How to Post a Screenshot on Steam

February 12, 2024
Tech Tips
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If you are a PC or Mac gamer and have a Steam account, then you are one step forward to having fun with thousands of games and a massive community of gamers.

If you want to record some epic scenes from the games, you might want to take screenshots. The screenshot is the best way to capture the impressive gameplay to show off to others in the Community. Moreover, sharing a screenshot on Steam might be an excellent method to provide feedback to the game studio so they can fix any bugs you find in Steam or in the games you’re playing. If you don’t know how to post screenshots on Steam, then follow this simple guide.

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Table of Contents

Enable The Steam Overlay.

Before trying to take a screenshot, make sure you have enabled the Steam overlay. Now what is a Steam overlay? It is your in-game access to the Steam client and their settings.

So if you want to take screenshots of games, you need to make sure you have enabled Steam Overly. If you don’t know if it is enabled or not, then follow this guide to check or enable it:

Open the Steam client on your PC or Mac and sign in.

Now open the client, and for Windows: Steam > Settings
For Mac: Steam > Preferences

Then select in-game in the settings menu.
Check the Enable Steam Overlay while in-game is enabled.
The shortcut key to take screenshots, by default, is set to F12.
Now click OK to save the settings.

If the Steam overlay is enabled, then you can take screenshots easily while playing games.

How to Take Screenshots on Steam

The easiest way to take screenshots on stream is by using a Steam overlay or an in-game overlay. Also, you can take full-screen screenshots, and it will not interrupt you while playing.

Once you enable the in-game overlay by following the above step-by-step guide, you can take screenshots easily. Now start your favorite game and press the screenshot shortcut key (F12) to take screenshots whenever you want.

The screenshot on Windows will be saved in the default screenshot folder, and on Mac, it will be saved in the Library/Application Support/Steam folder.

If you want to customize the screenshot file, save the location in Windows, open the Steam client, then press Steam > Settings > In-Game > Screenshot Folder and select your new location.

If you want to customize the screenshot file save location on Mac, then click on Steam > Preferences > In-Game > Screenshot Folder.

How to Post Screenshots on Steam

You would like to share the most recent screenshot that you have on Steam. The screenshot will appear on the user profile. You can share those images as links to the Steam community. You can also use those screenshots to share the errors or bugs with the developers. And if you want to post screenshots on Steam, then follow this guide:

Take a screenshot on Steam using an in-game overlay or your tool.
Check once you can see the screenshot in Steam by pressing Library and selecting the games.
All of your screenshots will appear in the post-game summary section.
If you want to post on indifferent platforms, then click the image to view it and click on the share button.
You can add image captions by explaining what is going on in the image and managing the visibility option.
To share the image, click on the upload button.
Once you upload the image, exit the image and hover over the username.
Now select content from the drop-down menu.

Conclusion

In this article, I have shared an easy way to post a screenshot on Steam. Screenshots on Steam are very useful in many ways. You can use them to show off your game play, share epic game moments with the community, and share bug report screenshots with the developers. If you are facing any issues on Steam, you can restart Steam to fix normal bugs or errors.