In this guide I will try to explain how to import your save game from the Microsoft Store/Xbox version of the game in 4 steps:

1. Part 1: Locating and copying your Microsoft save file
2. Locating, backing up and deleting your Steam save files.
3. Renaming, duplicating and importing your Microsoft save files.
4. Loading up the imported save files, recreating your character and turning Cloud Sync back on.

The entire process might be a bit more complicated than you're used to, but I'll try to explain it in as much detail as possible.

To be able to locate your Microsoft save files, we first need to turn on an option to be able to see hidden files and folders. Below you will find an explanation for Windows 10 users:

1. Open File Explorer from the taskbar.
2. Select View > Options > Change folder and search options.
3. Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.

This is the setting you are looking for:



Now that we've got that out of the way, it's time to navigate to the actual save files. I'm not entirely sure if the file path is different for other people, but for me it looks like this:


*Don't forget to change *USER* to your Windows 10 username.

It's possible that the seemingly random numbers and letters are different for you, but sadly I have no way of testing this. Either way, the first folder should be identifiable by "TheMolassesFloodLLC" (if you own their previous game, Flame in the Wood, you might have 2 folders with their company name in it) and the other folders only contain one folder with weird letters/numbers, so those should be easy to find.

In this folder you will find a lot of files with a bunch of numbers/letters (one for each of your saves), like so:



Take the following steps here:

1. Click on "Date Modified" (blue in the picture) to sort the files by date, making sure the newest files are on top.
2. Select the newest file* that has decent file above 1000kb in the size column (green in the picture). For me this is the file I indicated with the red box.
3. Open a second file browser and make a new folder anywhere you'd like. For this example I will create a folder called "Drake Hollow - Saves" on my E: drive.
4. Copy the file we selected earlier to this new folder, resulting in something like this:



*note: This selected the latest autosave in the game and everything in your personal inventory is lost, but everything in the depot is retained. Follow the steps below to create a new auto save and retain the items in your inventory.

1. Boot up the Microsoft version of the game.
2. Load a save game of the world you do want to import.
3. Put everything from your inventory in the depot .
3. Exit the game normally (it will now make a new autosave)
4. Go back to the previous steps to copy the new autosave we just created.

This concludes part 1 of the guide, so lets move on to part 2.

In this part of the guide we will be locating and, backing up and deleting your Steam save files. We will also have to take a slight detour and temporarily turn off "Steam Cloud Sync".

First lets locate your Steam save files:

1. Open File Explorer from the taskbar.
2. Navigate to the following location: *Once again changing *USER* to your Windows 10 username.
3. If you have any Steam save filess, then you should now see a folder* with similar content to the picture below:



*Note If this folder does not exist, make sure you've installed the Steam version and started a game through it.

Now let's back your Steam save files up, just in case you might want them back later or mess something up somehow.

1. Select all files in the previous folder, right click them and select "Copy".
2. Navigate to the folder you created in the previous part of the guide. For me this is the "Drake Hollow - Saves" folder on my E: Drive.
3. Create another folder inside this one. For this example, I will call this folder "Backup".
4. Open this folder, right click and select "Paste" . You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:



Before we move on to deleting your Steam save games, we first need to turn of it's pesky "Steam Cloud" synchronization. Otherwise Steam will just repopulate them later (Skip this step if you have Cloud Sync disabled already).

1. Navigate to your "Library" in Steam.
2. Find and right click on "Drake Hollow" and then select "Properties".
3. Click on the "Updates" tab and uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Drake Hollow". The window should now look similar to the picture below:



4. Click on "Close".

Finally, let's delete your original steam save filess to avoid any confusion later.

1. Navigate back to the following location: 2. Select all files except for "Profile.sav".
3. Right click the selected files and select "Delete", while making sure you don't delete "Profile.sav". Your Steam save game folder should now look similar to the picture below:



*Note: If you accidentally deleted "Profile.sav", then you can recover it by copying it back from the backup folder we've created earlier.

This concludes part 2, so lets move on to part 3 and actually import the Microsoft save file.

In this part of the guide we will be renaming, duplicating and importing your Microsoft save file.

First lets rename and duplicate your Microsoft save file.

1. Navigate to the folder we copied your latest Microsoft auto save to. In this example that would be: 2. Select the save file we copied here earlier. In this example that file is called "6F10EFA22969425ABA1724853210EF67".
3. Rename this file to "The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav" (without the " symbols).
4. Right click this file and select "Copy".
5. Right click in the folder and select "Paste".
6. You should now have a file called "The-Hollow-1_Auto_0 - Copy.sav", rename this file to "The-Hollow-1_Auto_1.sav".
7. Right click "The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav" and select "Copy" again.
8. Right click in the folder and select "Paste" again.
9. You should now, once again, have a file called "The-Hollow-1_Auto_0 - Copy.sav", rename this file to "The-Hollow-1_Auto_2.sav". You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:



*note:The above instructions assume you were playing with profile number 1. If you are using multiple profiles for the same Microsoft version of the game, then you need to change the first number in the file name to correspond to your profile number. For example; if you are playing under profile 2 then your new save files should be named: The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav", "The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav" and "The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav". If you are in doubt about the profile number you are using, then you can check the loading screen on the main menu. Right above the save games it should state "The Hollow", followed by the profile number.

Read the spoiler below if you're interested in reasoning behind this, otherwise move on to the next segment about importing the save games.
The reason we've now created the same file with 3 different names, is because the game utilizes 3 Auto Save slots (0, 1 and 2) and the Steam version won't recognize the save game if it doesn't have to correct name. As of right now, I don't know how to figure out which Auto Save slot we've exported from the Microsoft version (as they appear to, for unknown reasons..., hash the names). So it's easier to just cover all bases and make a version for all 3 possible names (this is also the reason we import an Auto Save to begin with)

Now that we've got our save games renamed and duplicated, it's time to actually import them into the Steam version of the game.

1. Select the 3 files we've just created ("The-Hollow-1_Auto_0.sav", "The-Hollow-1_Auto_1.sav" and "The-Hollow-1_Auto_2.sav").
2. Right click them and select "Copy".
3. Navigate to the following location: *Once again changing *USER* to your Windows 10 username.
(If you just copied that path, make sure you right click the 3 save files we've created earlier and put them on copy again!)
4. Right click in this folder and select "Paste". You should now have a folder similar to the picture below:



This concludes part 3, so lets move on to part 4 and actually load up the Microsoft save game.

*note: The above instructions assume you were playing under profile number 1. If you were using multiple profiles for the same Microsoft version of the game, then you need to change the first number in the file name to correspond to your profile number of the save game you are importing. For example; if you are playing under profile 2, then your new save files should be renamed to: "The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav", "The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav" and "The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav".

If you are in doubt about the profile number you are using, then you can check the loading screen on the main menu. Right above the save games it should state "The Hollow", followed by the profile number. See the picture below for an example:



In this case the shown auto save uses profile number 2, so the files should be renamed to: The-Hollow-2_Auto_0.sav", "The-Hollow-2_Auto_1.sav" and "The-Hollow-2_Auto_2.sav".

In this part of the guide we will be loading up the imported save files, recreating your character and turning Cloud Sync back on.

First lets fire up the game and load up the new save files.

1. Start up Steam and navigate to "Library".
2. Find and launch "Drake Hollow".
3. Click on Continue and you should now see a loading screen similar to the one in the picture below:



4. Load the auto save above.
5. Press "Esc" and click on "Save Game".

Now you've probably noticed that your character looks like the default girl again. Sadly I don't know how to import your original character, however you can just recreate them by taking the following steps:

1. Press "Esc", click on "Quit to menu" and select "Save and quit".
2. Click on "Character".
3. Change the various settings to make your character look like they did before.
4. Click on "Accept" and select "Ok".

Now your character looks like they did before and all that is left is to turn "Steam Cloud Sync" back on (skip this step if you don't want to use "Steam Cloud Sync".

1. Navigate to your "Library" in Steam.
2. Find and right click on "Drake Hollow" and then select "Properties".
3. Click on the "Updates" tab and uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Drake Hollow". The window should now look similar to the picture below:



Steam should now repopulate your save game folder with the older saves that we've deleted/backed up earlier. It should however also leave the ones we've just created in place, so just make sure that you load the correct ones and you should be fine.

As you've probably noticed, it's a lot more complicated to import save games from the Microsoft Store version of PC games, than it usually is for other platforms.

Because of this, I've tried to be as thorough and detailed as possible. I've also added quite a few pictures to try and make it more obvious if you've performed a step, or multiple steps, incorrectly. However, if you can't get your Microsoft save files to import properly, then feel free to ask me questions in the comment section below and I'll try to answer them as best I can.

I hope you found this guide useful and that it saved you from having to restart your game, or from being forced to continue playing it through the Microsoft store against your wishes.

- OniLiquid