Saves & config
Cyberpunk 2077 Save File Location
Cyberpunk 2077 keeps its saved games in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077 on Windows. Copy the whole folder to back a save up; paste it back to restore it.
Save games
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Saved Games is a real folder in your user directory, not inside Documents.
%APPDATA% style variables expand to your own account, and it works
even though AppData is hidden.
Backing a save up properly
Close the game first. A save folder copied while the game is running can catch a file mid-write, and the copy then loads as a corrupt save weeks later when you need it.
If the game uses Steam Cloud, close Steam entirely before restoring an old folder. Steam compares timestamps on launch and offers a choice between the local files and the ones on its servers; restoring while Steam is open often means the cloud copy quietly wins and the folder you just put back is overwritten.
Before you try a cheat
Back the save up first. Some codes on the Cyberpunk 2077 cheats page disable achievements for that save file, and a few cannot be reversed once used. A copy of the folder costs nothing and undoes all of it.
These paths are written by hand rather than imported, and a game update can move them. If one is wrong on your machine, tell us and it will be corrected.
Quick answers
Cyberpunk 2077 saves
Where are Cyberpunk 2077 save files stored?
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\CD Projekt Red\Cyberpunk 2077. Paste that path into the address bar of File Explorer and it will open the folder — the environment variables in it expand to your own user folder.