How To Easily Record Team Fortress 2 Gameplay And Clips

If you ever wanted to record kill streaks, headshots, and other accomplishments in Team Fortress 2, now you can do it without a capture card and using nothing but the software. So if you're interested in how to record the gameplay of Team Fortress 2 and what are the best and most straightforward programs to accomplish that, keep reading, and you'll learn that and much more in this article.

What’s The Best Way To Record Team Fortress 2 Gameplay and Clips?

If you never wish to miss capturing impossible headshots or multi-kills in Team Fortress 2, the best way to do it is by using the two programs that we're about to uncover. Our pick number one is Powder, innovative software that uses AI to automatically detects your greatest TF2 moments and capture them in the form of clips or videos.
Our pick number two is Gazoom, which can also capture clips and videos automatically, and it then stores them on your personal cloud for easier access. Furthermore, Gazoom supports a comprehensive range of advanced video editing tools.

How To Record Team Fortress 2 Clips In A Few Clicks?

You'll need to have at least Windows 10 installed on your PC for this method to work. If you meet this requirement, you have Xbox Game Bar, a tool you can use to record Team Fortress 2 gameplay videos and clips within just a few clicks!

To begin recording Team Fortress 2 gameplay through the Xbox Game Bar, press down the Windows button+ Alt + R to record videos or the Windows button+ Alt + G to record clips for up to 30 seconds.

Once you're done, you may find your videos and clips in the C:\Users\<UserName>\Videos\Captures folder.

The Best Methods Of Recording Gameplay and Clips In Team Fortress 2

As you're aware, there are so many outstanding programs that you can use to record Team Fortress 2 gameplay. However, we had to settle for only three of them, as these are the top drawer choices.

Still, we left a place for more programs at the bottom of this article, where we made an "honorable mentions" list, so you may check these programs out as well.

In any case, here are our top picks of programs for recording Team Fortress 2 gameplay clips and videos. And also, if you'd like to discover more similar articles, find out how to record Genshin Impact gameplay or how to record For Honor gameplay.

Method #1: Nvidia GeForce Experience

This is how you can record Team Fortress 2 using the GeForce Experience:

1. First, download the current version of the GeForce Experience, and once you install it, the program will automatically run.
2. Click on the settings cog icon found left of your username in the upper right corner of the main menu.
3. Enable the "In-game overlay" function by ticking the gray button .
4. Finally, select the "Settings" under the "In-game overlay."

Unless you want to tweak audio/video settings or change the default hotkeys or video storage folder, you should leave these settings on default, as they are pre-configured based on your GPU.

Then once you're ready to start recording the Team Fortress 2 gameplay using the GeForce Experience, press down Alt + F9 to record long videos or Alt + F10 to record clips.

You'll find your Team Fortress 2 clips and videos in the C:\Users\<Username>\Videos folder.

Method #2: Radeon ReLive

And to record Team Fortress 2 using the Radeon ReLive, follow this guide:

1. Visit the official website of AMD and download the latest version of Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition. Once you install it, you'll have to restart your PC to use this program.
2. After doing so, open the AMD Radeon settings and select the ReLive tab.
3. There, tick the buttonto enable the ReLive function.

As you can tell from the screenshot, there are various audio/video and other options that you may change in Radeon ReLive. However, since you restarted the PC before using the program, everything was already pre-configured based on your GPU, so you can leave these settings as they are.

Pro tip: Make sure to enable the Instant Gif function, which allows creating Team Fortress 2 gifs without any effort.

Then, once you're in the game, press the Ctrl + Shift + R keyboard shortcut, and you'll find these videos and clips recorded using the Radeon ReLive in the C:\Users\<Username>\Videos\Radeon ReLive folder.

Method #3: Open Broadcaster Software

Lastly, our final choice of the best software for recording Team Fortress 2 gameplay is the OBS, so here's how you can use it:

1. Download the current version of OBS, and after installing and running the program, you'll be greeted with a one-time auto-configuration wizard prompt. This option can automatically adjust all settings, so we suggest you not skip it.
2. Then, once you're in the main menu of the OBS, select the + icon under the "Sources" tab.
3. Finally, click on the "Game Capture," write anything in the field, and confirm it.

Whenever you decide to change anything from video settings to keyboard hotkeys, click on the "File" and select "Settings." 

To begin recording Team Fortress 2 using the OBS, click on the "Start Recording" from the main menu or press down the keyboard hotkey if you configured one before. 

The default video and clip folder of the OBS is found in the C:\Users\<Username>\Videos.

On top of this, OBS is probably the most used program for streaming, so you can use it to stream Team Fortress 2 to Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and other platforms.