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Autosave points

Other (objects, etc.) concept

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

539
games
22
platforms

Alternate name: Checkpoints

Quake 4 (Xbox 360)
Quake 4
X360 2005-11
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Mac OS X)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
OSX 2010-09-08
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PlayStation 3)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
PS3 2009-02-10
NightSky (Windows)
NightSky
WIN 2011-03-01
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Windows)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
WIN 2013-08-27
Ninja Senki (Windows)
Ninja Senki
WIN 2010
Darkest of Days (Xbox 360)
Darkest of Days
X360 2009-09-10
Starship Troopers (Windows)
Starship Troopers
WIN 2005
Monster Mash (Windows)
Monster Mash
WIN 2009-07-17
Prototype (Windows)
Prototype
WIN 2009-06-10
Dying Light (Windows)
Dying Light
WIN 2015-01-27
darkSector (Windows)
darkSector
WIN 2009-03-23

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

Activision, Ubisoft and THQ has published most of these games

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)

Parent group

Game saves

Platforms

Windows 243
Linux 78
X360 54
Mac OS X 46
PS3 46
PS2 15
Xbox 12
Android 6
MS-DOS 5
PS4 5
PS Vita 4
GameCube 4
Wii 4
Xbox One 4
Mac OS Classic 3
iOS 3
Wii U 2
BSD 1
Switch 1
Pandora 1
BeOS 1
GB 1

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