How to Take a Screenshot in Steam
Want to brag about your mad gaming skills? One way to do that is to take screenshots of your games. Steam makes capturing screenshots super easy with a keyboard shortcut. You can also change the shortcut key as well as the default screenshot folder. Here’s how to do that on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
We’ll also show you how to take a quick screenshot on the Steam Deck.
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To capture an in-game image in Steam on Windows, Mac, or Linux, all you have to do is press a key on your keyboard.
Start by launching Steam and accessing your game. When you want to capture a screenshot, press the F12 key in the top row on your keyboard.
Steam will capture and save your screenshot. You’ll see the confirmation message, “Screenshot Saved,” in your screen’s bottom-right corner.
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Steam saves all your captured screenshots in a single folder, making it easier for you to find all your screen captures at once.
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To view all of your captured screenshots, launch Steam and select View > Screenshots in the menu bar.
A “Screenshot Uploader” window showing all your screenshots will launch. To enlarge an image, double-click it.
To locate your screenshot image files, at the bottom of the “Screenshot Uploader” window, click “Show on Disk.”
Your computer’s file manager will launch to the folder where Steam saves all your screen captures. You can now play around with your image files however you want.
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