If you remove the steamapps\downloading folder to claim 100GB, your game saves will remain intact.
If you remove the steamapps\downloading folder to claim 100GB, your game saves will remain intact.
This directory in Steam's downloads folder is consuming more than 100GB of storage... Even without any files, it occupies the same amount on both your primary and secondary drives. If you remove it, will your game saves be lost or will you need to re-download everything?
Nothing happens when downloading a game—it stops automatically. It’s simply a download directory, and it won’t impact your saves since they’re stored elsewhere (SteamApps or Documents/AppData).
It varies by game or Steam configuration. With cloud storage enabled and saves stored in the Documents folder, I can access them for XCOM and XCOM 2.