diff --git a/unittest/TestCwCheat.cpp b/unittest/TestCwCheat.cpp
index 83eb4a205a..54c6490a7e 100644
--- a/unittest/TestCwCheat.cpp
+++ b/unittest/TestCwCheat.cpp
@@ -135,17 +135,23 @@ static bool RunCheatTest(CWCheatEngine &engine, const CheatCode &cheat, const st
 }
 
 static bool RunCheatTests() {
-	const Path filename("unittest_cheats.ini");
+	const Path filename = UnitTestTempPath("unittest_cheats.ini");
 	if (!File::WriteStringToFile(true, g_cheatFile, filename)) {
 		printf("Can't write %s\n", filename.c_str());
 		return false;
 	}
-	CheatFileParser parser(filename, "TEST00000");
-	const bool parsed = parser.Parse();
-	for (const std::string &error : parser.GetErrors()) {
-		printf("%s\n", error.c_str());
+	bool parsed;
+	std::vector<CheatCode> cheats;
+	{
+		// The parser holds the file open, which keeps it from being deleted on Windows.
+		CheatFileParser parser(filename, "TEST00000");
+		parsed = parser.Parse();
+		for (const std::string &error : parser.GetErrors()) {
+			printf("%s\n", error.c_str());
+		}
+		cheats = parser.GetCheats();
 	}
-	const std::vector<CheatCode> cheats = parser.GetCheats();
+	File::Delete(filename);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(parsed);
 	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)cheats.size(), 14);
 
@@ -180,23 +186,30 @@ static bool RunCheatTests() {
 		success = success && RunCheatTest(engine, cheats[13], { { 0x08802000, 0x11111111 } });
 	}
 
-	File::Delete(filename);
 	return success;
 }
 
 static bool TestCheatParseErrors() {
-	const Path filename("unittest_cheats_bad.ini");
+	const Path filename = UnitTestTempPath("unittest_cheats_bad.ini");
 	const char *content = "_S TEST00000\n_C1 Mixed\n_L 0x20002000 0x00000001\n_M 0x08802004 0x00000002\n_C1 Extended\n_N 0xD4000001 0x00000001\n";
 	if (!File::WriteStringToFile(true, content, filename)) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	CheatFileParser parser(filename, "TEST00000");
-	EXPECT_FALSE(parser.Parse());
-	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)parser.GetErrors().size(), 2);
-	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)parser.GetCheats().size(), 1);
-	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)parser.GetCheats()[0].lines.size(), 1);
-	EXPECT_TRUE(parser.GetCheats()[0].format == CheatCodeFormat::CwCheat);
+	bool parsed;
+	size_t errorCount;
+	std::vector<CheatCode> cheats;
+	{
+		CheatFileParser parser(filename, "TEST00000");
+		parsed = parser.Parse();
+		errorCount = parser.GetErrors().size();
+		cheats = parser.GetCheats();
+	}
 	File::Delete(filename);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(parsed);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)errorCount, 2);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)cheats.size(), 1);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)cheats[0].lines.size(), 1);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(cheats[0].format == CheatCodeFormat::CwCheat);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/unittest/TestTextureReplacer.cpp b/unittest/TestTextureReplacer.cpp
index b2f468323c..21e4c6d1d4 100644
--- a/unittest/TestTextureReplacer.cpp
+++ b/unittest/TestTextureReplacer.cpp
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static bool TestSaveIndexedOption(const Path &packDir) {
 }
 
 bool TestTextureReplacer() {
-	Path packDir = Path("unittest_texture_pack");
+	Path packDir = UnitTestTempPath("unittest_texture_pack");
 	if (!CreateTestPack(packDir)) {
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/unittest/TestZipSlip.cpp b/unittest/TestZipSlip.cpp
index 623206d091..17994606e0 100644
--- a/unittest/TestZipSlip.cpp
+++ b/unittest/TestZipSlip.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static bool CreateZipWithEntry(const Path &zipPath, const std::string &entryName
 // Crafts a zip with a parent-directory entry and verifies ExtractZipContents
 // refuses to write outside the destination directory (Zip Slip).
 static bool TestZipSlipExtraction() {
-	Path tempRoot = Path("unittest_zip_slip_test");
+	Path tempRoot = UnitTestTempPath("unittest_zip_slip_test");
 	File::DeleteDirRecursively(tempRoot);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(File::CreateDir(tempRoot));
 
diff --git a/unittest/UnitTest.cpp b/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
index 90ec581f63..6ffe79fc23 100644
--- a/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
+++ b/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@
 // Set to true for more verbose unit tests.
 bool g_testLog = false;
 
+Path UnitTestTempPath(const char *name) {
+#if PPSSPP_PLATFORM(WINDOWS)
+	const wchar_t *temp = _wgetenv(L"TEMP");
+	if (temp && *temp) {
+		return Path(ConvertWStringToUTF8(temp)) / name;
+	}
+#else
+	const char *temp = getenv("TMPDIR");
+	if (temp && *temp) {
+		return Path(temp) / name;
+	}
+#if !PPSSPP_PLATFORM(ANDROID)
+	return Path("/tmp") / name;
+#endif
+#endif
+	return Path(name);
+}
+
 std::string System_GetProperty(SystemProperty prop) { return ""; }
 std::vector<std::string> System_GetPropertyStringVec(SystemProperty prop) { return std::vector<std::string>(); }
 int64_t System_GetPropertyInt(SystemProperty prop) {
diff --git a/unittest/UnitTest.h b/unittest/UnitTest.h
index 963e43609d..39d0a4f13c 100644
--- a/unittest/UnitTest.h
+++ b/unittest/UnitTest.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>
 
+#include "Common/File/Path.h"
 #include "Common/TimeUtil.h"
 
 // For benchmarks: calls fn over and over, callsPerBatch at a time between reads of the clock, for at
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ inline bool rel_equal(float a, float b, float precision) {
 
 extern bool g_testLog;
 
+// Where a test should put a file or directory it creates, so it doesn't land in the working directory.
+Path UnitTestTempPath(const char *name);
+
 // Calls check on a few million inputs chosen to make trouble for a VFPU dot product (see
 // UnitTest.cpp), and stops at the first false.
 bool ForEachVFPUDotTestCase(const std::function<bool(const float a[4], const float b[4])> &check);