diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SaveService.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SaveService.java
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+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.save;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.game.GameSession;
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.loader.WorldLoader;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Reads and writes save slots as JSON files in a directory (default
+ * {@code ./saves}). One slot = one {@code <slug>.json}. Loading reloads the
+ * world from YAML and overlays the snapshot via {@link SaveCodec}.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class SaveService {
+
+    private final Path dir;
+    private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    /** Uses the default {@code ./saves} directory. */
+    public SaveService() {
+        this(Path.of("saves"));
+    }
+
+    public SaveService(Path dir) {
+        this.dir = dir;
+    }
+
+    /** Slug used for the on-disk filename of a slot name. */
+    public static String slug(String slotName) {
+        String s = slotName.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).replaceAll("[^a-z0-9_-]+", "_");
+        return s.isBlank() ? "save" : s;
+    }
+
+    /** Writes the session to {@code <slug>.json} atomically. */
+    public void save(GameSession session) {
+        SaveData data = SaveCodec.capture(session);
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(dir);
+            Path target = dir.resolve(slug(session.getSlotName()) + ".json");
+            Path tmp = dir.resolve(slug(session.getSlotName()) + ".json.tmp");
+            mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(tmp.toFile(), data);
+            try {
+                Files.move(tmp, target, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
+            } catch (IOException atomicFailed) {
+                Files.move(tmp, target, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new SaveException("Could not write save '" + session.getSlotName() + "': " + e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Lists all readable slots, newest first; skips unreadable files. */
+    public List<SaveSlotInfo> list() {
+        if (!Files.isDirectory(dir)) {
+            return List.of();
+        }
+        List<SaveSlotInfo> out = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (Stream<Path> files = Files.list(dir)) {
+            for (Path f : files.filter(p -> p.toString().endsWith(".json")).toList()) {
+                try {
+                    SaveData d = mapper.readValue(f.toFile(), SaveData.class);
+                    String slug = f.getFileName().toString().replaceFirst("\\.json$", "");
+                    out.add(new SaveSlotInfo(slug, d.slotName(), d.currentRoomId(),
+                            d.turn(), d.savedAtEpochMillis()));
+                } catch (IOException badFile) {
+                    log.warn("Skipping unreadable save file {}", f, badFile);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.warn("Could not list save directory {}", dir, e);
+        }
+        out.sort(Comparator.comparingLong(SaveSlotInfo::savedAtEpochMillis).reversed());
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    /** Loads a slot by slug: read JSON, reload world, overlay snapshot. */
+    public GameSession load(String slug) {
+        Path file = dir.resolve(slug + ".json");
+        SaveData data;
+        try {
+            data = mapper.readValue(file.toFile(), SaveData.class);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new SaveException("Could not read save '" + slug + "': " + e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        if (data.schemaVersion() != SaveData.CURRENT_VERSION) {
+            throw new SaveException("Save '" + slug + "' uses an incompatible version ("
+                    + data.schemaVersion() + "); expected " + SaveData.CURRENT_VERSION + ".");
+        }
+        WorldLoader.LoadResult fresh = new WorldLoader().load();
+        GameSession session = new GameSession(fresh.world(), fresh.player(), data.slotName());
+        SaveCodec.apply(data, session);
+        return session;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SaveServiceTest.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/save/SaveServiceTest.java
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+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.save;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.game.GameSession;
+import thb.jeanluc.adventure.loader.WorldLoader;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+class SaveServiceTest {
+
+    private GameSession freshSession(String slot) {
+        WorldLoader.LoadResult r = new WorldLoader().load();
+        return new GameSession(r.world(), r.player(), slot);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void saveThenLoadReproducesState(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        SaveService svc = new SaveService(dir);
+        GameSession s = freshSession("my-game");
+        s.getState().set("power_on");
+        s.getPlayer().setGold(4);
+        s.setTurn(9);
+        svc.save(s);
+
+        GameSession loaded = svc.load("my-game");
+        assertThat(loaded.getState().isSet("power_on")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(loaded.getPlayer().getGold()).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(loaded.getTurn()).isEqualTo(9);
+        assertThat(loaded.getSlotName()).isEqualTo("my-game");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void listReturnsSlotMetadata(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        SaveService svc = new SaveService(dir);
+        GameSession s = freshSession("Alpha Run");
+        s.setTurn(3);
+        svc.save(s);
+
+        List<SaveSlotInfo> slots = svc.list();
+        assertThat(slots).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(slots.getFirst().slotName()).isEqualTo("Alpha Run");
+        assertThat(slots.getFirst().turn()).isEqualTo(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void listSkipsCorruptFiles(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Files.writeString(dir.resolve("broken.json"), "{ not json");
+        assertThat(new SaveService(dir).list()).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void loadCorruptFileThrowsSaveException(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Files.writeString(dir.resolve("bad.json"), "{ not json");
+        SaveService svc = new SaveService(dir);
+        assertThrows(SaveException.class, () -> svc.load("bad"));
+    }
+}