quick save

Mid-game progress snapshot

Quick save is a video game feature that instantly saves your progress with a single keystroke, bypassing menu navigation.

Unlike checkpoint saves, quick saves let you preserve your exact position at any moment—useful before risky fights or difficult jumps.

The verb follows naturally: I quick saved before entering the boss room.

Some players quick save compulsively; others consider it cheating.

Related
  • loadCarried weight or burden
  • backupStored duplicate for recovery
  • undoReverse a prior action
  • F5Browser refresh shortcut
  • pauseTemporary cessation of activity

resume · snapshot · savepoint · progress · respawn · retry · revert · slot · overwrite · menu · escape · safeguard · instant · hotkey · shortcut · gaming · crash · recovery

Categories
Opposites
save mechanism

quick saveautosave

Automatic file preservation

auto-save · checkpoint · cloud sync

permanence and commitment

quick savemanual save

Player-triggered progress preservation

save slot

loading counterpart

quick savequickload

Rapid save retrieval

load game · restore

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Rated G