Best Programs to Record Video Games on PC

Many people adore playing games and recording their triumph moments in “Warcraft”, “World of Tanks”, “Dota”, “Call of Duty“. They often upload gameplay screencasts on YouTube and share video game recordings with friends. If you want to show off your video games success, check our list of three most popular programs for video capturing on PC.

Bandicam

Bandicam is a simple tool to record HD and non-HD videos. The main advantage of the program is the possibility to choose a video quality and video compression level. The functions of turning on/off computer sounds and pausing the recording seem very handy as well. Especially the last one, it will prevent you from annoying video joining. But be careful while installing Bandicam. Some unwanted toolbar may stick to your computer. Free version of Bandicam gives you only 10 minutes of video making and shows constantly enormous number of alerts.

The bottom line: Bandicam is a game recorder for short but vivid fights.

Download & buy Bandicam here

Fraps

Fraps is a universal and multifunctional program with professionally-looking interface. This is the most popular software to record video games on PC. The program is easy to use and simple to install. The videos made by Fraps are of high quality and nice-looking. On the other hand, these videos have quite a big size, without opportunity to minimize. Plus, Fraps video recording format isn’t supported by YouTube. So if you need to compress Fraps video or upload Fraps to YouTube, try Free Video Converter by Freemake. And don’t forget that like Bandicam, Fraps free version limits video recordings up to 10 minutes.

The bottom  line: though the size of the software itself is small, video production quality is astonishing.

Download Fraps at official site

Camtasia

Camtasia is the third most popular “game-memorizer” with video editing features. You can decide whether you need sounds or not and tune the volume. The feature “minimalization” saves the video quality. And the buttons “remove”, “pause”, “stop”, seem quite convenient, don’t they? But the quality is a bit poorer than provided by Fraps. And free Camtasia trial version lasts only 30 days from installation.

The bottom line: use it if you need both recorder and editor all-in-one.