I was having trouble finding my save files from free version to move to patreon one. the free version is on my desktop and looked around but couldnt find the save folder
The saves are in a folder called savedata within the overall game folder. if you downloaded it via the itch.io client, you can easily find it by right-clicking on Launch and selecting 'Open folder in explorer'. If you downloaded it via web, I can't know your folder location, but if you also don't know it, it's very likely whatever the default folder is for your device/browser.