Legendary supports bidirectional cloud save synchronisation with Epic’s save game service, fully compatible with the Epic Games Launcher. Saves stored in the cloud can be downloaded to your local machine and local saves can be uploaded back — changes made in either Legendary or EGL will be visible on both sides. Not every game on Epic supports cloud saves; the feature must be enabled by the developer.Documentation Index
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The first time you run
sync-saves for a newly installed game, Legendary will ask you to confirm or manually enter the path where that game stores its save files. Once confirmed, the path is saved in ~/.config/legendary/config.ini under the game’s app name section so future syncs run automatically.Syncing Saves
Sync all supported games (upload or download based on which is newer):Forcing a Direction
When you need to push or pull regardless of timestamps:One-Way Sync
To restrict the operation to a single direction without forcing:Overriding the Save Path
If a game’s save path was stored incorrectly, or you want to use a non-default location for a single run, specify the path explicitly. The app name is required when using--save-path:
Additional Options
Disable filename filters (sync all files in the save directory, not just those matching the game’s known patterns):Listing and Downloading Cloud Saves
List all save files stored in the cloud:Cleaning Up Saves
Over time incomplete or orphaned save data can accumulate in the cloud. To review and clean up these files:Save Path Configuration
After the first successful sync for each game, Legendary stores the confirmed save path in yourconfig.ini:
sync-saves works immediately after installation: