I just started a few weeks ago and had about 70 hours in. I know it’s not a ton but I was very invested in the region I started, exploring all of the systems around me and building up my base and wealth. I had a few adorable pets I loved, a coupe S class ships nearly fully upgraded, my exosuit was almost maxed out, I got a free S class freighter, I had about 300m saved.

I was playing with a permadeath save to see what it was like and after experimenting I decided I wanted to try one with serious effort, so I backed out and immediately deleted the second save file thinking they were put in order and not by most recent. My heart sank and I exited the game immediately, deleted local save data and restarted, but it was still gone.

Just needed to share my devastation.

On the bright side my girl just started, so I’m gonna start fresh with her. I can apply what I learned to try and help it not be as confusing for us in the beginning 🙂