SaveState

A user-friendly GUI for Windows and Linux to back up and restore video game save files. Perfect for games without cloud saves, managing multiple save locations, or syncing progress across devices.

🖥️ Looking for the Android/Mobile version? Check out SaveState for Android

Zero Configuration Required — Download, run, and start backing up. No config files to edit, no setup wizard, no account needed. If a guide tells you to configure SaveState before using it, that guide is wrong.

No Admin Rights Needed — This app does NOT require administrator privileges. If Windows asks you to run it as admin, don't — something is wrong.

Add a game in one drag: drop any launcher shortcut onto SaveState — it finds the save folder for you.

Features

• One-click backup & restore with compressed .zip archives and automatic rotation
• Drag & drop from Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, Ubisoft, EA App, Playnite, Heroic, and more
• Smart save detection — Steam awareness, deep scan, and fuzzy matching when paths aren't obvious
• Cloud sync (optional) — Google Drive, WebDAV, FTP/FTPS, SMB/NAS, or Git
• Deep emulator support — RetroArch, Dolphin, ares, and many more with guided setup where it helps
• Per-profile settings, minimize to tray, portable mode, and Linux AppImage

Supported Emulators

SaveState automatically detects save data locations for a wide range of emulators:

RetroArch ★	Ryujinx	Yuzu	Rpcs3
Dolphin ★	ares ★	DuckStation	PPSSPP
Citra	Azahar	mGBA	Snes9x
DeSmuME	Cemu	Flycast	ShadPs4
SameBoy	PCSX2 *	Xenia	Eden (yuzu)
melonDS	Gopher64	Citron	Vita3K
Mednafen/Mednaffe	ymir	xemu †	KytyPS5

★ Enhanced integration with guided setup

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* PlayStation 2 memory card functionality in SaveState utilizes and adapts code from the mymcplusplus project, which is based on mymc+ by Florian Märkl and the original mymc by Ross Ridge. The mymcplusplus source code is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. SaveState, including these derived components, is also licensed under GPLv3.

† Original Xbox (xemu) support uses a surgical QCOW2/FATX backup engine developed for this project. The research lab, method notes, and engine that made title-level extract/restore possible (including on HDDs where a game was never launched) are published separately as xemu_tools by the same author (Matteo842).

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Install

Windows (recommended) — download SaveState_vX.X.X_Win.zip from Releases, extract, and run. No installer.

Or via WinGet:

winget install Matteo842.SaveState

Linux — download SaveState.tar.gz from Releases, extract the AppImage, then:

chmod +x SaveState*.AppImage
./SaveState*.AppImage

From source: see Building from Source.

Quick start

1. Launch the app — defaults work out of the box.
2. Drag a game shortcut onto the window (or use Manage Steam / New Profile...).
3. Select a profile → Backup / Restore.

Optional: Settings for backup folder, cloud sync, and per-profile limits. Right-click a profile for more options.

Docs

More detail without bloating this page:

• Usage — profiles, restore, launchers, UI screenshots
• Cloud Sync — providers and setup
• How Save Search Works — heuristics & flowchart
• Building from Source — Python / dependencies

Feedback & ideas → Issues. Code PRs are not accepted; see CONTRIBUTING.md.

🔐 Code Signing & Security

This project is supported by the SignPath Foundation for free code signing.

The artifact is signed by SignPath.io using a certificate from the SignPath Foundation.

Legal

• Privacy Policy
• Terms of Service

License

Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for more information.

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No time to fate, save your state!