Dear Esther: Landmark Edition | John's Save Editors

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Save Editor

Drop a save file here, or

Always back up your original save file before editing. This is an unofficial fan tool and is not affiliated with the game's developer.

Where's my save file, and how do I make it stick?

Save file location

not yet confirmed on this machine — PlayerPrefs.txt

This profile was built from a real save file downloaded via pcsavegames.com — the exact on-disk path for a live install hasn't been confirmed yet.

What this doesn't cover

This file is mostly graphics/audio/input settings, not a traditional progress save — only the resume-chapter checkpoint and a couple of playtime stats are exposed. Everything else in the file is preserved exactly as-is.

Applying your edit

Fully quit the game first — check Task Manager for a lingering process too.
Back up the original file before overwriting it.
Copy the downloaded file over the original, keeping the exact same filename (the editor preserves this for you automatically).
Relaunch and load that save.

If your edit doesn't show up

This is the single most common snag — try these in order:

Disable cloud sync for this game first. Steam: Library → right-click the game → Properties → General → uncheck "Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud." Epic Games, GOG Galaxy, EA app, Ubisoft Connect, and Xbox/PC Game Pass titles all have an equivalent per-game toggle — turn it off, since a cloud sync can silently overwrite your edited file with the old cloud copy right after you relaunch.
Move the file out, then back in, instead of overwriting it in place. Some games only re-read a save file that's genuinely new to them, not one merely overwritten in place — confirmed with Prison Escape Simulator. Move (don't just overwrite) the edited file out of the save folder, relaunch the game once, quit, then copy it back in and relaunch again.
Check you edited the save the game is actually loading. Some games have multiple save slots or an autosave that can overwrite your edit — make sure you're loading the exact slot you edited, and that nothing re-saved over it in between.
Check the file isn't marked read-only. Right-click it → Properties → make sure "Read-only" is unchecked — files downloaded through a browser occasionally pick this up, and some games fail to overwrite it (sometimes silently).

A few games verify their save file's integrity and will refuse a modified one outright, or silently ignore just the values that changed — if none of the above helps, that may be what's happening, and there's currently no way around it from this editor.

Upload a save file to edit its fields.