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Record the whole session. Keep the moments.

GameplayCap is a free recorder for PC and capture cards. Press one hotkey when something happens and it drops a marker, so the clips are already cut when you stop playing.

Download for WindowsSee how it works
Free to useNo account neededFiles stay on your disk
Made for people who play a lot

Whatever you play, the good bits end up in a folder.

Each clip is cut around the moment you tagged, with the seconds before and after it, in the quality you picked.

IMG-02 · Speedrunner, split timer glow

Speedrunners

Tag a personal best the second it happens. Keep the full run as proof.

MarkersFull recording
IMG-03 · Streamer with mic, laughing

Streamers

Record locally while GameplayCap feeds OBS. Your VOD doesn't depend on the stream.

OBS outputAuto clips
IMG-04 · Fighting game player, arcade stick

Fighting game players

Mark the combo, not the whole set. Review the loss without scrubbing.

MarkersReplay buffer
IMG-05 · Co-op duo on a couch

Co-op nights

Capture the console through an Elgato and tag the funny moments as they come.

Capture cardMarkers
IMG-06 · Indie dev testing own game

Devs and testers

Press the Bug hotkey, keep playing. Every report comes with the footage.

Bug markerFull recording
IMG-07 · Short-form creator editing on phone

Shorts and Reels

Clips are already cut. Drop them in your editor and post the same night.

Auto clipsLibrary
What it does

One hotkey. Four things happen.

Markers

Name your own: Funny, Good One, Fantastic, Bug!!. Each one gets a hotkey and a Stream Deck button.

CtrlShift1

Auto clips

When you stop, every marker becomes a clip with your pre-roll and post-roll. No timeline to scrub.

15 s before · 10 s after

Full recording

The whole session goes to a folder you choose, at 30, 60 or 120 fps, encoded in real time.

Videos/GameplayCap

OBS output

Shows up as a source in OBS. Stream from the same capture you're recording from.

Plugin, free
Markers

Tag it while it happens. Sort it out later.

A marker is a name and a timestamp. Set up the ones you use, give each a hotkey, and press it without leaving the game. The library groups your clips by marker, so "Bug!!" from last night is one click away.

  • Your own names. Rename, reorder, add as many as you like. Per profile, per game.
  • Stream Deck ready. Buttons for every marker and for Save replay.
  • Nothing to confirm. A small toast, a sound if you want one, and you keep playing.
Tonight · 1h 42m
CaptureLibraryProfiles
Good OneCtrl⇧200:41:07
FunnyCtrl⇧100:52:30
FantasticCtrl⇧301:10:48
Bug!!Ctrl⇧401:27:02
FunnyCtrl⇧101:38:19
Export 5 clipsOpen folder
Light on your machine

Built for gamers and professionals.

It encodes on your GPU in real time and stays out of the way of the game. Pick a quality preset and see the disk cost before you hit record.

  • Capture 4K, save 1080p. Scale on the way in. Keep the full-resolution feed for OBS.
  • HEVC and AV1 where your card supports it. Smaller files, same picture.
  • Replay buffer. Save the last minute even when you weren't recording.
Default profile
VideoQualityAudioHotkeys
Small1080p · 12 Mbps5.4 GB/h
Balanced1080p · 20 Mbps9.0 GB/h
High1440p · 35 Mbps15.8 GB/h
Max4K · 60 Mbps27 GB/h
Start recordingSave replay
OBS

Stream from the same capture.

Install the free plugin and GameplayCap appears in OBS as a source. One capture, one encode for your local file, and the live feed branches off before anything is scaled.

  • No double capture. Your game is read once, not by two apps fighting over it.
  • Full-resolution feed. OBS gets the original frames even if you record at 1080p.
  • Plugin is open source. GPL, in its own repository, like every OBS plugin.
SourcesOBS Studio
GameplayCap · 3840×2160 · 60 fps
GameplayCapLIVE
Webcam
Overlay
Plans

Free to record. Plus to unlock everything.

Plus is a yearly plan at $60 a year. It works on up to 3 of your devices. Cancel any time and keep Plus until the end of your year.

Free
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  • Full recording, markers, auto clips, OBS output
  • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Clips end with a 2-second GameplayCap card
  • Up to 1440p60, H.264 and HEVC, a 2-minute replay buffer
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Plus YEARLY
$5per month, billed yearly ($60/year)
  • Everything in Free
  • No end card on clips
  • 4K and high frame rates, AV1, a 20-minute replay buffer
  • Unlimited profiles and marker hotkeys, separate audio tracks
  • Cancel any time, Plus stays until the end of your year
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How we build it

The same rules on every version.

Your files stay yours

Recordings and clips are plain video files in a folder you pick. Nothing is uploaded.

No account to record

Download, pick a folder, press record. You sign in only to activate Plus.

It never guesses

GameplayCap only labels a game when it is sure, and asks before switching audio.

Honest about licences

FFmpeg is linked under the LGPL. Third-party notices ship in the app.

Start recording for free.

Windows beta today. Leave your email for the macOS and Linux builds.

Download for Windows
Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit · about 40 MB