Alright, so, Cyberpunk cross save not working, huh? Been there, done that, got the T-shirt (that I probably bought with illegally obtained eddies in Night City). Let me walk you through how I finally got that mess sorted out.
First off, the problem. I fire up Cyberpunk on my PC, play for a solid few hours, make some serious progress, and then I want to pick up where I left off on my Steam Deck. Sounds simple, right? Wrong! The cloud saves just wouldn’t sync. I’d see the saves on both devices, but they’d be wildly out of date, or just plain not loading. Frustrating doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Step 1: The Obvious Stuff. Gotta start with the basics, right? Made sure I was logged into the same GOG account on both my PC and Steam Deck. Double-checked that cloud saves were enabled in the GOG Galaxy launcher on my PC and Steam settings on Steam Deck. Seems simple, but you gotta check it. Restarted both devices. No luck. Okay, on to the slightly less obvious…
Step 2: GOG Galaxy Shenanigans. This is where things got a little hairy. I remembered reading something about GOG Galaxy sometimes being a pain in the butt with syncing. So, I did this:
- Closed GOG Galaxy completely on my PC. Like, right-click the icon in the system tray and exit.
- Restarted my PC.
- Opened GOG Galaxy again. Let it sit for a few minutes to make sure it fully synced.
Still nothing. Ugh.
Step 3: The Steam Cloud Save Dance. Okay, time to mess with Steam directly. This involved:
- Right-clicking Cyberpunk 2077 in my Steam library.
- Selecting “Properties.”
- Going to the “General” tab.
- Making sure “Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud” was checked.
I even tried unchecking it, restarting Steam, and then re-checking it. Just to be sure. Still nada.
Step 4: The Nuclear Option (Almost). At this point, I was getting ready to just give up and accept that cross-saving was a myth. But then, I stumbled across a forum post suggesting something a little more drastic: verifying the game files.
- Right-clicked Cyberpunk 2077 in my Steam library.
- Selected “Properties.”
- Went to the “Local Files” tab.
- Clicked “Verify integrity of game files…”
Steam went through and checked all the files, and…it actually found something! A few files were corrupted or missing. It re-downloaded them. I thought, “No way, could this actually be it?”
Step 5: The Moment of Truth. After the verification process finished, I launched Cyberpunk on my PC, made a new save, and then hopped over to my Steam Deck. And…drumroll…IT WORKED! The new save was there, synced perfectly. I could finally continue my adventure as a netrunner on the go.
The takeaway? Sometimes it’s the simplest things. I have no idea why those files were corrupted, but verifying the game files seems to have been the magic bullet. If you’re having trouble with Cyberpunk cross saves, give that a shot before you tear your hair out. Good luck, choomba!
