Where to Find Your Steam Screenshots (Folder Location Guide)

I lose my own screenshots all the time. You hit the key, you hear the click, then somehow the pictures vanish into the void. If you are here for the exact folder, plus the quickest way to open it from Steam, you are in the right place.

Default folder locations

The main path you need

Steam saves screenshots inside your Steam user data. The path looks like: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\760\remote\screenshots. If you installed Steam in a different drive or folder, replace the starting part with your actual Steam folder, the rest of the path stays the same.

Per game folders and AppID

Each game gets its own folder named with its AppID. For example, Team Fortress 2 uses 440, so your shots would be under …\760\remote\440\screenshots. To find a game’s AppID fast, open its Steam store page and check the URL, the last number is the AppID.

Find screenshots inside the Steam app

Screenshot Manager

The easy way is inside Steam. Open Steam, click View, then Recordings & Screenshots. That opens the Screenshot Manager for your games.

Show on Disk

In the manager, use Show on Disk to jump straight to the folder for that game. On some recent beta builds, that button moved or went missing, but the stable client still has it.
Tip if you do not see it, right click a screenshot and look for Show on Disk in the upload tab.

Change the hotkey

F12 is the default key to take a screenshot. You can change it in Steam, Settings, In-Game.

Change where screenshots are saved

Set a custom folder for uncompressed copies

If you want your shots in a folder you pick, do this inside Steam.

Open Steam, click the small Steam menu, then Settings.
Go to In-Game.
Turn on Save an uncompressed copy. In some clients it is labeled Save an external copy of my screenshot.
Click Screenshot Folder and choose any folder you like.

Steam will still keep the regular screenshots in the default Steam path, and it will also drop an extra, higher quality copy into the folder you chose.

Troubleshooting missing screenshots

Files exist but Steam does not show them

Sometimes the files are in the folder, but the Screenshot Manager does not list them. Open Steam, View, Screenshots, then try Show on Disk to confirm the files are there. In some beta builds the button moved or vanished, so right click a shot in the upload tab to find Show on Disk.

Rebuild screenshots.vdf

Steam tracks screenshots with a small database file called screenshots.vdf. If this gets messy, Steam may hide shots in the UI. Close Steam, go to Steam, userdata, your number, 760, and delete screenshots.vdf. Start Steam again and the list rebuilds. Many users report this fixes the issue.

Multiple drives or a different library

If you moved Steam or added a second library, your screenshots may be in the other Steam folder. The path after your Steam folder is the same, userdata, your number, 760, remote, AppID, screenshots. Use Show on Disk from the manager to jump to the right place.

Permissions or hidden folders

If Show on Disk opens a path but the folder looks empty, check that your Windows view is not hiding items, and that the Steam folder is not read only. Then retry the Screenshot Manager. Community threads suggest visibility issues can make people think shots are gone when the files are still there.

Cloud view vs local files

With the new recordings and screenshots view, some users only see a subset of shots in the Steam window. The files are still in the local folder, they just do not all show in the list. Open the folder directly to confirm.

Wrap up

You have two easy paths. Use Steam, View, Screenshots, then Show on Disk to jump straight to the right folder. Or go by hand to Steam, userdata, your number, 760, remote, the game’s AppID, screenshots. If Steam does not list files you can see on disk, close Steam and delete screenshots.vdf in the 760 folder, then open Steam again.

That is it. Clean, simple, and your shots are back where you can actually find them.