If you’re like most PC gamers, you probably take screenshots of your games and share them online. But where do you save those screenshots? Steam, the popular gaming platform, has a built-in screenshot feature that lets you capture a screenshot of your current game screen and save it to your computer. To use this feature, open Steam and click on the “Screenshots” button in the main menu. On the next screen, select “New Screenshot.” You’ll see a variety of options for taking the screenshot, including an option to capture only part of the screen. After selecting a location on your screen to save the screenshot, click “Take Screenshot.” Steam will save the screenshot to your computer in a folder called “Screenshots.” You can view and share these screenshots with other gamers by opening them in Steam and clicking on the “Share” button. ..
Your screenshots are readily accessible from within Steam itself. The only other way to find them is to manually search through your hard drive. Steam sorts your screenshots by game, but it doesn’t name the folder after the game. Instead, it names the folder after the game’s application ID — completely inscrutable, unless you’re in the habit of memorizing the IDs.
How to Find Your Steam Screenshot Folder for Any Game
The simplest way to find your screenshots is directly through Steam.
Launch Steam, click “View” in the top left, and then click “Screenshots.”
Click the drop-down menu at the top to select a game’s screenshots, then click “Show on Disk.”
The screenshot folder will open automatically in a new window. The path in the address bar is where the screenshots for that game are saved.
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How to Find Your Screenshots Manually
The Steam folder itself can be almost anywhere — it entirely depends on where you chose to install it. If you installed Steam with the default options, here is where you will find it:
Windows:
Linux:
MacOS:
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How Steam Names Game Folders
Unfortunately, the naming scheme for game folders isn’t the most intuitive. By default, each game you have installed via Steam has a separate screenshots subfolder located inside the Steam folder. The subfolder is located at:
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There isn’t a quick way to know what game is associated with each number, so you’ll have to just poke around until you find the right folder.
