Whether you've captured a screenshot of a hilarious game glitch, an incredible landscape, or an epic feat, you'll need to find where it's saved so you can share it. It's not hard, but here's how to find where your Steam screenshots are hidden.
These screenshots are easily accessible from the steam software itself provided you know where to find them. Another method is to search for them manually on your hard drive. Steam categorizes your screenshot per game, but doesn't name the folder with the game name. Instead, it uses the game ID, a completely obscure ID unless you're used to it and know them by heart.
Find the Steam Screenshots Folder for Any Game
The easiest way to find your screenshot is directly via Steam.
Launch Steam, click on "View" in the top left, then click on "Screenshots".
The window that opens groups together your screenshot by game and in chronological order, displaying the most recent captures by default. You can refine your search by clicking on the drop-down box at the top left that says "Most recent", then select the game whose captures you want to display.
To view Steam screenshots of a game in File Explorer, select a screenshot of the game in question and then click the folder icon in the top left or bottom right of the Screenshot Manager window.
The folder where the game captures are stored will then open on your computer.
Find your screenshots without going through Steam
The first thing you need to do to find your Steam screenshots without going through the software is to find the Steam installation folder.
This folder can be almost anywhere on your computer, depending entirely on where you chose to install Steam in the first place. However, if you installed Steam with the default options, here's where you'll find it:
Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLinux:
~/.local/share/SteammacOS :
~/Library/Application Support/SteamOnce you find the Steam folder, you will have to dig into the depths of its subfolders to reach the screenshots folder.
The subfolder is located with the following path:
...Steam\userdata\<NuméroCompteSteam>\760\remote\The field " » is replaced by numbers that identify your Steam account.
Then you will come across as many numbered folders as you have games in which you have taken screenshots… Unfortunately, Steam's naming scheme for game folders is not the most intuitive. For each game, it is a number that does not allow you to identify the game at first glance.
...Steam\userdata\<NuméroCompteSteam>\760\remote\<NuméroJeu>\screenshots" » therefore corresponds to the game's Steam ID.
There's no quick way to find out which game is associated with each number, so you'll have to dig through them until you find the right folder... which will be even more laborious if you're used to taking screenshots and play a lot of games!
