Horses of Hoofprint Bay: does your demo save carry over?
Quick answer
Saves from the October 2026 demo carry over to the full game, and saves from the February demo don't, according to the developers' pinned FAQ. The October demo covered the first 25 in-game days.
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Which demo saves work
The FAQ is direct: October demo saves are compatible, February demo saves aren't. The October demo was announced for Steam Next Fest as matching the first 25 days of the full game after rebalancing, which is why only it lines up.
One November 5 player told the demo to load old saves again after deleting demo data in the full game; afterwards their 9-hour full-game save no longer showed in the menu, though its file was still in the game folder. No reply or fix had been posted when we read it, so back up your save folder before loading demo saves.
Achievements switched off after a crash (fixed going forward in v1.0.2)
The developers' v1.0.2 notes (November 8) say the most pressing launch bug was saves being marked invalid after the game or your PC crashed, which switched off achievements for that save. v1.0.2 makes this much less likely and also writes validation files for backup saves, so if corruption still happens you can roll back to a backup, or load a demo save from a backup, without losing achievements.
The fix is not retroactive. The developers say they can't tell a wrongly invalidated save from one that was really edited, so an affected save can't be revalidated: start a new game, or keep playing that save without achievements.
v1.0.2 also fixes a save being overwritten when two save names differ only in capital letters, and wraps file operations so file-permission errors cause fewer problems. A new option turns on error message pop-ups if you want to see what went wrong.
Sources · 4Official · Reported · checked 9 Nov 2026 · Research checked 9 Nov 2026
First Patch with Bugfixes and Improvements (v1.0.2) ↗Patch notes posted November 8, 2026 (22:41 UTC) for v1.0.2, with short notes for v1.0.0 and v1.0.1 (the release version). Main fix: saves wrongly marked invalid after a game or PC crash, which switched off achievements; the fix is not retroactive. Also: backup saves get validation files, smaller stat loss for low-endurance mares after foaling, hay rack fill visuals, two-items-on-the-mouse fix, several hang and save fixes.Official ·
[OFFICIAL] Frequently Asked Questions about Horses of Hoofprint Bay ↗Pinned by the developer. Released as a finished product with no content roadmap; bug fixes as needed. October demo saves carry over, February demo saves don't. Ages count in-game days. Difficulty settings: easier competitions or more prestige gain; auto-jump accessibility setting.Official ·
importing save file manually? ↗No replies yet. After telling the demo to load old saves again, a 9-hour full-game save stopped showing in the menu, though its file was still in the game folder.Reported ·
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