The Daily Cheat

Windows

Open File Explorer and paste this into the address bar:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Sparrow-Night\News Tower

macOS

The save folder is inside the hidden Library directory and won't show in Finder by default. Open Terminal and use these commands:

List all saves (sorted by most recent first):

ls -la -t ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.Sparrow-Night.News-Tower/*.nt*

Open the save folder in Finder:

open ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.Sparrow-Night.News-Tower/

Copy a specific save to your Desktop:

cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.Sparrow-Night.News-Tower/YOUR-SAVE.nt ~/Desktop/

Copy a modified save back:

cp ~/Desktop/YOUR-SAVE.nt ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.Sparrow-Night.News-Tower/

Linux

Typically found at:

~/.config/unity3d/Sparrow-Night/News Tower/

Or check your Steam compatibility data folder if using Proton.

Steam Cloud

If Steam Cloud is enabled, saves may also sync to:

Steam/userdata/<your-id>/1649950/remote/

File types

.nt files are your game saves. Each game session gets a UUID (e.g. ae80f3d2-...). Within a session:

uuid.nt — the initial save
uuid-1.nt, uuid-2.nt, etc. — numbered manual saves (higher = more recent)
uuid-autosave.nt — the game's autosave
.nta files — autosave snapshots (latest state of each session)

To find your most recent save, look for the .nt file with the highest number suffix and the most recent modification date.

macOS / Linux

tail -c +172 your-save.nt | head -c -16 | gunzip | python3 -m json.tool | less

Windows

Install 7-Zip (free), then right-click the .nt file and choose 7-Zip → Open Archive. You'll see the gzip-compressed JSON inside — extract it to view the save data in any text editor.

Note: 7-Zip will skip the 171-byte header automatically when decompressing the gzip stream.

Python

import zlib, json
with open("your-save.nt", "rb") as f:
    raw = f.read()
data = json.loads(zlib.decompress(raw[171:-16], 31))
print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))