Where Are Half-Life: Alyx Saves Located?
Half-Life Alyx chapter saves on PC in Steam userdata 546560.
Last updated
Half-Life: Alyx files Russell-assisted progress in Steam userdata under its app ID, with chapter checkpoints plus autosaves. SteamVR settings live elsewhere.
VR sessions crash harder than flat games. Back up before Jeff sequences and modded campaigns.
Where Half-Life: Alyx stores this, by platform
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Steam\userdata\<your Steam ID>\546560
Remote-synced chapter saves per account; swap in your numeric Steam ID. Workshop campaigns cache under steamapps\workshop\content\546560. Steam Cloud syncs saves; pause it before manual restores.
Frequently asked questions
Does Half-Life: Alyx use Steam Cloud?
Yes for the userdata path above. Turn it off before restoring older chapter backups.
Where are Alyx Workshop mods?
In the workshop content cache for app 546560, separate from saves above. Subscriptions redownload automatically.
Notice an outdated path? Let us know.