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Mar 21, 2021 · Uninstalling Steam will remove all the games you’ve installed through the software, along with their saved data and other downloadable content. Moreover, uninstalling the games will also delete your saves.
Aug 22, 2017 · Most of the times no, you don't lose it. It could happen however but it's rare. You should make backups of the saves you care about, you can use this software to do it: http://www.gamesave-manager.com/ Or look on pcgamingwiki.com or google.com where the savefiles are and make a backup yourself.
Aug 31, 2024 · Uninstalling Steam will remove the Steam client, all installed games, and any game saves stored within the game installation folders. However, save data stored in the Steam Cloud or in your Documents folder will remain unaffected.
If the games do not have Steam Cloud, you may need to manually back up the saves (Some games don't remove the saves if you uninstall them, some do). You may have to research each game to figure out where it keeps it save and back it up just in case.
If you go into the installation folder for steam and delete everything except steamapps and steam.exe, then open steam.exe. It essentially serves as a reinstall Edit: if you move out the steamapps folder and then delete steam, reinstall and then copy and paste the folder back.
Important: This process will remove Steam and any installed game content from your machine. If reinstalling Steam and Steam games in the near future, please move the steamapps folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps) outside of the Steam directory to prevent your games from being deleted.
Jan 8, 2019 · If something is stored already on the cloud save, it's most likely safe to uninstall the game. I would just backup the save files either way to be safe. Check online where they are stored and copy them.
