QUICK FIELD CHECK
Know which save rule applies before you leave.
Early Access adds confirmed autosave checkpoints; the separate Demo keeps its older no-resume rule.
- Fight won
- What is confirmedEarly Access autosaves after every fight you win.
- Safe actionFinish the encounter before quitting when possible.
- Dungeon escaped
- What is confirmedEarly Access also autosaves when you escape a dungeon.
- Safe actionUse the escape as the confirmed between-fight checkpoint.
- Menu opened
- What is confirmedThe launch post does not confirm that opening a menu or quitting creates a manual save.
- Safe actionDo not rely on an unconfirmed Save and Quit action.
- Free Demo
- What is confirmedAn unfinished Demo run is not resumable; persistent Gifts are a separate system.
- Safe actionDo not apply the Early Access checkpoint promise to the Demo app.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE
Protect the progress that can persist.
Finish the current fight if you can. Team Lazerbeam says a win creates an autosave checkpoint in Early Access.
Outside combat, escape the dungeon before leaving. The official launch announcement names a dungeon escape as the other confirmed autosave checkpoint.
Do not assume that opening a menu or quitting between those checkpoints forces a new save; the announcement does not claim a manual Save and Quit command.
If you are playing the separate free Demo, use the older rule: an unfinished run is not resumable, although completed Gifts can still enter the persistent Foresight pool.
If a completed unlock appears missing, let Steam finish synchronizing before reopening the game. Cloud-tracked JSON files exist, but that does not prove a particular interrupted checkpoint uploaded successfully.
Before deleting or replacing files, back up the SaveData folder under AppData/LocalLow/Team Lazerbeam/Shroom and Gloom on Windows or Library/Application Support/Team Lazerbeam/Shroom and Gloom on macOS.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
After winning a fight or escaping a dungeon in Early Access, the game has reached one of the two autosave checkpoints named by Team Lazerbeam. The announcement does not expose a save icon or menu label, so this page does not invent one.
VERSION BOUNDARY
This checkpoint rule comes from the official Early Access launch announcement. The separate Demo still uses the older no-resume behavior. SteamDB confirms cloud-tracked JSON files, but file presence alone cannot prove that an interrupted run reached or uploaded its latest checkpoint.