Your 2013 save does not transfer, but your remaster choices can be carried into The Wolf Among Us 2 through a Telltale Account. Here is how it works.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered Save Transfer
There are two different save questions around this release, and they have opposite answers.
From the 2013 original into the remaster: no. No save import has been announced, and the remaster starts from a clean file regardless of what you finished twelve years ago.
From the remaster into The Wolf Among Us 2: yes. Telltale's plan is that your choices travel forward through a Telltale Account, and the sequel will also let players who skip the remaster set their past decisions manually.
Everything below covers how the forward carry-over is supposed to work, what it does and does not include, and what to do if you are switching platforms.
What carries forward
The carry-over is a record of decisions, not a save file. Telltale's account system stores the major choices from each episode and feeds them into the sequel's opening state. That means:
- Who you killed, spared or handed over at the end of Cry Wolf.
- Whether you brought the Crooked Man back for judgement, and what sentence you chose.
- How you treated Nerissa in the final scene.
- The episode-level decisions that the original tracked, such as whether you burned the tree or sent Colin to the farm.
It does not carry your inventory, your chapter progress, your trophies or your playtime. The sequel only needs to know what Bigby did, not how long you took to do it.
You cannot copy a save from your PS5 to your PC and continue. The account records the decisions; the platform-specific save stays where it is.
What does not carry forward
Three limits are worth knowing before you plan a replay:
- The 2013 original is not connected. Finishing the old version does not populate the sequel's choices. Only the remaster's account link does.
- Deleted scenes are not canon. The five playable deleted scenes are bonus content and do not register choices for the sequel.
- No mid-season transfer. The link is designed around a completed season. Starting the sequel before finishing Cry Wolf will give you a partial or default state.
If you never finished the original, this is the reason to finish the remaster rather than watch the ending on YouTube: the sequel reads your actual decisions, including the ones you regret.
Official source: The Wolf Among Us Remastered on Steam
How to link your choices
Telltale has not published a step-by-step menu walkthrough for the remaster, but the structure is consistent across its recent releases:
- Create or sign in to a Telltale Account from the game's main menu or the publisher's website. Use the same email you want associated with the sequel.
- Enable choice tracking when prompted. On consoles this usually appears as an account-link option in settings; on PC it is part of the first-launch flow.
- Play through all five episodes on that profile. Choices are recorded as you make them, so a season finished before linking will not be retroactively uploaded.
- Confirm the link in The Wolf Among Us 2 at launch. The sequel should detect the account and offer to import the recorded state.
If you finish the season and only then remember to link, the safe move is to replay the final episode with the account connected. The epilogue choices are the ones the sequel leans on hardest.
If you switch platforms
The account is the unit of carry-over, not the device. In theory that means finishing on PS5 and playing the sequel on PC works, because both link to the same Telltale Account.
In practice, Telltale has not confirmed cross-platform import for this specific pair of games. If you know you will switch, finish the season on the platform where you intend to play the sequel, and treat the account link as a backup rather than a guarantee.
The one platform where this is currently moot is Switch: the Nintendo versions are delayed with no date, so there is no Switch save to move yet.
What happens if you skip the remaster
You are not locked out of the sequel. The Wolf Among Us 2 is designed to open with a choice recap for players who did not play the first game, letting you set the major decisions before the story starts. That is also the option for anyone who played the 2013 release and does not want to buy the remaster again.
The recap will not cover every minor decision, and it will not reproduce the texture of having played through the season, but it prevents a hard gate. Telltale has used this approach before, and it is the reason the sequel can launch seven years after the original without requiring a remaster purchase.
Why the 2013 save does not transfer
Technical and legal reasons both apply. The 2013 save format was built for the original engine and the original platforms, several of which no longer have active storefronts. Rebuilding an importer for PS3, Xbox 360 and old PC builds would cost more than it returns, especially when the remaster resets progression anyway.
There is also a design reason: the remaster wants new players to start clean, and returning players to replay the season with the new presentation. An imported save would skip the part where you experience the rebuilt scenes.
That is cold comfort if you had a perfect run saved, but the choices that matter for the sequel are short enough to reproduce in a single weekend. The all choices guide lists every tracked decision in order.
Saves, cloud and crashes
Separate from choice carry-over, the remaster supports platform cloud saves: Steam Cloud on PC, PlayStation Plus cloud storage on PS5, and Xbox cloud saves on Microsoft's side. These keep your episode progress if you move between machines on the same platform.
They do not merge across platforms and they are not the same thing as the Telltale Account choice record. If your console save is corrupted, cloud backup restores progress; it does not restore the sequel link if you never enabled it.
Cry Wolf has the longest stretch without an autosave checkpoint. If you are playing on a machine with unstable power or a flaky drive, copy your save before the warehouse sequence.
FAQ
Can I transfer my 2013 save to the remaster?
No. No save import has been announced, and the remaster does not read old save files.
Do my choices carry into The Wolf Among Us 2?
Yes, through a Telltale Account. The sequel is scheduled for 2027 and will also offer a manual recap for players who skip the remaster.
Does the carry-over work across platforms?
The account is platform-agnostic, but Telltale has not confirmed cross-platform import for this release. Finish on the platform where you plan to play the sequel.
Do deleted scenes affect the sequel?
No. The five playable deleted scenes are bonus content and are not tracked as canon choices.
Bottom line
Treat the Telltale Account as the only save that matters. Link it before you start Cry Wolf, finish the season on the platform you intend to keep, and do not expect the 2013 file to follow you. If you are still deciding whether the remaster is worth a second purchase, the comparison page covers what changed, and the choices guide shows which decisions actually shape the sequel.
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