i wanted to back up my save file, as i do with any game i enjoy (and you should too, in case of the countless things that can go wrong even with cloud saves). i checked many of the usual places games will send the save files to, but i couldn't seem to find anything. where are they stored?

https://itch.io/t/1932950/where-is-the-save-file-located

wait... if it's stored in the game file itself, then how did it keep my save when i updated? i deleted that whole file to replace it with the new one, how did it retain my saves if it's stored in that file?