Screens shots on Steam are an old feature that has been around for a while. Steam having the capability to take a screenshot should not be too much of a shock to anyone. But with that said even if you did take a screenshot where on your computer are these stored?
How to take a Steam screenshot
To take a screenshot using Steam, follow these steps:
- Launch the game you want to take a screenshot of.
- Press the “F12” key on your keyboard to take a screenshot.
- The screenshot will be automatically saved in the “Screenshots” folder within the Steam directory on your computer.
- You can also take a screenshot by clicking on the menu icon on the top left corner and then clicking on “screenshot”
- If you have the in-game overlay enabled, you can also press “shift+tab” to open the overlay, and then click on the camera icon to take a screenshot.
Where are the Steam screenshots saved?
The easiest way to find your steam screenshots is to log in to steam and select view -> screenshots. This will take you directly to your screenshot folder in steam.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to log in to steam but are still looking for your screenshots you can do the following. Screenshots taken using Steam are typically saved in the “user data” folder within the Steam directory on your computer. The exact location of this folder will depend on the operating system you are using. On Windows, the folder is typically located in “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata” or “C:\Program Files\Steam\userdata” and the screenshots will be saved in a folder with the name of the steam account id.
You can also find the location of the screenshots by going to Steam settings-> In-game-> Screenshot folder.
Conclusion
These are some relatively straightforward steps you can take in order to find your steam screenshots. once you take a screenshot using F12. The screenshot will be stored locally on your computer. Generally, this can be found in program files/steam/userdata