Kingdom Come: Deliverance uses Windows’ Saved Games folder, which is easier to back up than many AppData layouts, but its nearby profile/configuration directory can create confusion about what actually contains progress. SaveEditor separates the saves tree from profile XML and recommends copying them for different purposes. The page also emphasizes build, DLC, and mod context: a structurally intact save can still fail if the installation that loads it no longer matches the environment that created it.
Where Kingdom Come: Deliverance stores PC saves
The researched save-location boundary is Windows: %USERPROFILE%Saved Gameskingdomcomesaves. The known file or folder pattern is Profile/campaign save files below the saves tree; configuration profiles live separately under Saved Gameskingdomcomeprofilesdefault.. This is the practical starting point because launcher, profile, and storefront context can change which copy is active even when two folders look similar.
Storefront and profile differences
Documented launchers or storefronts: Steam, GOG, Epic Games Launcher, EA app, Microsoft Store. Multiple storefronts are documented, but the normal Windows save root is shared. Cloud services can still restore a conflicting copy. When looking for a missing save, identify the executable/storefront you actually launched and the user/profile that created the progress before copying anything between directories.
Cloud synchronization
Steam Cloud, GOG Galaxy, Epic, EA, and Xbox cloud support are documented depending on storefront. A cloud service should be treated as another copy of the save, not as proof that the local folder is disposable. Before a manual restore, let synchronization finish, make an offline backup, and avoid starting the game while files are being replaced.
What the files represent
The game keeps saves under the Windows Saved Games known folder rather than AppData. Configuration/profile XML is nearby but outside the saves directory, so backup scope can be chosen deliberately. The current filename/folder evidence is Profile/campaign save files below the saves tree; configuration profiles live separately under Saved Gameskingdomcomeprofilesdefault.. File-extension context: No single extension is sufficient to identify every relevant save record. A location guide does not claim that every file in the directory is safe to edit or that files from another storefront are automatically interchangeable.
If the save is not where expected
If a restored save refuses to load, compare game build/DLC/mod state and check cloud synchronization before assuming the save bytes are damaged. Also check redirected Documents folders, Steam Play prefixes, account IDs, and launcher-specific containers where applicable. Preserve every candidate copy before testing a restore so troubleshooting does not destroy the only surviving version.
Verification context: Reviewed against current PCGamingWiki Kingdom Come: Deliverance save and profile paths.