Can I transfer an Xbox's game's progress & saves to a Steam-bought game?

Hi there Briar, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player, just like you. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

It seems that Cross-Save in Astroneer can only be done between Xbox consoles and the version of the game downloaded from the Microsoft Store on PC, not from Steam. Keep in mind that Steam is a different platform, and since these are different platforms, the save systems are different.. Please remember that the ability to transfer your progress between different platforms is entirely up to the game developers and not Xbox.

Thanks for your understanding and if you have further questions please let me know.

Best regards.

Saves don't transfer to the Steam version of the game. You'd have to buy it from Microsoft to keep your progress.

a good few games saves can be transferred from gamepass to steam easily, some require a third party app to convert the saves, but yes can be done, i transferred a bunch a while ago as my main platform is steam, i also transferred saves between GOG, EA, Ubisoft and Battlenet. Epic hardly needed anything done as a lot of the games on epic are actually steam games (lol).

Some saves can also be transferred to gamepass games quite easily.

What? Previous communities and save games not compatible? Are you kidding me?

They are if you have a community on Windows 10 or Xbox One it will work after the update but will not transfer to Steam or Epic Games version.

So if you played State of Decay before you will not lose anything.

I just loaded the game on steam, signed in to my microsoft account, and my communities and characters are gone.

Unless you meant "stay on xbox pc beta and you won't lose anything"?

As I said on the second line they will not transfer Steam or Epic Games.

Outfits, unlocked bounties, boons, and other account progress
will be transferred to all platforms & achievements already earned on Xbox One & Windows 10 will transfer over to Steam and Epic Games Store.

Saved game files and communities
will not transfer between Xbox One/Windows 10, Steam and Epic Games Store, however, saved games and communities will continue to
transfer between Xbox One and Windows 10 Microsoft Store.

What? Previous communities and save games not compatible? Are you kidding me?

They are if you have a community on Windows 10 or Xbox One it will work after the update but will not transfer to Steam or Epic Games version.

So if you played State of Decay before you will not lose anything.

I just loaded the game on steam, signed in to my microsoft account, and my communities and characters are gone.

Unless you meant "stay on xbox pc beta and you won't lose anything"?

As I said on the second line they will not transfer Steam or Epic Games.

Outfits, unlocked bounties, boons, and other account progress
will be transferred to all platforms & achievements already earned on Xbox One & Windows 10 will transfer over to Steam and Epic Games Store.

Saved game files and communities
will not transfer between Xbox One/Windows 10, Steam and Epic Games Store, however, saved games and communities will continue to
transfer between Xbox One and Windows 10 Microsoft Store.

Why not transfer files and communities? Some of us put hundreds of hours into this game. This seems like a move to try and keep people from buying the game on steam.