Blood Dungeon crashes and lost saves, in Messhof’s own words
Pick a topic and you get every indexed line that mentions it, quoted whole, with the version and date it came from. The index was read from Steam on September 4, 2026 UTC.
Indexed lines mentioning crash: leaderboards while offline
“leaderboards crash the game offline”
That is the whole quote, not a summary of it. Messhof does not say what caused any of these or what the symptom looked like, so neither do we — if a line looks like it might be your problem, the report channels are further down.
This page indexes 29 lines from 4 patch announcements Messhof posted on Steam for Blood Dungeon after its Aug 25, 2026 release, read on September 4, 2026 UTC. Last updated: 2026-09-04. Anything he has posted since is not here yet. Steam announcements
Which post covers what
The 29 indexed lines are not spread evenly. Balance and Bugfixing (v2026090202), posted Sep 3, 2026 UTC, accounts for 0 of the 10 topics above on its own — it is also the only one of the three that splits its list into fixed: and added: headings.
What each line says is above, matched to its topic. The full log keeps them in date order instead, including the Revivalist line that turns up in two posts.
The save file lines, read strictly
Two lines touch saves, and they are different kinds of statement:
“save file backup system”under “added:”
Balance and Bugfixing (v2026090202), Sep 3, 2026 UTC · the post. Four words under an added: heading. The post does not say what the system does, where it writes, or what happens to a save lost before it.
“saves more often”no heading
hotfix, Aug 26, 2026 UTC · the post. Three words, in a list with no fixed: or added: heading at all. How often “more often” is, is not stated.
Both quotes are complete — there is no surrounding paragraph we trimmed. Anything past them about save behaviour would be us guessing, and the address for asking him is below.
Save file backup system — how to use it and where saves live
Official addition in Hotfix v2026083001 (30 Aug 2026)
In Hotfix v2026083001, Messhof officially added a “save file backup system” under the added: heading, supplementing the 26 August hotfix where the game began to “saves more often”. The system is designed to preserve player progress and mitigate save corruption from unexpected crashes.
- Windows:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\blooddungeon\blood.sav - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/com.messhof.blooddungeon/blood.sav
To access this folder on Windows: Press Win + R, paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\blooddungeon, and press Enter. Path confirmed via SteamDB Steam Cloud sync configuration (SteamDB UFS) and Steam Community technical discussions (App 2431080 Discussions).
- Update game client: Ensure Blood Dungeon is updated on Steam to Hotfix v2026083001 or newer so that automated background backups operate during your runs.
- Create manual safety backups: Before major unlock attempts or hardware changes, open the directory above and copy
blood.savto an external or backup folder. - Restore corrupted saves: If the game crashes on load or save progress resets, check the
%LOCALAPPDATA%\blooddungeonfolder for backup save copies generated by the game, move the damaged file aside, and restore the backup copy toblood.sav.
Words the indexed notes never use
We searched the 29 indexed lines for the words below. These appear in none of them:
- linux
- proton
- steam deck
- controller
- audio
- ultrawide
- multiplayer
- mac
That is a word search over these posts and nothing more. It does not mean those things work, that they are broken, or that Messhof has never discussed them somewhere this page does not index — only that the patch lines do not contain the word.
Where he asks for reports
From the launch announcement, quoted in full:
“If you are having any technical issues, the best place to reach out would be our discord but I'll also keep an eye on the Steam forum. Anything else, email me at blooddungeon@messhof.com”
Blood Dungeon is OUT · Aug 25, 2026 UTC · the post
Two of the three are addresses we can hand you: the Steam discussions board for app 2431080 and blooddungeon@messhof.com. The Discord he mentions has no link in that post and we do not have one we can cite, so we are not printing an invite code.
If you do write to him, the version string carries its own date, so “still happening on Balance and Bugfixing (v2026090202)” tells him something that “still happening” does not.
Questions
- What do the patch notes say about crashes?
- Three lines mention crashing, and all three are resolved in published patches: leaderboards offline and the artillery suckhole perk were fixed in Hotfix v2026083001 on Sep 3, 2026 UTC (the post), and memory leaks that “could eventually crash the game” were fixed in the 26 Aug hotfix (the post). Bugs with Powder Keg and Revivalist perks were also fixed across the 26 Aug hotfixes.
- Can a lost save be recovered?
- Yes, with precautions. Hotfix v2026083001 added a built-in “save file backup system” on Sep 3, 2026 UTC (the post) and saves more often since 26 Aug (the post). Players can inspect
%LOCALAPPDATA%\blooddungeonon Windows to restore backup copies if a file becomes corrupted. - Where are Blood Dungeon save files located and how do I back them up?
- On Windows, the save file is located at
%LOCALAPPDATA%\blooddungeon\blood.sav(macOS:~/Library/Application Support/com.messhof.blooddungeon/blood.sav). Confirmed via SteamDB Steam Cloud sync (SteamDB UFS) and Steam discussions (Community Discussions). Players can copyblood.savto manually safeguard their progress. - How current is this page?
- The patch lines were read from Steam on September 4, 2026 UTC (last updated 2026-09-04), and that date is printed above rather than left implied. The topic index is built from the same data, so a quote that stops matching gets flagged at the top of the page — but a post made after that date will not appear until the data is refreshed.
- Is this the official support page?
- No. It republishes Messhof’s Steam announcements with dates and links attached. The addresses in his own quote above are the ones to use.
Where to go next
The same indexed posts in date order rather than by topic, each one printed in full.
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Which platforms the store page lists, and what the separate demo build is.
The complete changelog history, quoted line for line, newest first.
Why every quote here carries a version number and a date instead of a summary.