How to Record Steam Gameplay?

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How to Record Steam Gameplay?

23 September 2020 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by William Davis at 9 November 2026

Summary
Steam is one of the biggest gameplay platforms where we can buy, play and share games. Sometimes, we need to record the gameplay on Steam when we are going to share the skills and the experiences to the other players. How to record gameplay on Steam?

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What is Steam?

Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Record Steam Gameplay

What is Renee Video Editor Pro?
Advanced Recording Functions

Use Win 10 Game Bar to Record Steam Gameplay

Use Nvidia GeForce to Record Steam Gameplay

What is Steam?

Steam, one of the biggest video digital distribution services, is developed and designed by Valve. Players buy, download, discuss, upload and share games. Through years of development, Steam successfully attracts hundreds of millions of users and many game publishers to publish and update games.

Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Record Steam Gameplay

On Steam, we can play many popular, such as Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. When playing these Steam gameplays, we may record the whole process, in order to share some skills and experiences to the other players. We recommend you use Renee Video Editor Pro to record Steam gameplays.

What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Renee Video Editor Pro is the multi-functional software that contains video editing and screen recording. It can not only satisfy users’ needs on recording computer screens, playing video and sound sources, etc., but also create more possibilities for video editing. Users can add watermarks to the videos that are being recorded, but also optimize the video contents, like adding various kinds of transition, switching between different filter styles freely, adding exclusive subtitles for independent images, etc.

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Screen Recording Record screen and webcam in Windows computer.

Multiple Edit ToolsCut Videos & Audios Users are free to cut videos and audios clips with setting start and end time.

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Steps:
1. Download and install the software. Then, click on [Screen Recorder].

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2. Set the recording target, the audio source and the output folder.

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3. If you want to record video in better quality, you can click at the Setting button at the corner and further modify the parameters. MP4 is the recommended video format.

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4. Return to the main interface and click on [Record].

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Advanced Recording Functions

Zoom in while recording
In this function, users can zoom in the record area around the mouse, enlarging 1.5x to 4x scale in proportion. It is used to emphasize the key point during desktop record. The default hotkey is F7.

Watermark
Users can add text and image to the records. Besides, transparency, rotation, position and animation can be adjusted for the watermark.

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Cursor
This is a useful function to monitor the mouse movement during desktop record. It provides different cursor effects and automatically generates the effects of single and double clicks. That can facilitate teaching videos and the other explanation videos.

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Screenshot
Renee Video Editor Pro supports to screenshot at any time even if you don’t have the PC desktop recorded. The default hotkey is CTRL+ALT+F4. The output format of the screenshots can be set.

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Auto recording schedule
Given to the different needs of desktop record, Renee Screen Recorder allows users to set the auto recording schedule. The desktop record can automatically run at the specific time and the other conditions. It can be used to record the arranged online meetings and live shows. Go to try this function at the right corner of the main interface.

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Many options are supported to set, such as time, record target, for self-defined auto record.

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Use Win 10 Game Bar to Record Steam Gameplay

In Windows 10, we can use Game Bar to record screen and make screenshots during Steam gameplay.

1. When in the game program, press [Win + G]. Then, you’ll see the below tool bar and click the dot to begin recording.

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2. Then, you can pause or stop recording in the floating windows during recoding.

3. Finally, check the record file in the default destination folder.

Limit: It is merely a game recorder for Windows users, but you cannot use it to edit video or set the auto recording schedule.

Use Nvidia GeForce to Record Steam Gameplay

Nvidia GeForce is the program of Nvidia graphics cards. Windows users can take it as a game screen recorder. After installing the program, press [Alt + Z] to start and click to record.

Limit: Nvidia GeForce consumes too many memory resources while running. That is not friendly to the low-configured computer. If your computer is not shipped with the AMD chip, this program is not useful.

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What is Steam?

Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Record Steam Gameplay

What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Advanced Recording Functions

Use Win 10 Game Bar to Record Steam Gameplay

Use Nvidia GeForce to Record Steam Gameplay

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