almost 2 years ago - AndrewT - Direct link
When you say it only makes a local copy, do you mean in Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/save games/ ? Or the local Steam cache folder?  
almost 2 years ago - AndrewT - Direct link
No real idea, sorry. Do you also get this in CK2 and EU4?  
almost 2 years ago - AndrewT - Direct link
Christerpapa said: Tried with CK2 and it didn't work either.
"Didn't work" in the sense of crashing every time you unpause the game? Or won't sync to the cloud? Or both?

The broken save is probably a game bug in Stellaris, I've seen a few such reports since the latest patch I'm afraid.  
almost 2 years ago - AndrewT - Direct link
What if you try a clean reinstall of Steam on the M1?
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