This unexpected sequel to the cult zombie actioner, released more than 10 years later, intrigued players for many reasons. One of the most important was its unprecedented scale. Despite the title, you can’t simply swim away from the island to escape the hordes of infected, as the events unfold on the American continent, where a deadly virus has spread. For this reason, the sequel can take a long time to complete. If you abandoned the game halfway through and suddenly decide to return, and your cloud saves haven’t loaded for some reason, here’s where your local saves in Dead Island 2 are stored.
First, let’s look at the most common situation with the Steam version of the game :
- C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/DeadIslandSteam/Saved/SaveGames/
If you used an alternative purchase service , such as the Epic Games Store , or even downloaded a pirated copy of Dead Island 2, the path to the save files will be almost identical, just without the word “Steam” in the root folder name:
- C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/DeadIsland/Saved/SaveGames/
And true originals who purchased the PC version of Dead Island 2 from the Microsoft Store or got it for free with a Game Pass subscription will have to wade through several additional folders with long, hard-to-pronounce names to get to the game’s saves:
- C:/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Packages/DeepSilver.578840CD64788_hmv7qcest37me/SystemAppData/wgs/[Random Character Folder]/
However, in all of the above cases, the path to the save files is through the AppData folder. Some users may be horrified to discover that it simply doesn’t exist. This isn’t true; this particular folder is usually hidden by default by Windows File Protection. To reveal it, simply check the “Hidden items” box or press Win + R and type %AppData% in the window that opens, then click OK.
