Valve has introduced Steam Recreation Recording, an extended requested characteristic that’s lastly obtainable to Steam customers in beta, permitting you to make use of the Steam overlay to document gameplay footage of the video games you’re taking part in, create clips from the footage you’re recording, and share clips with your folks.
Recreation Recording comes with a lot of completely different options, chief amongst them being the flexibility to decide on between two completely different recording choices. There’s the Background Recording mode, which always data gameplay footage of any recreation you play by way of the Steam overlay, and On Demand Recording, which solely begins recording when you manually flip it on.
On every clip and recording, you’ll additionally discover timeline markers denoting a number of in-game occasions. Video games that help the characteristic will include particular timeline markers of their very own, however in any other case, you may anticipate markers for all video games with issues reminiscent of unlocking Achievements or taking screenshots. You may as well add your personal markers, whereas the timeline itself additionally contains extra details about, say, whether or not you have been in gameplay, menus, or a foyer at a selected level.
Moreover, Valve has additionally confirmed that Recreation Recording is Steam Deck Verified, which suggests the characteristic is totally optimized for the hand held system.