Steam’s Game Recording feature has launched in beta, and it’s a surprisingly rich set of tools for what could have been a mere tacked-on gimmick. It comes with tooltips to give you some pointers, but they’re light on detail, so read on for a more comprehensive guide on how to record game clips with Steam – and how to share your clips around. Part of the appeal behind Steam Game Recording is its versatility: it combines both the manual capturing capability of Nvidia ShadowPlay and the always-on background recording of tools like OBS.
Maybe it’s not set up for streaming, as the latter is, but Steam’s ease of use, good recording quality, and integration with the already-familiar Steam interface make it a fine choice when simply capturing clips for personal viewing (or sharing with friends). It also has a sort of ad-hoc instant replay feature, where you can immediately watch back a recording in Steam’s in-game overlay. Day being ruined by an Elden Ring boss? Review your last death to study their attack patterns.
Missed a vital line of dialogue in a verbose RPG ? Just pop open the overlay and replay the conversation. This is possible using both of Steam Game Recording’s two modes, which are worth going over in a bit more detail. First, there’s Record in background .
This will start passively recording a game as soon as you launch it, capturing everything until you reach either a time limit or a video file size limit (both of which you can set yourself). This is t.
