Overview
A guide on how to link account progress made on a device, such as mobile or tablet, to the Shadowverse PC account on Steam so you can keep your attained progress
Purpose of the Guide
Even though the steps themselves are mostly simple, there are a lot of steps. It’s not hard to picture someone gettting lost in the process.
This guide will help you to use your attained progress on Steam, the same progress you made while playing on a mobile device or tablet.
Even though some people could say “Well you’ll just login and then link stuff”, actually there’s some work involved in logging in to an account you may have not used recently, generating a User ID and a new password, and then accessing the PC version and linking it using that information.
Part 1: Logging In to Shadowgrounds Account on the Device
Pre-step: If you use Google Playstore and you linked your Shadowverse progress to a Google Play Games account, make sure the Google Play Games app is downloaded, installed and updated.
1. Open Google Playstore or App Store or the app store of your device
2. Download and install Shadowverse
3. Run Shadowverse
If you have played Shadowverse before and you linked it to User ID, Google Play or Facebook and you wish to use your previous data and progress, follow the steps below. However, if you have never linked Shadowverse to anything ever, then you may skip these steps and jump to Part 2 of the guide.
Be advised that if you have never linked the current device you are using, and if you had some data in the past linked to some account (but not linked to the current data), and you choose to link now, you may end up overriding your current data and losing it.
Notice 1: Your Shadowverse game data can only be linked with one Google Play Games account at a time. The iOS version of the app can’t be linked with Google Play Games.
Notice 2: Your Shadowverse game data can only be linked with one Facebook account at a time.
4. Click “Link Data” -> Click “Link”
5. Choose one path below according to the way you linked your account
IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS LINKED THROUGH GOOGLE PLAY GAMES OR FACEBOOK
- 6.1. Choose either “Link with Google Play” or “Link with Facebook”
- 6.2. Click “Link an Account”
- 6.3. Sign in to your Google Play Games or Facebook account, depending on your choice
- 6.4. Click “Link”
- 6.5. Click “Link”
- 6.6. Wait -> Click “OK” -> Wait
IF YOUR DEVICE ACCOUNT IS LINKED THROUGH USER ID
- 6.1. If your Shadowverse account is already linked to a Device Link User ID and password, and you know your user ID and password, jump to “Part 3: Steps on Computer”
If you do not remember either user ID or password, contact the official support of Shadowverse.
Part 2: Updating and User ID Creation on Device
Now we’ll proceed to downloading updates. Even though you may plan to play on the computer, at the date of posting of this guide, updating Shadowverse on mobile phone or tablet is mandatory to logging in and managing the device account, so there’s no way around this at the current moment.
Notice: Make sure you have some gigabytes of freespace on your device’s main storage before attempting to download new data on Shadowverse.
If you are worried about storage space, I wrote a guide section on how to clear some space, which you can find somewhere near the end of this guide, in a section called “How to Clear Space on Device Storage”. However, if you are sure you have some free gigabytes on your main storage, then you may proceed to the rest of “Part 2: Updating and User ID Creation on Device”.
7. Tap anywhere to start
8. Wait
9. Download new data if necessary
10. Wait
11. In the Shadowverse main menu, click “More”
12. Click “Device Link” -> Click “Link” -> -> Click “Create Device Link Password” -> Click “Create Password” -> Agree to the privacy policy and click “Create Password”
13. Record your User ID and your password somewhere safe
14. Click “OK”
15. Close the Shadowverse app
Part 3: PC Account Linking
Notice: Shadowverse data can only be linked to one PC account, and accounts can’t be unlinked.
16. Open your Steam library
17. Run Shadowverse
18. Click “Link Data” -> Click “Link” -> Click “Device Link with User ID and Password”
19. Type your User ID -> Type your Device Link Password
20. Click “OK” -> Click “Link” -> Click “Link” -> Click “OK”
21. Wait for Shadowverse to restart
Now you may start downloading updates on the computer and afterwards play the game.
How to Clear Space on Device Storage
Follow the steps in the provided order.
1. Move applications to SD card, if you have an SD card
2. Restart the device
3. Use application of your choice for a deeper cleaning
If this wasn’t enough to have the required freespace to update Shadowverse, keep reading
4. Uninstall non-essential applications (later you may uninstall Shadowverse and install those applications again). Make sure to backup all that is important to you before uninstalling anything
5. Clear cache of non-essential applications. Make backup of important information before doing this as well
6. Restart the device
7. Run cleaning from application of your choice (same as step 3 of this section)
Need More Help?
If you require further support and help with this or other problems, consider contacting the official support of this game.
In many cases, you can find links to the official support in the official website of a game.
I do not accept friend requests of people who want me to solve bugs and problems, because I receive them on a daily basis, due to many published guides. Thank you for your understanding.
Disclaimer
Who am I? I’m a player and a Steam user.
Who I am not? I’m not a part of Shadowverse support or staff. I’m not a game master. I am not in any way affiliated with Shadowverse or with the company who owns Shadowverse.
I do not work for that company and I do not give official answers, and I do not give official support. This is a guide made by a player to help players.