Game saves

How Tiny Glade saves your game

Tiny Glade automatically saves its state every time you enter the menu or photo mode, close the game, and also upon a crash. In the last case, the previous version of the save file from before the crash is also backed up. Additional backups are created before upgrade to a new save file format, in case of an update from us.

When you create a new glade, Tiny Glade automatically creates a new save slot for it. You can access your saves through the main menu, via "Load". The list scrolls if you drag anywhere within it with your mouse.

Save file location

You can find save your files at:

• Windows
  • %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves
    • (typically C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves)
• Linux
  • ~/.local/share/Tiny Glade/Steam/YOUR_STEAM_ID/saves

Each of the subfolders witin "saves" is one glade. If you'd like to identify which folder contains your save, it's best to sort the folders by modification date, and then check the "screenshot.jpg" file within. The names, e.g. 34b2548d-ff3b-4829-aa48-03482f32bb64 are random, and are generated as UUIDs. If you'd like rename one of the subfolders, ensure that the structure of the name is the same - don't remove or add the hexadecimal characters, only change them.

Deleted saves

If you've accidentally deleted your glade from within the game, you can still find it on your disk. It's in a folder called deleted-saves just above the saves folder. Inside you'll find subfolders with those funny names like 34b2548d-ff3b-4829-aa48-03482f32bb64. You can grab any of those subfolders and copy (or move) them into the saves folder, thus restoring them.

Steam Cloud

Your Steam Cloud data can be found here.

If you see a Steam Cloud error, do not ignore it. Try to sync again. If that doesn't work, restart Steam, and try to sync then. Failing that, consult Valve's troubleshooting page or reach out to Steam Support - otherwise Steam Cloud may overwrite your local files, and you will lose your progress.

Restoring save backups

Even with careful use, Steam Cloud has been known to lose saves, and Windows can corrupt files upon a power loss. To reduce the risk of you loosing your progress, Tiny Glade automatically creates backups whenever it saves your game.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to restore a backup, here are the steps:

• Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves (typically C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves) and find the corresponding folder of the save that you want to restore. You can inspect "screenshot.jpg" within folders to identify which one you need.
• Proceed to find the matching folder in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\backup-saves
• Copy the latest file from the backup folder into your save folder. It will be named something like "history-backup-2025-04-06 23-39-13.json".
• Move out the current "history.json" from your save folder, and rename the "history-backup-*.json" file to "history.json" instead.
• And that should be all!
  • The game might need to replay your build from start to finish on the next load.

Note: the backups are not synced with Steam Cloud, and are local to your computer. So if you've switched devices, the backups will not be synced to your other device.

Restoring a save after a crash

If the games managed to create a backup of your save during the crash, the game will automatically restore the save when you launch it next time. These crash saves are located in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\tmp\panics\panic_DATE\save.json

If the game fails to load your save file, there might be a mismatch between save history and latest snapshot. Manually deleting snapshots folder might help:

• Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves\YOUR_SAVE_FILE (typically C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\Saved Games\Tiny Glade\Steam\YOUR_STEAM_ID\saves\YOUR_SAVE_FILE)
• Rename snapshots folder to something else
• Load the save file inside the game
• The game will replay your build from scratch. Note: This might take some time, do not interrupt this process.

Can I move the save folder?

You can't¹ move just Tiny Glade's save folder because the location is fixed in Steam (and in the game's code), which is necessary for cloud saves to work. On Windows, the saves must reside inside the "Saved Games" folder.

You can however move the entire "Saved Games" folder, which contains Tiny Glade's saves and likely those of other games. "Saved Games" is one of several special "known folders" in Windows, alongside "Documents", "Pictures", and others; their location is configurable.

⚠️ It might be a good idea to close Steam before you do this

See the "Windows 11 Forum" website for instructions on how to move the "Saved Games" folder. The steps are the same for Windows 10.

¹ Advanced users might be able to use the mklink command to create a symbolic link or a junction to a different drive.