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Steam synchronizes many salvage files to its servers. They're automatically downloaded via Steam when yous install a game, but that'south not the simply way you tin go them. You can download them directly from Valve's website in your browser, too.

Enable Steam Deject Sync in Steam

If Steam isn't automatically downloading your sometime salve games after you lot install a game, ensure Steam Cloud is enabled for that game within Steam.

To practice then, locate the game in your Steam library, right-click it, and so select "Properties." Click the "General" tab and ensure the "Proceed games saves in the Steam Cloud for Game" selection is checked for the game. If this option isn't checked, Steam won't automatically download your cloud saves—or upload any new ones.

Make sure "General" tab is selected, then click "Keep games saves in the steam cloud for Game."

If you don't run into a Steam Cloud option for a game here, that game doesn't support Steam Cloud. Not all games on Steam practise—it'southward up to each game developer.

Download the Files in Your Web Browser

Valve lets you lot download your Steam cloud save files via a spider web browser, as well. You tin download just your save files without re-downloading the entire game.

To notice your save files, visit Valve's View Steam Cloud page in your spider web browser and sign in with your Steam account.

You'll encounter a list of games using your Steam Cloud storage. Locate the game in the list—and click "Show Files" to run across all the files for a game.

Tip: Press Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on a Mac) to employ your browser'south built-in search tool and search for the proper name of the game.

List of Steam Cloud's saved games on the web.

Each game has a page showing all the files it's storing in Steam Cloud, too equally the appointment they were modified. To download a file, click "Download." Download all the save files for your game, and you'll have a copy of its save games.

Click "Download" next to each save file you want.

This is especially useful for multi-platform games that don't automatically synchronize save files between platforms.

For case, Borderlands ii is available for both PC and Mac. It synchronizes its save files with Steam Cloud, merely both the PC and Mac versions sync salve files separately. You can download the Mac (or PC) versions from Steam's website, and then manually import them into the correct folder to motility your Borderlands 2 save games between platforms.

Without using the website, this would require downloading Borderlands two on one platform, extracting your save games, and so downloading the game on a second platform!

This is a known trouble for other games, too—for example, it also seems to be required when moving save games from Torchlight for Windows to Torchlight for Linux.