The biggest advantage of the SteamEmu save system is independence. Official cloud saves are tethered to server availability, internet connectivity, and platform stability. When 5DMCity is run via SteamEmu:

: This essentially makes the game "portable." You can move the entire game folder to an external drive or a different PC, and your saves will travel with it automatically. 3. Independence from the Cloud

Years later, when companies came and went and cloud services vanished like fog, the Companion’s principles spread. Homebrewers built their own versions. A community formed around careful backups and thoughtful restorations, a culture of preservation that celebrated failure as plainly as triumph.