Ultimate Game Stash File

stash.save("player1.ugs", password="player_defined_key")

Your stash file should be small (under 5GB for most users). Do not put ROMs (.iso, .nsp), high-res texture packs, or the game executables in your stash. That’s what external hard drives are for. We only stash the unique user data.

Manual stashing fails because humans are lazy. To achieve the ultimate stash, you need automation. ultimate game stash file

Tool #1: FreeFileSync. Set up batch jobs that mirror your live game folders to your stash. Tool #2: Duplicati or Kopia. Encrypt your GAME_STASH and send it to Backblaze B2 or Google Drive. A local stash is great; an offsite encrypted stash is ultimate. Tool #3: Playnite or LaunchBox. Export your library configuration as an XML file into your stash. If you ever need to rebuild your gaming PC, you import that XML, and Playnite re-adds all your emulated and PC games with their metadata intact.

The Ultimate Choice: A dual-layer approach. A live-synced folder for current saves (using Syncthing) + a weekly compressed archive (.7z) timestamped and moved to cold storage. Your stash file should be small (under 5GB for most users)

Key fields (JSON):

dependencies: array (other stash file IDs or external resource pointers)

tags: array of strings

languages: array of ISO-639 codes

region_lock: boolean

drm: object (optional) — only descriptive, not actionable

created_by: object name, version, timestamp, anonymous_id (optional)

signature_index: array of signature metadata

Schema notes:

if stash.has_unlock("double_jump"): enable_double_jump()