If you are a Steam player, you may want to take a screenshot when playing the Steam games. How to take a screenshot on Steam? What is the Steam screenshot button? Can you change it? This post from MiniTool tells everything for you.

You can take screenshots of Steam easily 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 Steam Deck.

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What Is Steam Screenshot Button

What is the Steam screenshot button on Windows/Mac/Steam Deck? The following are the details:

Windows: F12 is the default key for taking Steam screenshots.

Mac: Screenshot Steam button is F12.

Tips:

Tip: If you have a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar, press and hold the Fn key and F12.

Steam: Steam and R1 buttons are the Deck screenshot buttons. You need to press them at the same time.

How to Change the Steam Screenshot Button

Changing the screenshot button in your Steam would provide you better access to the screenshot feature in your games. Here is how to change it on different platforms:

Windows:

  1. Open Steam.
  2. Go to the In-Game tab.
  3. Change the Screenshot Shortcut Keys section.

Mac:

  1. Open Steam.
  2. Go to the In-Game tab.
  3. Change the Screenshot Shortcut Keys section.

Steam Deck:

  1. Open your Steam Deck.
  2. Click the Controller Icon.
  3. Click the settings button to launch the controller settings page.
  4. Now, click the Add Command button and click the A button to proceed.

How to Find the Steam Screenshots

Windows:

  1. Click the game you took screenshots for in your Steam Library.
  2. Click Manage my screenshots and click Show on Disk.

How to find where Steam screenshots are saved without using Steam on Windows

  1. Open Windows File Explorer by press the Windows + E keys together..
  2. Follow the path below to open the Steam screenshots. You need to change the <yourSteamID> and <app – ID> to your own.

C:\ Program files (x86) \Steam\userdata\<yourSteamID>\760\remote\<app – ID>\screenshots.

Tips:

Tip: If the Steam screenshots are valuable to you, it’s highly recommended to back them up regularly. To do this task, you can try professional data backup software - MiniTool ShadowMaker. It supports different Windows operating systems and it comes with various features such as automatic backup.

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Mac:

  1. Click the game you took screenshots for in your Steam Library.
  2. Click Manage my screenshots.
  3. Click Show on Disk.

Outside of Steam, the correct path for locating Steam screenshots on Mac is Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata.

Steam Deck:

  1. Click the game you took screenshots for in your Steam Library.
  2. Click Manage my screenshots.
  3. Click Show on Disk.

For more details – How to Access Steam Screenshot Folder and Change Its Location.

Final Words

What is the Steam screenshot button on Windows/Mac/Steam Deck? The above content provides answers. Besides, you can know how to change the Steam screenshot button and how to find the Steam screenshots folders.

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Having been an editor at MiniTool since graduating college as an English major, Daisy specializes in writing about data backups, disk cloning, and file syncing as well as general computer knowledge and issues. In her free time, Daisy enjoys running and going with friends to the amusement park.