Dragon's Dogma 2 save-file location, backup, and restore guide

Locate the Steam userdata folder for App ID 2054970, make a complete cold backup and restore it without racing Steam Cloud.

By Game Guide PortSource reviewed:

Applies to: Steam on Windows and Proton path pattern · console saves and current slot-to-file mapping excluded

Quick answer

On Windows Steam, open `<Steam-folder>\userdata\<your-Steam-user-ID>\2054970\remote\`. Exit the game and Steam before copying the entire `remote` folder to a dated backup outside `userdata`. For restore, keep Steam closed, preserve the current folder separately, replace the contents from one known backup, then start Steam and resolve any Cloud conflict by timestamp and the copy you intend to keep.

Official in-game status screen, used as save-management context
Official Dragon’s Dogma 2 image · ©CAPCOM · Source ↗

File-safety rule: close Dragon’s Dogma 2 and fully exit Steam before copying or replacing saves. Back up the entire remote folder. The September 2026 update added three in-game slots, but the reviewed sources do not map every slot to a stable filename.

Save locations

PlatformReported path pattern
Steam on Windows<Steam-folder>\userdata\<your-Steam-user-ID>\2054970\remote\
Steam Play / Proton<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/2054970/pfx/, with Cloud data also potentially under the Steam userdata tree

PCGamingWiki · Checked October 15, 2026. App ID 2054970 is also visible in the official Steam product URL.

Sanitized folder tree from Steam userdata through app ID 2054970 to the remote save folder
Original sanitized diagram. Replace the placeholders locally; never publish your account ID.

Find the correct account folder

  1. In Steam, open Settings → Storage to identify the Steam installation/library location.
  2. Open its userdata folder.
  3. If several numeric account folders exist, compare their modification times after making a normal in-game save, without sharing the numbers.
  4. Open the matching 2054970\remote folder.

Do not use someone else’s Steam ID from a screenshot or guide; the numeric folder is account-specific.

Make a cold, complete backup

  1. Save in-game, return to the title screen and quit.
  2. Exit Steam from its menu and confirm it is no longer synchronizing.
  3. Copy the entire remote folder to a dated location outside userdata, such as Documents\DD2 backups\2026-10-15-before-mods\.
  4. Open the copy and confirm files exist; do not move the original.

Restore one known backup

  1. Keep the game and Steam closed.
  2. Copy the current live remote folder to a separate “before-restore” backup.
  3. Replace the live folder’s contents with one complete dated backup.
  4. Start Steam, examine any Cloud-conflict timestamps and choose the restored local state only when that is the copy you intend to keep.
  5. Launch the game and verify the slot, location and playtime before making new progress.

Avoid a Steam Cloud race

The official Steam page marks the game as supporting Steam Cloud. Copying while the game or client writes can produce a mixed snapshot; restoring while Cloud sync is active can upload or replace the wrong state. Preserve both sides before resolving a conflict and use timestamps as evidence, not guesswork.

What this guide does not claim

  • No console filesystem path: console saves are managed by the platform UI.
  • No stable file-to-slot mapping for the current three-slot system.
  • No save editor, downloaded save or cross-account transplant procedure.
  • No guarantee that a backup from another game version or mod set will load.

Sources

Recheck after changes to save-slot storage, Cloud behavior or App ID.

How this guide was checked

PCGamingWiki supplies the Steam and Proton path patterns. Steam identifies App ID 2054970 and Steam Cloud support. Multi-slot filenames are intentionally not guessed.

Not independently play-tested. This is not a claim that every platform or game version was tested. Source review: Oct 15, 2026.

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