Teardown: Never Lose a Quicksave Again

Teardown is pure chaos. Plan, smash, steal, reload. But when an update nukes your quicksave or you want to replay a specific heist without replaying three hours of setup, manual save management is the only reliable option. This guide walks you through backup, restore, and managing multiple quicksaves so you never lose progress again.

Finding the Quicksave File

Before you can save your saves, find where Teardown stashes them. The quicksave lives in a folder buried in Windows AppData. Here's how to get there fast.

Press Win+R, paste this exact path, hit Enter:

%localappdata%/Teardown

That opens the Teardown folder. You'll see config files, logs, and saves. Scroll to quicksave.bin. That single binary holds your last quicksave. If it's missing, you haven't quicksaved yet — load the game, press F5, and check again.

Make a Backup Folder

Found quicksave.bin? Now make a safe spot for backups. Inside the Teardown folder or anywhere else, create a new folder. Name it saves or quicksave_backups — something obvious. This is your personal archive.

You're bypassing Teardown's internal save system entirely. Full control. Updates, crashes, and accidental overwrites can't touch your copies.

Backup and Rename Your Quicksaves

Hit a point you want to keep? Do this:

1. Quicksave in Teardown (F5).
2. Go to %localappdata%/Teardown.
3. Copy quicksave.bin.
4. Paste it into your saves folder.
5. Rename it something useful — for example heist_warehouse_cleared.bin or pre_update_backup.bin. Keep the .bin extension; only the name changes.

Repeat whenever you want a new save point. Over time, your saves folder becomes a timeline of your run — each file ready to restore.

Restore a Quicksave

Disaster hits or you want an older save? Easy:

1. Go to your saves folder.
2. Copy the backup file you want.
3. Navigate back to %localappdata%/Teardown.
4. Delete or move the current quicksave.bin there.
5. Paste your backup.
6. Rename it exactly quicksave.bin — lowercase, .bin extension.

Launch Teardown and load the quicksave. You're back at that exact moment. Works for any backup — jump between save states freely.

When Game Updates Break Your Saves

Here's the painful truth: after a big update, your old quicksave.bin might not load. The game either refuses or crashes. It's not corruption — it's a version mismatch between save data and the engine.

Workaround: Steam lets you downgrade. Right-click Teardown in your library → Properties → Betas tab. Pick the version that matches when you made the save. Steam downloads the old build.

Downgrade done? Restore your quicksave.bin as described above. Load the game — it should work. Play on the old version or wait for a future update that restores compatibility. Downside: you miss new content until you update again.

Managing Multiple Save Versions

Experimenting a lot? You'll pile up backups fast. Keep them organized with a naming convention: in-game date, mission name, or short description. Sort by file creation date in your saves folder to track the most recent.

Power users: create subfolders for different playthroughs or major milestones. Same process — copy, rename, store. When you need a specific save, you know exactly where to find it.

This manual backup system is the most reliable way to protect your Teardown progress. It bypasses auto-save corruption, survives updates with the downgrade trick, and gives you unlimited save slots. Spend five minutes setting it up now, and you'll never lose another hour of demolition to a broken quicksave.