Where Are Civilization V Saves Located?
Civ 5 save folder in Documents My Games with single, auto, multiplayer and hotseat saves on PC.
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Civilization V saves under Documents in the Firaxis My Games tree, split into Single, Auto, Multi and HotSeat folders. Logs, cache and mods sit next door in the same parent.
Cloud saves duplicate into the Steam userdata tree for app ID 8930. Local Saves are the ones to copy for transfers and backup scripts.
Where Civilization V stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\Saves
Single-player games in Single, autos in Auto, with Multi and HotSeat alongside. Mods live in the sibling Mods folder and settings in config.ini one level up. Steam Cloud copies sit under userdata\8930. Copy the Saves folder with the game closed.
Frequently asked questions
How do I transfer Civ 5 saves to a new PC?
Copy the Saves folder into the same My Games path on the new machine. Bring the Mods folder too if the saves depend on custom content.
Where are Civ 5 crash logs?
In the Logs subfolder next to Saves under the Civilization 5 user directory. Attach lua.log when reporting mod bugs.
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