On June 26, Steam treated its tens of millions of users to a very nice surprise: a new feature called Steam Game Recording that, as the name suggests, allows you to record and share video clips of your games on the fly.
It’s only beta right now, but the system already seems pretty robust and packed with interesting features. Obviously, it’s possible to start recording by pressing a predetermined button — but that’s not all!
Recording in the background
There is also a tool called Recording in the background which will no doubt remind regular GeForce Experience users, among others.
For those not familiar with it, this is a feature that keeps track of the last few minutes of gameplay so that it can be saved later, after some interesting action has taken place.
For example, if you just scored a spectacular ace in a game like Counter-Strike, all you have to do is press the dedicated button to save the contents of this video memory.
This is a very useful feature in a competitive game like this where simply sacrificing a few tenths of a second to shoot manually can mean defeat, but also in any other title where it’s hard to predict the most exciting moments.
In addition, this also avoids recording the entire gaming session, which is often not practical in terms of storage.
Clipping tool
After the video is recorded, you can extract the sequence you want using the clip maker. In particular, it includes a special timeline that benefits from native integration with certain games.
Let’s take the example of Counter Strike, any removal or deactivation of a bomb will be marked with an icon. The player will not have to watch everything to find the desired sequence.
Valve also planned a sharing tool allowing you to post each clip to your Steam profile or any other social platform.
Alternatively, it is also possible to export the video in mp4 format to make a compilation, for example.
Finally, Steam Deck owners will be delighted to know Game recording also works on Valve’s handheld console.
How to enable recording via Steam?
As mentioned above, this tool is still in beta. To benefit from it, you need to perform a small, quick manipulation.
On the Steam home page, start by going to the Settings menu and then the Interface tab.
There you’ll find a menu to participate in the client beta, where you’ll have to choose one of two beta versions — it doesn’t matter which one.
All you have to do is choose manual or background recording, choose the duration of the recording and the desired quality, and possibly change the destination folder and the shortcut that suits you.
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