Will your Songs of Glimmerwick demo save carry over?

What did Eastshade confirm?

The April demo announcement calls the demo the first few hours of the game and says players will be able to continue from their demo save after release. The June Next Fest announcement again says a save will pick up where the player left off in the full game. Those two statements answer the progress question directly. They do not list which individual items, quests or settings transfer, so do not infer a detailed migration checklist from them.

How did release-day players continue?

1. Check that your earlier progress still appears in the demo’s Load screen, if the demo remains installed.
2. Open the full PC game’s Continue menu. Two September 30 players report finding demo autosaves there automatically; one had already uninstalled the demo.
3. Choose the matching day only after comparing it with the progress you expect. Keep existing save files intact while you confirm the continued game works.

The same Steam thread has a player who saw no demo save, so this is a reported path, not a guarantee for every account. The Steam Cloud feature badge does not prove why the outcomes differ.

If the save does not appear in Continue

First check whether the save appears in the demo’s Load screen. The September 30 questioner could not find it there either after reaching the demo ending. Another player suggested Steam Cloud might not have synced, but did not demonstrate a recovery. Do not describe that suggestion as the cause. Preserve the current files, compare game and demo versions, and report both menus’ results to Eastshade before moving anything.

Eastshade documented a Windows demo save directory for troubleshooting. In a separate report, copying files into Steam installation folders did not restore progress. Neither thread gives a confirmed manual import procedure. If you have no demo save in either menu, restarting is the only path the September 30 questioner identified, but that does not prove recovery is impossible.

Check that you launched the full game, not the demo

Version 1.04b adds a demo popup when you own the full game, because players were mistakenly launching the demo and trying to use full-game saves there. If that popup appears, exit the demo and launch the released game from your library. Check Continue or Load there before moving files. This addresses the wrong executable, not every missing-save case or a demonstrated manual import.