How to use cross-save in The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 now supports a cross-save feature between the PC version and the Nintendo Switch, allowing you to use the same save files on both platforms. This means one campaign for fans who own the game out of both. No more jumping between different points in the story, which is good news.

The first step is to make sure you've enabled cloud saves on Steam or GOG, regardless of which launcher you use to run the game. Both should be enabled automatically, but just in case, we'll see. how to activate them for both launchers.

Steam

For Steam, right click on the game in the library, then go to the Updates tab, and at the bottom you'll see Steam Cloud, with the option to enable cloud sync.

GoG

In GoG Galaxy, all games that support cloud saves will have a little icon next to them, and you can just click on it to activate the feature. It should already be enabled by default.

Now that this is taken care of, turn on the Nintendo Switch and make sure the new update has been downloaded. Go to the game on your home screen, then open the options menu by pressing the + button. Select “Software Update”, then “Via Internet” to check and see if the update has already been downloaded. If not, just let it download and install it.

Run the game, and in the main menu, you will see a Cloud Save option. This is where you can turn cross-save on and off and choose to upload files from Steam of GoG. You will be able to access all of your backup files on both platforms.

You can also choose to upload your save file from the Switch to the cloud, and will be able to transfer the same save file between the PC and the Switch, depending on which platform you want to play on.