Saved games for 2 Steam accounts

Bazzite
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I am unable to play GTA V on my main Steam account, since I no longer have access to the email associated with my Social Club linked to that account.

My solution was to create an alt. Steam account with Rockstar games only, however it’s becoming a little bit of a pain to keep switching accounts whenever I want to play Rockstar games.

To fix this I use family sharing between both accounts, however I now have to use the Rockstar alt. account as a main since Rockstar games are unable to family share.

Now I want to transfer my saved games from my original main account, to the Rockstar games account, however even though I know the location of the saved games in desktop mode, it seems that there is only 1 desktop mode for both Steam accounts.

I feel like this is a complicated question but if someone could help me with my issue, I’d be quite grateful!

Thank you!

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:card_index_dividers: Common Steam Cloud Save Paths on Linux

1. Steam Cloud-enabled games

These are synced to:

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~/.steam/steam/userdata/<your_steam_id>/<app_id>/

  • <your_steam_id> is your unique Steam user ID.

  • <app_id> is the numeric ID of the game (e.g., 570 for Dota 2).

You can find your Steam ID by visiting your profile page or using steamid.io.

2. Non-cloud games or custom save paths

Some games store saves elsewhere, such as:

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~/.local/share/<game_name>/
~/.config/<game_name>/
~/Documents/<game_name>/

These are not synced via Steam Cloud unless the game explicitly supports it.

:file_folder: Save Location for Rockstar Games Launcher on Linux (via Steam + Proton)

When you launch a Rockstar game through Steam, it runs the Rockstar Games Launcher inside a Proton prefix, which emulates a Windows environment. The save files are stored in:

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~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/<Steam_app_id>/pfx/

Inside that prefix, the Rockstar Launcher behaves like it would on Windows. So the actual save path is usually:

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<Proton_prefix>/Users/steamuser/Documents/Rockstar Games/<Game_Name>/Profiles/<Profile_ID>/

For example, Red Dead Redemption 2 might save to:

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~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1174180/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/Rockstar Games/Red Dead Redemption 2/Profiles/<Profile_ID>/


Hope this helps...