If you cannot open the emulator, check these default system paths: Operating System Memory Card Location (.ps2 files) Save State Location (.p2s files) Documents\PCSX2\memcards Documents\PCSX2\sstates Windows (Portable) [PCSX2 Folder]\memcards [PCSX2 Folder]\sstates Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/PCSX2/memcards/ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/PCSX2/sstates/ macOS ~/Library/Application Support/PCSX2/memcards ~/Library/Application Support/PCSX2/sstates Steam Deck (EmuDeck) /Emulation/saves/pcsx2/saves/ /Emulation/saves/pcsx2/states/ Understanding Save Types
: [YourUserName] is your Windows account name. Folders starting with . or ~ are hidden by default on Linux/macOS. pcsx2 save game location
For the modern PCSX2 (Nightly or Qt builds), the save data is stored in User Documents by default. If you cannot open the emulator, check these