cloud

Steam stores many files on your computer when it comes to games and the Steam client. Many are automatically downloaded and stored in special folders on their computer when they download a game and make progress in it. The scores are automatically saved in a folder. However, this is not the only way to save your games with the Steam Cloud function on Steam. With this function you can save your games in the cloud if a local device damage would delete this memory file.

• How to activate Steam Cloud
• How to activate Steam Cloud for every game
• Local Steam Cloud storage locations
• Space of the game-specific cloud files
• Space of the Steam Client Cloud files
• How to download external Steam Cloud files

To achieve this, you have to activate the Steam Cloud functionality in the Steam client. In this manual, we explain how to activate the Steam Cloud functions, change them for every game, the storage locations of local memory files and finally the opportunity to use the Steam Cloud to download and secure your storage files.

How to activate Steam Cloud

The Steam Cloud saves information so that you have a uniform experience on several devices. This is an attitude that needs to be activated. Via the Steam menu in the upper left corner of your browser: Steam> Settings> Cloud and then activate the "Steam cloud synchronization for applications that support this".

How to activate Steam Cloud for every game

Each game has unique Steam Cloud options that you should check to ensure that Steam Cloud works. Right -click on the Library tab on any game and scroll down to properties. This opens a new window. On the "General" tab, you can check the Steam Cloud field, which shows you the available storage space, and the option for switching on or off the Steam Cloud function that saves the scores for this specific game in the Steam Cloud.

Local Steam Cloud storage locations

Cloud files are stored locally in the following locations by default:

• Window:

C: \ Programs (X86) \ Steam \ Userdata

• Mac OS:

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/Userdata

• Linux:

~/.local/Share/Steam/Userdata

Space of the game-specific cloud files

• Steam \ user data \ [steamid] \ 570 \

Space of the Steam Client Cloud files

• Steam \ user data \ [steamid] \ 7 \

How to download external Steam Cloud files

External Steam Cloud files can be found on the Steam website. Just go to the link that opens the remote storage page on the Steam website. You can see the games you played, the number of files you saved and the total size of the files. You can download these files from here if you need this.

On the right side of the above page you can see the "Show files" option in the column. If you click on it, a new page with a download link is opened on the right side of the line. If you click on it, you can download the file to your local device. If any kind of stored data has been damaged, this may be the best way to restore your game progress when it has been saved in the cloud. Various games work differently on the Steam Cloud. You can also check the local memory options on your computer to determine whether your stored files can be found in the places listed above.

As soon as you have your file at hand, you need to manually import the score file into the right score folder for the game, for which you are trying to restore a game.

And that's all you need to know about Steam Cloud Saves to find and download your Steam game stands that have been stored in the Steam Cloud. Just make sure you have activated your Steam Cloud settings, or you will not find anything in the Steam Cloud at all.

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