Does deleting a steam game also delete saves?

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#1 topgunmv
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Specifically, Batman Arkham Asylum, which doesn't use steam cloud for saves.

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#2 Blacklight2
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Don't think so. I have deleted for example, The Witcher. It still has like a 300KB folder that has the saves inside of it.
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#3 topgunmv
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Don't think so. I have deleted for example, The Witcher. It still has like a 300KB folder that has the saves inside of it.Blacklight2

Ok, thanks.

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#4 Elann2008
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Most uninstalls do not COMPLETELY remove all of the game's content, which are game saves. That's usually saved in a separate folder. Unless you click OK to delete game saves during uninstall, then I wouldn't worry about it. If you're still unsure, find the game save folder in your documents and make a copy or move it somewhere else.
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A ton of games put save files in your 'My Documents' folder.

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Specifically, Batman Arkham Asylum, which doesn't use steam cloud for saves.

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it depends on the game. google for the game specifically. Sometimes they keep it in the steam folder, other times it's located in hidden folders on your computer. I really don't know why games insist on doing that.

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#7 JKnaperek
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[QUOTE="Adam_the_Nerd"]

[QUOTE="topgunmv"]

Specifically, Batman Arkham Asylum, which doesn't use steam cloud for saves.

it depends on the game. google for the game specifically. Sometimes they keep it in the steam folder, other times it's located in hidden folders on your computer. I really don't know why games insist on doing that.

They're not hidden. They're clearly visible with the name of the game. It's even easier to find the folders if you use your computer's built in search function. Why do games do this? Simply because people often delete games and often reload them hoping to load up their save game file again. It's really not that hard to understand.
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Don't think so. I have deleted for example, The Witcher. It still has like a 300KB folder that has the saves inside of it.Blacklight2
you sure you are looking at the right folder? my witcher saves folder is 2gb. But on topic, it depends where the saves are located, if they are in the same folder as the game files they might get deleted, but if they are in the documents folder or something they wont get deleted.