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Autosave points

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Automatically saves the game progress at certain locations or when certain events occur.

550
games
22
platforms

Alternate name: Checkpoints

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PlayStation 3)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
PS3 2009-08-25
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (GameCube)
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
GC 2006-10
Darksiders (Xbox 360)
Darksiders
X360 2010-01-05
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Windows)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
WIN 2009-02-10
METRO 2033 (Xbox 360)
METRO 2033
X360 2010-03-16
Puzzle Quest 2 (Windows)
Puzzle Quest 2
WIN 2010-08-12
Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham City
X360 2011-10-18
OpenClonk (Linux)
OpenClonk
LIN 2009
SpaceChem (Windows)
SpaceChem
WIN 2011-01-01
Jericho (Windows)
Jericho
WIN 2007-10-23
Hammerwatch (Windows)
Hammerwatch
WIN 2013-08-12
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Xbox 360)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X360 2009-05-01
This is likely THE most common game saving type in modern games, especially on consoles.
Saving: free*, points*, auto, checkpoints, code, quit*, none

* denotes player initiated saves

Possibly related
Save RAM (Hardware)

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Parent group

Game saves

Games by year

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The first Autosave points video game was released on May 1992.

Activision, Ubisoft and THQ published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 245
Linux 82
X360 54
Mac OS X 46
PS3 46
PS2 15
Xbox 12
Android 7
PS4 6
Xbox One 5
MS-DOS 5
iOS 4
PS Vita 4
GameCube 4
Wii 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Wii U 2
Switch 2
BeOS 1
GB 1
BSD 1
Pandora 1

Most common companies

Activision19
Ubisoft17
THQ15
CodeMasters15
Capcom14
11 bit studios12
2K Games12
Atari11
Valve10
Deep Silver9
Bethesda Softworks8
Square Enix8
Sega8
Polytron7
Frozenbyte7