The new built-in Steam Game Recording system is ready to capture your gameplay clips.
Earlier this year Valve started testing a new, long-requested Steam feature that allows players to easily create and share gameplay video footage — this Game Recording feature is now available to all and it also works directly on the Steam Deck too.
The new, built-in system has been in beta since June, but in a news post shared earlier today the company announced that the feature was now open to all Steam users.
As you'd expect, this feature allows users to clip their gameplay footage and easily share it. It's similar to the video sharing features found on home consoles.
However, Valve's approach is a bit more involved than those found on the likes of the Nintendo Switch — as not only can you snag quick footage on demand, you can also set it up so that gameplay is continuously saved — giving you the option to jump in and scrub through your entire recorded session to clip the specific moments you want. Handy for when you forget to press record for sure. Oh, and there's no need to worry about your storage getting eaten up either as you can set storage limits on this, and the oldest stuff gets overwritten — kinda like how it works on dash cams.
Because of this approach, you can also use a neat Replay function by jumping into the Steam Overlay — it looks to be a good way to quickly look back at any WTF moments, to catch what was said if you missed it during a cutscene, or to see just what you did wrong before a game over.
Beyond capturing and sharing vids, there's also a bunch of handy tools here for working with your footage — such as an editor, a timeline which you can drop reference markers on, and more.
Footage is saved as an MP4 and can sent and shared in a variety of ways, including sending any footage from your Steam Deck to your PC or smartphone.
We've taken the service for a spin and ran through how it works on the Steam Deck:
Chris Brandrick
If you want to give it a try, head to your Steam Deck, head into the settings, and under System, check for a new update to the Steam Deck Client Stable channel. You'll need to restart your device once downloaded.
You can find out more about the feature on the Steam site:
