
Now comes the real tricky part: Just as every user has an ID, so does every game. Navigate to and open your user folder and look for the folder labeled “760.” Open that folder and open the folder inside labeled “remote.”. In the overwhelming majority of cases, there will likely just be one folder, but if you have multiple users, it might take a little bit of probing and backtracking to find the folder assigned to your account. That is the user ID number for the different accounts. Depending on how many accounts you have set up in your Steam client, you will see one or more folders with a number in place of its name. Once you’ve found Steam’s installation directory, do the following to find the screenshot you are looking for. If you've installed Steam somewhere else, you'll need to navigate to the Steam folder wherever you installed it. On a Linux system, the default is ~/.local/share/Steam. On a Mac, the default is Users//Library/Application Support/Steam, with username being the Mac username, not the Steam username.
On Windows 8 and Windows 10, the default is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. The quickest way to do that is by simply opening Steam’s installation directory.įinding and opening Steam’s installation directory depends on the operating system you’re using. That doesn’t mean you have to check every folder in your hard drive to find it. If accessing the Steam screenshot folder is not possible via the Steam client, you can just consult your computer’s file system directly.
How to find Steam's screenshot folder using your computer's file system There’s definitely another way to retrieve that file – although it will vary depending on which system you use. If, for whatever reason, you can’t access the Steam client and you need to find the image file Steam saved to your system, don’t despair.
While interesting in itself, what we’re looking for is the button down at the bottom that says “Show On Disk.” Clicking that will open up your system’s file explorer in the directory where that specific screenshot is stored.