SOLVED: GTA 5 Save Game Files and Scripts/Mods Folder

Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V) is the fifth installment in the GTA series and was finally released on 17th September 2013 after fans had a 5 year wait following its predecessor GTA IV in 2008. Run on Rage engine, the game was developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

The game, which sets itself in the action-adventure genre, features both first-person and third-person perspective gameplay and offers multi-player interaction. Players are able to control of/ switch between three criminal characters following a bank robbery that has gone wrong, to complete missions and fight rivals, in an open world format set in San Andreas.

GTA V has received exceptional ratings, which is no surprise following the success of the other installments in the series, with a score of 5/5 on GamesRadar and 9/10 on GameSpot. Those wanting to experience the game themselves can currently play it on a number of platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Save Game Folder

Your Grand Theft Auto V save files contain a lot of important information about your single player game saves. You may wish to access them to transfer them to another computer or new location, create some backups to return to at another date, or just share them with friends. Thankfully, they're quite easy to locate. You can find them in the following folder:

%UserProfile%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V\Profiles

To quickly jump to that path, just open a File Explorer window and paste it into the address bar.

Mods Folder

Steam

If you've installed GTA 5 via Steam, your mods folder should be at the following path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you haven't created a mods folder before, you'll need to make one. The folder isn't created automatically by Grand Theft Auto.

If the above folder doesn't exist, follow our find a Steam game folder guide to work out where you've installed GTA 5.

Rockstar Games

On non-Steam (Rockstar Games) installations of GTA, you should have your mods folder here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you haven't created a mods folder before, you'll need to make one. The folder isn't created automatically by Grand Theft Auto.

If the above path doesn't exist, you will need to find out where you installed Grand Theft Auto: this is where you should create your mods folder.

Scripts Folder

Steam

You should create (or you will already have) the scripts folder in Steam installations of Grand Theft Auto at the following path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you haven't created a scripts folder before, you need to create one here.

If the above folder doesn't exist, follow our find a Steam game folder guide to work out where you've installed GTA 5.

Rockstar Games

On non-Steam (Rockstar Games) installations of GTA, you should have your scripts folder here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you haven't created a scripts folder before, you need to create one here.

If the above path doesn't exist, you will need to find out where you installed Grand Theft Auto: this is where you should create your scripts folder.