Whereas there is a bunch of third-party apps and companies you should use to file your Steam video games, you now have a local choice that is constructed proper into the Steam shopper. Valve has launched its personal game recorder in beta, and sure, it additionally serves as a local recorder on the Steam Deck. You possibly can both set the function to start out recording within the background the second you retain enjoying or set it to solely begin (and cease) recording if you press a hotkey. In case you select to file within the background, you possibly can specify the utmost of quantity of storage recordings can take. Steam will overwrite previous recordings when you hit the restrict.
A Replay functionality will assist you to watch earlier footage within the Steam Overlay, so you possibly can see what you probably did unsuitable in case you lose a boss struggle or take a unsuitable flip that will get you misplaced. You possibly can even drop markers beforehand to make it simple to seek out clips you assume you’d wish to watch later. The brand new function additionally makes it simple to ship clips out of your Steam Deck to your PC or cell system if you wish to share them with buddies or to add them on-line.
Valve says the function will solely seize footage of your video games and never your desktop, however it may embody audio from voice chat applications. It’ll additionally work for many video games, even non-Steam titles, so long as they assist Steam Overlay. Because the function remains to be in beta, although, you may have to hitch a beta program to have the ability to entry it. Go to Beta Participation in Interface underneath Settings to decide on a beta program after which activate the Sport Recording choice that reveals up within the Settings menu.