Unsure if i should implement cloud saves or local only

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I’ve spent a good while finally making a complete game that i’m proud of and i want to release it on mobile platforms. I store everything locally currently, but considering that i have a daily reward system and would love to have saves across platforms too, i’m really not sure what to go for. On one hand i would love for my game to also be playable offline, on the other hand i’d love to have everything cloud based instead.

I’ve been scratching my head for days weighing the pros against the cons. I would hate to require an internet connection for a game that is essentially not really “online” and currently rewards the daily reward based on system clock. If players choose to cheat and change the system time, it won’t really impact others, but my main concern is really just how to handle saves right now and do i want to require an internet connection for cross platform saves.

I would love to hear if you have faced similar decision making issues and what were your experiences like?

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if your game has long replayability then having cloud save is a good thing to have because people change devices either because a new one was released or the old one broke. so they will lose the saves. this is regardless of any anticheat issue.

if you want the game to play offline well just make it like steam does, there is a local save and then is synced with the cloud when the computer has connection.

but if player engagement time is short then you may just loosing time with this feature