I've invested a fair number of hours in Torchlight which I bought off Steam and was wondering whether it'll be possible to transfer my save game to the GOG version.

Although I usually like Steam, I got very annoyed recently when I couldn't log in to Steam (had to authenticate laptop so couldn't even go into offline mode) and so I couldn't play Torchlight. Therefore I'm glad GOG is now releasing this DRM-free, but I like my character so would like to keep it if possible.

You can also email this question to customerservice@runicgames.com

They are quite busy right now

"Please note that our response time will be severely delayed due to the high volume of messages we are receiving right now. We apologize for the wait and we'll be responding as soon as possible."

but they will answer you eventually.

For the box version the save game is a folder in your profile, don't remember the exact location but you can search for Torchlight. As I did many times you can backup this folder and revert to a previous save so all the save game data is there.

However, there might be incompatibilities between GOG and Steam versions and the best people to answer your question are the guys from Runic support.

You can also search their forums but it might be too soon for that.

You should have absolutely no problem doing it with minimal effort. In fact, I managed to do exactly that without any intention of actually doing it. When I bought Torchlight this morning, I simply removed Torchlight's local files from Steam and then installed the GOG version. Apparently, it didn't erase the save file I had and it automatically showed my existing character when I booted up the GOG game. I really didn't expect that. Not that that character was worth saving, but it was a nice surprise.

Still, you should make sure to create a backup of your characters before you do that game swap, just in case.

Howdy! And what about mac? I've recently experienced some pretty annoying situation when playing on my old iMac with Leopard. Torchlight crashed during gameplay and then the icon popped out asking me whether I wish to overwrite save game files because the files on my computer appear to be newer than those stored in the cloud. The whole mess stems from the fact that the support for my outdated OS has ended. I knew I had it coming but I kept calm since I've got another, much newer computer. I figured that if I won't be able to play on my old iMac any more, my mac book pro, where I've got the game already installed, will do the job - and it does. The only problem is that I've lost 2 hours progress. And I got really far (just about finishing the game). Instead of agreeing to overwrite when the aforementioned message popped out, I chose to ignore the message ( I guess I was being cautious - not knowing for sure what data it wants to overwrite). When I launched the game again, it threw me to the place where I was 2 hours before. When I understood what I did. it was too late.
I tried backing up the game folders - transferring all the backup files from one computer to another. They had accurate "last modified" date (just minutes before the crash occured) suggesting that the precious latest progress is there. I've replaced all the backup files on new computer ( as well as on the old) with those having the right date hoping -half-heartedly that maybe it will be enough. Unfortunately Steam keeps uploading progress from the cloud - or at least that's what it seems since the new progress is not there. I've thought that maybe the last desperate attempt to regain the progress would be to get the game from gog ( I've got plenty of games from this site and always preffered the drm free anyway), put those files in there and maybe that will make them run. I'm only not sure if it's possible to transfer them at all - and if the old/new progress will be there.
I hope that doesn't sound too complicated. I don't posses the talent for explaining things. My question is really only in the last part - can you guys tell if I will be able to transfer those files from steam saves to gog.. and will that change anything in terms of lost progress.

*What's interesting, achievements that I have managed to unlock in those 2 hours of gameplay are officially unlocked on the steam website - no sign of them when I launch the game, though.