Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users
Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to capture highlights of their gameplay, record lengthy play sessions, and share them online through the Steam overlay.
Similar to Nvidia’s GeForce Experience, Steam Game Recording has a background-recording mode. This can be fine-tuned to continually record footage while you play according to a specified duration and storage limits. The recording software also offers a quick-replay function so you can see where you went wrong in a game, as well as tools to make it easy to find and clip your gameplay footage. Gameplay will be recorded in an MPEG-4 format, in a folder designated by the user.
This could be especially interesting for users, as you’ll be able to drop markers as reference points and Steam has provided tools for developers to create “timeline-enhanced” games that can proactively notify Steam when relevant events happen. “These events are represented along the timeline with details specified by developers,” Steam explained.