Cities: Skylines 2 has landed on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Before jumping into build mode, it helps to know exactly where your save files live. That makes backups, sharing progress, and quick recovery a breeze.
Cities: Skylines 2 Guides
Cities: Skylines 2 advances the beloved city-building formula. Players design residential zones, lay out roads, and run services and public transport. The game presents expansive maps and landscapes that invite experimentation in how a city grows. A key aspect is the chance to shape city policy and governance from within the gameplay.
Where are the Cities: Skylines 2 save files?
When Cities: Skylines 2 first launches, it creates a save folder automatically in locations determined by the platform. This keeps saved progress, maps, settings, and mods organized for easy access later.
- Windows PC: C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines 2/Saved
- Steam: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/userdata/userID/949230/remote/Cities Skylines 2
Saved games use the .crp extension. These files hold city data, map choices, settings, mods, and overall progress. For Windows users, typical paths look like:
- C:/Users/YourName/AppData/Local/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines 2/Saves/Region1.crp
- C:/Users/YourName/AppData/Local/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines 2/Saves/Region2.crp
Where are Cities Skylines 2 saves on consoles?
On Xbox, players can head to My Games & Apps, pick Cities Skylines 2, and navigate to Saved Games to manage saves.
On PlayStation, the path is Settings – Save Data – Save Data (PS5). There, the Cities Skylines 2 save files can be located and managed.
How to create your own save folder
Gamers can designate a personal folder to store saves for quick access and backup. The steps are simple:
- Create a Saves folder in a preferred location on the hard drive or inside the game’s main directory.
- In the game, choose Options – Gameplay – Save game folder.
- Specify the chosen folder as the active save destination.
- Connect a USB stick or external drive.
- Open My games and applications and select Cities Skylines 2. Go to Manage game and add-ons and choose Save data.
- Select Transfer saved files to external storage to move backups off the primary drive.
- Connect a USB drive again if needed. Then go to Settings – Saved Data – Saved Data (PS5) – City Skylines 2.
- Review the saved files and pick Copy to USB drive to create a portable copy.
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Attribution: VG Times