If you just installed the game and launched it for the first time but never actually saved (by sleeping in your bed or exiting through the in-game menu), the save file may not exist yet. Start a new game, play for a few minutes, and sleep to create an autosave.

for Mon Bazou (found under Game Properties > General) to prevent Steam from overwriting your local changes with older data from the cloud. 🎮 In-Game Saving Methods

While you are in the game files, take a moment to appreciate what you’re protecting. There aren’t many games where a broken suspension, a leaking maple syrup barrel, and a poutine delivery schedule can create such a cozy, stressful, hilarious loop. Guard that .sav file like it’s the last bottle of Grade A Dark.

To restore a previous save:

This will open the folder directly.