How To Fix Alan Wake “We Could Not Restore Your Saved Progress”?

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Here we will share the details for the Alan Wake “We Could Not Restore Your Saved Progress” error.

The full error reads, “We could not restore your save progress. If you proceed now, your progress will be reset.”

As per our research, this error comes when players try to load any saved game.

Some users also mentioned that they started to have this error after the recent game update.

Alan Wake "We Could Not Restore Your Saved Progress"

Fixes For Alan Wake “We Could Not Restore Your Saved Progress” Error


Note: Before trying anything we advise you to restart your device, and make sure Alan Wake is up to date with its latest version.

Fix 1: Try Allowing The Alan Wake Under The Firewall And Antivirus Application

During our research, there were many players who were having this error because of their Device firewall, and as they added the game under the Firewall the error was resolved.

So the first thing we suggest you to check and make sure that The Alan Wake is allowed under your device firewall and antivirus application.

Simply access your device’s Firewall and Antivirus settings and check if you can see the Alan Wake under the allowed application. If Alan Wake is not on the list of allowed applications, then consider adding Alan Wake to make sure it doesn’t conflict with the game in any way. Once done, restart your device, and check for the error.


Fix 2: Consider Clicking Continue

In our research, we have found several players who shared that they tried all the things they could but they keep receiving this error. At last, they risked clicking the continue button from the error screen, the surprising thing was that nothing happened and the game started normally without erasing anything.

As we can’t confirm this we will not recommend you to try this directly. Instead we will suggest you to try everything from your end, as well as also try adding the game under your device security program. Also, you can reach out to the game support to report this error.

At last, if you are hopeless then at your own risk you can consider continuing the game from the error screen.