Half-Life Alyx: How to Take Screenshots in SteamVR

This guide will show you how to take screenshots with most SteamVR compatible headsets.

Valve Index

Press Trigger + Menu buttons on the same controller.

HTC Vive

Press Trigger + Power buttons and wait for 1 – 2 seconds, releasing both buttons at the same time on the same controller.

Samsung Odyssey

Press Home button, select the camera icon then press trigger to take a screenshot.
Press the Home button again to close the screenshot mode.

Oculus Rift S/Quest

Press the Left Trigger + Oculus Button.

How to Find your Screenshots

Method 1:you can view the screenshots using the HTC Vive (Simple)

Inside SteamVR, navigate to the game that’s featured in the screenshot.
Click on the Screenshots section (pictured above).
Select the image thumbnails to view them in 3D, inside the headset.

Method 2: you can also view your screenshots through Windows (Advanced)

Find the drive where Steam is installed and navigate to the userdata folder. This is often located under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata
Screenshots will be hidden inside a folder under a path similar to the sequence below.

userdata > String of numbers (1) > String of numbers (2) > remote > String of numbers (3) > screenshots
The third string of numbers is a unique identifier for each title. Each game that has related screenshots will be split into separate folders here.

Screenshots

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