Steam Game Recording is Now Available to Everyone. Valve Finally Abandons Older Windows

Source: Valve Corporation.

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Game recording is officially available on Steam. A feature we learned about almost a year ago has arrived on Valve's platform with a new store client update, following beta testing that began in June.

Numerous new options have been added to the recording function since the beta, as emphasized in the recently published announcement. Players can, among other things, choose separate settings for individual games and set a keyboard shortcut for quick recording.

As we wrote during beta testing, the feature allows you to record both short clips and longer videos of games on Steam. This feature is also functional on the Steam Deck, although certain older games may not support the use of timeline markers (which can be used to highlight events in the game, such as a character's death). All compatible titles have been highlighted in the Steam search engine.

Let's also remind you that Steam only records games, so it won't capture images from the desktop or other apps. The platform enables you to isolate sounds from other programs in the recording, such as Discord notifications or voice chat.

The option is available in the "Settings" of Steam, under the "Game Recording" tab. Videos created with this feature can be shared directly on your profile or saved on your computer or Steam Deck. Valve assures that the function was designed to "use the lowest amount of computer resources possible during gaming."

You can find more information about recording games on Steam in the article published by Valve in the technical support section of the platform.

As for the mentioned Steam update, it also introduces some improvements. The new version of the Valve platform will no longer be compatible with PCs using Windows 7 and Windows 8. Formally, this happened at the beginning of the year, but only yesterday's update sealed the abandonment of these operating systems.