Nioh 3 stores its save files at %LOCALAPPDATA%\KoeiTecmo\NIOH3\Savedata on Windows. Checkpoint64 already knows this folder — it backs it up automatically and keeps every version, so a corrupted or overwritten save is one click from restored.
Where Nioh 3 saves are stored
- Windows —
%LOCALAPPDATA%\KoeiTecmo\NIOH3\Savedata
How to open the save folder
- Windows — press Win+R, paste
%LOCALAPPDATA%\KoeiTecmo\NIOH3\Savedata, and press Enter.
Backing up Nioh 3 saves automatically
- Install Checkpoint64 (free) and pick Nioh 3 — 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 Nioh 3 saves with friends
Nioh 3 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 Nioh 3 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. Every version is kept, so a bad session is one restore away. The dedicated server alternative guide walks through the full take-turns flow.