On Windows, PlayerPrefs are stored in the registry under HKCU\Software\[company name]\[product name] key, where company and product names are the names set up in Project Settings. On Linux, PlayerPrefs can be found in ~/.

PlayerPrefs data is stored locally on the player's device and is not encrypted, making it susceptible to easy access and manipulation. This makes PlayerPrefs a poor choice for storing sensitive information, such as: User authentication details. In-game currencies or items that could impact the game economy if altered.

Android: PlayerPrefs uses SharedPreferences . The data is saved in an XML file in the app's private folder, located at /data/data/pkg-name/shared_prefs/pkg-name. xml , where pkg-name is your application's package name. iOS: PlayerPrefs data is stored in NSUserDefaults and is backed by a .

Storing data without PlayerPrefs In Unity, the simplest way to do this is with a StreamWriter and JsonUtility . StreamWriter will let us actually write data to a file, and JsonUtility will handle converting the data we want to save into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).