The Assassin’s Creed franchise has taken players across centuries, from the streets of Renaissance Italy to the age of piracy and the temples of Ancient Egypt. Now, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is here to take players into feudal Japan. This has been a long-requested setting and players will finally get to play both as a stealthy shinobi and a formidable samurai. It’s a game you’ll want to savor and, more importantly, never lose progress. But where exactly are those crucial save files stored on your PC? If you are looking for information regarding where the save files of the game are stored, consider reading this guide.
Since you clicked on this guide, you are playing the game on a PC, and are looking to access the game’s saves. So without any further ado, let’s break down where you can find your Assassin’s Creed Shadows save files and how to manage them effectively.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Save File Location: Where is it
Assassin’s Creed Shadows provides a robust save system to manage progress with both manual and automatic saves. There are twenty manual save slots, giving you enough to create multiple saves at different points, and five autosave slots, which the game updates periodically to ensure recent progress isn’t lost. To start a new game, you have to head to the main menu, select “Memories”, then “Shadows”, and choose “New Game” to begin fresh. To start where you left off, access the “Load” option from the menu, select the desired save slot, and hold “Load” to load a save point. Anyway, here is where to find the saved files on your PC
Saved files location
You can get Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Epic Games Store, Steam, Ubisoft Store, and Mac, but keep in mind that each platform stores save files in a different location. We’ve listed the exact file paths for each version below so you can easily find them.
EGL
For those who purchased Assassin’s Creed Shadows via the Epic Games Launcher, the save files are stored in the Ubisoft Game Launcher directory under the following path: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\<UbisoftConnectID>\8006”. Since Ubisoft Connect manages the save system for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the <UbisoftConnectID> represents a unique identifier for your Ubisoft account.
Steam
Now, if you’re playing through Steam, save files are also stored within the Ubisoft Game Launcher directory, but the folder structure differs slightly: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\<UbisoftConnectID>\1081”. Like with Epic Games, Ubisoft Connect handles Steam saves, and the <UbisoftConnectID> corresponds to your unique Ubisoft account.
Ubisoft Connect
If you bought Assassin’s Creed Shadows directly through Ubisoft Connect, your save files will be in a location identical to Epic Games purchases: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\<UbisoftConnectID>\8006”. Because Ubisoft manages the game’s saves, this location remains consistent across different launchers that rely on Ubisoft Connect authentication.
macOS
For Mac users, save files are stored in a completely different directory within the system’s Library folder: “~/Library/Containers/Assassin’s Creed Shadows/Data/Library/Autosave Information/saves”. Since macOS hides the Library folder by default, you may need to use the Go to Folder function in Finder (Cmd + Shift + G) and manually enter the path to access your saved data.
You should now be able to find the saved files for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. We hope this was helpful. Keep in mind that DigiStatement is for all your gaming-related queries. And since we are on the topic of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, click here to find out the best settings to run it on the Steam Deck.
