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Used by

  • Cloud9
  • Team Liquid
  • Zven
  • VeigarV2
  • kaagaroo
  • CoreJJ
  • ElmiilloR
Frame rate while recording, FPS (higher is better). In-game FPS in League of Legends at 1440p while recording 1080p60. Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4070, median of 5 runs. Example only: these test conditions are invented for layout.
Ascent, version 0.5.81391 fps
Medal, version 2641.535.1298 fps
Outplayed, version 176.2.13411244 fps
Time to open the app, Seconds (lower is better). Cold start after a reboot, until the app is ready to record. Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4070, median of 5 runs. Example only: these test conditions are invented for layout.
Ascent, version 0.5.810.1 s
Medal, version 2641.535.15.2 s
Outplayed, version 176.2.134117.4 s
Memory while recording, MB (lower is better). Working set of all the app’s processes while recording 1080p60. Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4070, median of 5 runs. Example only: these test conditions are invented for layout.
Ascent, version 0.5.8116 MB
Medal, version 2641.535.1711 MB
Outplayed, version 176.2.13411823 MB
Space on disk, MB (lower is better). Installed size on Windows 11, caches excluded. Outplayed includes Overwolf. Ascent uses Windows 11’s built-in WebView2. Measured Oct 8, 2026.
Ascent, version 0.5.81173 MB
Medal, version 2641.535.1670 MB
Outplayed, version 176.2.13411620 MB

In-game FPS in League of Legends at 1440p while recording 1080p60.

League of Legends at 1440p, recording 1080p60 on default settings.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4070, median of 5 runs.

The Ascent app reviewing a Valorant match

Swiftplay

VictoryChamber8 / 4 / 05–2BindOct 8

2:23 / 11:35

How it works

Recording starts when the game does. What Ascent does before, during and after a match.

Record any PC game

Ascent recognises hundreds of PC games as they launch and records each match on its own. If a game isn’t on the list, you can add it.

Hundreds of PC games, and any you add yourself

  • Teamfight Tactics
  • Deadlock
  • Rainbow Six Siege
  • PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
  • Valheim
  • ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
  • Delta Force
  • Rust
  • Palworld
  • Path of Exile 2
  • Slay the Spire 2
  • DELTARUNE
  • War Thunder
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
  • Stardew Valley
  • Warframe
  • Dead by Daylight
  • Project Zomboid
  • Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
  • How to Fish
  • EA SPORTS FC 26
  • Onimusha: Way of the Sword
  • Terraria
  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Team Fortress 2
  • HELLDIVERS 2
  • VRChat
  • Don't Starve Together
  • DayZ
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Football Manager 2024
  • The Blood of Dawnwalker
  • Hearts of Iron IV
  • Geometry Dash
  • Farming Simulator 25
  • Football Manager 26
  • Battlefield 6
  • EA SPORTS FC 25
  • ELDEN RING
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Street Fighter 6
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896
  • Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
  • Escape from Tarkov
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Limbus Company
  • 7 Days to Die
  • Halloween: The Game
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
  • PEAK
  • Crimson Desert Enhanced
  • R.E.P.O.
  • Total War: WARHAMMER III
  • ARC Raiders
  • RimWorld
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Garry's Mod
  • NBA 2K25
  • Once Human
  • PAYDAY 2
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
  • The Sims 4
  • Rocket League
  • Monster Hunter: World
  • Forza Horizon 6
  • No Man's Sky
  • Destiny 2
  • Bodycam
  • BeamNG.drive
  • Schedule I
  • ARK: Survival Evolved
  • Crusader Kings III
  • eFootball
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  • FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
  • Gamble With Your Friends
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
  • NBA 2K26
  • Lost Ark
  • Balatro
  • Factorio
  • The Elder Scrolls Online
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • Slay the Spire
  • THE FINALS
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
  • Black Desert
  • Brawlhalla
  • Stellaris
  • Assetto Corsa
  • Phasmophobia
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Satisfactory
  • Europa Universalis IV
  • Eternal Return
  • Sid Meier's Civilization V
  • ARK: Survival Ascended
  • Arma Reforger
  • Fallout 4
  • Bloons TD 6
  • V Rising
  • Enshrouded
  • Ready or Not
  • Unturned
  • Among Us
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
  • STAR WARS Battlefront II
  • Squad
  • Cities: Skylines
  • Diablo IV
  • League of Legends
  • Valorant
  • Marvel Rivals
  • Apex Legends
  • Fallout 76
  • Borderlands 2
  • SCUM
  • World of Warships
  • Albion Online
  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
  • RoadCraft
  • MapleStory
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Sultan's Game
  • Oxygen Not Included
  • Gray Zone Warfare
  • The Planet Crafter
  • Counter-Strike
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
  • Arma 3
  • Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Fortnite
  • Dota 2
  • Overwatch 2
  • 9 Kings
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
  • American Truck Simulator
  • STAR WARS: The Old Republic
  • Aimlabs
  • Brotato
  • Battlefield V
  • Battlefield 1
  • Lethal Company
  • Counter-Strike: Source
  • The Isle
  • Sid Meier's Civilization VII
  • Last Epoch
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • World of Tanks Blitz
  • Conan Exiles Enhanced
  • New World: Aeternum
  • Split Fiction
  • Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
  • Farming Simulator 22
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  • Kenshi
  • Cities: Skylines II
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • EA SPORTS FC 24
  • Tabletop Simulator
  • Persona 5 Royal
  • SMITE 2
  • Dying Light
  • Hollow Knight
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Elite Dangerous
  • Raft
  • SCP: Secret Laboratory
  • Path of Exile
  • Victoria 3
  • Killing Floor 2
  • Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
  • People Playground
  • Sons Of The Forest
  • TEKKEN 8
  • The Last of Us Part II Remastered
  • Captain of Industry
  • DARK SOULS III
  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
  • Space Engineers
  • Football Manager 2023
  • The Last of Us Part I
  • Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Timberborn
  • World of Tanks
  • Darkest Dungeon
  • Resident Evil 4
  • The Outlast Trials
  • Starfield
  • EVE Online
  • Core Keeper
  • MONSTER HUNTER RISE
  • MX Bikes
  • Disney Dreamlight Valley
  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
  • The Spell Brigade
  • DOOM: The Dark Ages
  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
  • Transport Fever 2
  • Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
  • Hell Let Loose
  • DAVE THE DIVER
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Undertale
  • Shop Titans
  • Guild Wars 2
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
  • Borderlands 3
  • SnowRunner
  • XCOM 2
  • ULTRAKILL
  • Party Animals
  • Mount & Blade: Warband
  • NBA 2K24
  • Stumble Guys
  • The Forest
  • DARK SOULS: REMASTERED
  • Foxhole
  • STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack
  • Anno 1800
  • Fishing Planet
  • Battlefield 2042
  • Soulmask
  • They Are Billions
  • Subnautica
  • HITMAN World of Assassination
  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
  • Ravenswatch
  • The Long Dark
  • Dead Cells
  • PowerWash Simulator
  • House Flipper 2
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance
  • Planet Zoo
  • RuneScape
  • Supermarket Simulator
  • GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
  • Dinkum
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • shapez 2 - Factory
  • Grounded
  • Grim Dawn
  • Barotrauma
  • STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
  • Company of Heroes 2
  • Halo Infinite
  • DOOM Eternal
  • Arena Breakout: Infinite
  • Mistfall Hunter
  • Roblox
  • Add a game

Press F8 to save the last 30 seconds

Press F8 and Ascent saves the last 30 seconds as a clip, without you leaving the game.

An Apex Legends knockdown, saved with F8: the last 30 seconds, saved by Ascent

Review it, then share a link

When the match ends, it’s waiting in your library, with stats for supported games. Trim the best part and share it as a link.

Start with your next match.

Free on Windows 10 and 11. Recording starts when your game does.

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