The Witcher 3 Complete Edition Save Transfer

How to transfer your Witcher 3 saves between PC and Switch

(Paradigm credit: CD Projekt RED)

How do you go on your Witcher 3 Switch progress on PC, and vice versa? While playing the Witcher three on PC is hands downwardly the all-time manner to play—yes, of course nosotros would say that—information technology's nice to take other options when you're away from home. It'southward at present possible to accept the many hours you've invested galloping through Skellige and wandering around in Novigrad to the Nintendo Switch and clock upwardly hundreds more on the go.

So how exercise you transfer your Witcher 3 Switch port your save? Thankfully it's dainty and straightforward, and takes no time at all. Let's get right to information technology.

Stride i: Enable cloud saves

Before heading out on that twelve-hour flight, bank check that yous have cloud saves enabled. If you bought The Witcher 3 on Steam, you can check this characteristic is enabled like so:

Open up your Steam library.
Right-click The Witcher 3 and select Properties from the drop-downwardly menu.
In the Updates tab, ensure Enable Steam Cloud Synchronization is checked.

If the Witcher 3 is on your GOG.com account, the process is slightly unlike, but only equally unproblematic:

Click the GOG logo to the superlative-left subsequently launching the GOG Galaxy client.
Choose Settings, and then Features.

Step 2: Transfer your save

First, catch your Switch and launch the Witcher 3 to begin your save transfer:

Cull the Cloud Saves option in the master menu. This displays both Steam and GOG.com as options for accessing your saves.
Select the account you own, followed past the edition of the game you purchased—either Standard or Game of the Year.
Click Load Game. This opens the login screen for either Steam or GOG.com.
Log in, complete the Captcha check, and fill in your 2FA security code.
Select Load Game again to see a listing of your available save files.

Step three: ...and dorsum once again

Whether you've played The Witcher iii on your commute, thousands of miles loftier in the heaven, or slumped on your sofa, you can port your salvage back over to your PC to feel the game at its well-nigh beautiful.

Press the options button (+) on your Switch to bring upwardly the bill of fare overlay.
Select Cloud Saves from the list.
Equally yous did before, choose either Steam or GOG.com and your edition of the game.
Press Upload to transfer your save.

A petty notification at the bottom of the screen confirms that your salve has been uploaded, indicating that you're all set to pick upwards where yous left off.

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