Steam’s recreation recording capabilities at the moment are out there on PC and on Steam Deck following a beta interval. The suite of options provide a ton of flexibility that compete with different PC recreation clipping software program, notably the GeForce Expertise that’s supplied by Nvidia. This consists of the fundamentals that most individuals would anticipate, like auto recording or handbook clipping by way of keyboard hotkeys. However it goes additional, with quick access to replays through the Steam overlay and intuitive exporting of clips through QR codes which you could then scan together with your cellphone to share extensively, or with pals. Valve notes that the options have been designed to have a minimal affect on recreation efficiency by using your GPU to encode the recording as an alternative of your CPU.

The per-game settings is the place Steam’s recording integration additional stands out, giving avid gamers the power to set auto-recording durations and the seize high quality of every recreation of their library. Valve additionally made an SDK and API, so builders can program in-game occasions — comparable to a win, loss, or kill — to mechanically set off a clip recording. A few of that’s on show within the embedded video above from Valve.

Dota 2 is used for instance of a title that has a recording timeline, one other new function that neatly arranges the entire clips recorded from in-game occasions in chronological order. I wouldn’t be stunned to see Valve’s Impasse undertake the timeline function sooner or later in its quiet improvement.

The recording options work with any recreation, together with non-Steam titles which are added to its interface. So, if you happen to’re somebody who provides Epic Video games Retailer titles to Steam, or even perhaps emulated video games, you must be capable to seize footage. With the newest Steam replace put in on PC and Steam Deck, you’ll be capable to configure your recreation recording settings as you please.

Regardless of being over 20 years outdated, new and attention-grabbing Steam options preserve popping out. One in all final yr’s coolest additions was the power to take notes in a window whenever you hit Shift + Tab in-game to see the Steam overlay. It’s an effective way to jot down stuff you may overlook.