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What do the Steamworks Steam Cloud docs say about how saves sync, platform scope, size limits, and conflicts or versioning?

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Steam Cloud syncs saves before and after sessions; a single write is capped at 100 MB and 256 MB may choose a non-optimal endpoint; choosing a specific OS in an Auto-Cloud root locks those files to that OS (no later cross-platform sync); quotas are set per user per game. Curator qualifications: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no code compiled or run; no saves synced. Partner docs change; dated read. Limitations: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no code compiled or run; no saves synced. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloud",
      "note": "Steamworks Steam Cloud page (live bytes differ from pin; content re-verified)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/api/ISteamRemoteStorage",
      "note": "Steamworks Steam Cloud page (live bytes differ from pin; content re-verified)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Steam Cloud syncs saves before and after sessions; a single write is capped at 100 MB and 256 MB may choose a non-optimal endpoint; choosing a specific OS in an Auto-Cloud root locks those files to that OS (no later cross-platform sync); quotas are set per user per game. · locator: Steamworks Steam Cloud page (live bytes differ from pin; content re-verified) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

Linked records

cites → https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/api/ISteamRemoteStorage
cites → https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloud

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