Steam is launching a new feature in beta: Steam Game Recording. This is a system allowing you to record your video game games to share them with your friends. Get ready to show off your best clutches and top 1s in just a few clicks.
If this summer you plan to play a series of games Counter-Stike 2 or try to defeat that damn boss in Fire Ring, recording your exploits would prove to the whole world that you are better than others. For this, Steam is deploying a new functionality directly integrated into it.
Record your screen with Steam
Steam announced it on its site: the “ Recording games » arrives in beta. He ” lets you create and share your gaming videos, and works with all titles on Steam “. When activated, this mode records your screen in the background and stores the video on one of your hard drives: you can request to do this for a certain time and in a certain quality.
To avoid ending up with completely full storage, you can start and stop recordings manually. In order not to impact performance too much, Steam gives priority to the graphics cards rather than the processor.
Once the recordings are well cut, you can send them to your friends via Steam messaging or publish them online. Videos can be sent from the Steam Deck to your PC or smartphone for example. Videos are saved in MP4 format. The strength of Steam is that all games are compatible, but also all computers and even Steam Deck and Steam Deck Oled.
Why it may be the best screen recording tool
The advantage is that Steam can know what is happening in your game, thanks to the achievements or the different actions that you can perform. So, if you record a long session, Steam is able to automatically find the highlights: it’s no longer up to you to do it. However, the games must integrate the timeline Steam, which means that not all games will be fully compatible until developers comply with Valve’s API.
However, it is possible to add your own time markers. Furthermore, games can indicate on this timeline if you are in the menu, in a waiting room or in game, to find your way even more easily.
Another possibility that may prove useful: go back very quickly. Very convenient ” to see how your character died, or to remember a previous dialogue with an NPC. » A function accessible from theoverlay Steam which appears above your open game.
How to test screen recording with Steam?
To do this, you need to join the Steam beta. To do this, go to the software settings, then to the “ Interface », then in the subsection » Participation in customer beta » and select the beta version.
And to activate and/or configure screen recording, there is a “ Recording games » in Steam settings.
