Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition stores its save files at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\Users on Windows. Checkpoint64 already knows this folder — it backs it up automatically and keeps earlier versions, so a corrupted or overwritten save is one click from restored.
Where Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition saves are stored
- Windows —
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\Users
How to open the save folder
- Windows — press Win+R, paste
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\Users, and press Enter.
Backing up Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition saves automatically
- Install Checkpoint64 (free) and pick Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition — the save path above is already preset.
- Auto-backup watches the folder and uploads a new version whenever it changes, keeping full history.
- Restore any version in one click if a save corrupts, gets overwritten, or a mod breaks it.
Sharing Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition saves with friends
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition has co-op, so the folder above usually lives on one person's PC — whoever hosts. When they're offline nobody else can carry on, and if two people play separately, one session quietly overwrites the other.
Checkpoint64 lets a small group pass one Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition world around instead of renting a dedicated server. Whoever plays next takes a server-enforced lock, pulls the latest save, plays, and pushes it back; everyone else stays read-only until the lock frees up, so nobody saves over anybody. Recent versions are kept, so a bad session is one restore away. The dedicated server alternative guide walks through the full take-turns flow.
Every way to do it, from playing live to taking turns: How to share your Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition world with friends.