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Gecata by Movavi 5 - Game Recording Software
Gecata by Movavi is a lightweight game recorder for PCs that lets you capture gameplay or a full-screen Windows desktop with one click and no lags.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“This is actually a kind of desperate and mixed review. You know, I really loved Gecata 5 for a long time when using it, because it actually had no system impact at all for me, and I also really adored the easy editing…”
“This one is relatively easy to use and has simple (maybe a little bit too simple) interface with no clutter. I don't like the overlay but it can be switched off. Tried it with GTA Online and FPS stays high during…”
“A very convenient interface that is not overloaded with a huge number of buttons, and will be clear to everyone that wants to record games with this program. I recorded 2 hours of Witcher 3 gameplay without a break. The…”
16 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“This is actually a kind of desperate and mixed review. You know, I really loved Gecata 5 for a long time when using it, because it actually had no system impact at all for me, and I also really adored the easy editing…”
“This one is relatively easy to use and has simple (maybe a little bit too simple) interface with no clutter. I don't like the overlay but it can be switched off. Tried it with GTA Online and FPS stays high during…”
“Amazing little software, was having trouble with OBS, and this app saved my day. Gecata 5 is a simple and user-friendly game recording software that offers good quality and small file sizes, with options for hardware…”
15 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“This one is relatively easy to use and has simple (maybe a little bit too simple) interface with no clutter. I don't like the overlay but it can be switched off. Tried it with GTA Online and FPS stays high during…”
“A very convenient interface that is not overloaded with a huge number of buttons, and will be clear to everyone that wants to record games with this program. I recorded 2 hours of Witcher 3 gameplay without a break. The…”
“This software has nice and easy interface. Also, Gecata can record games not only from steam library, it works with GOG games too! The important thing is that recorded videos have a good quality and small size of the…”
8 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“So far, it works Great! The only issue I have had is that whenever I open Gecata before opening a game, the game crashes, but that isnt an issue if i open Gecata after opening the game. This has been a great buy for 10…”
“I got it very cheap at the time of sale.I am very satisfied. :)”
“It's fairly good. There are probably better options, but for its price (with 90% discounts) - it's golden.”
7 of the 89 reviews raise this.
“The program perfoms very well :) The interface is pretty easy to work with. It's just a few buttons! And the usage hints won't let you get confused. But what I like best about this program is that it saves all the…”
“Great software for game recording. I've used it a few times and very happy with the results so far. It did not crush even once, quality is great and does not seem to slow down my laptop (which happens sometimes with…”
“the new 5.7 update is great really. now basicly all games work with no probmlems :)))) Thanks gecata! <3”
31 of the 89 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This is actually a kind of desperate and mixed review. You know, I really loved Gecata 5 for a long time when using it, because it actually had no system impact at all for me, and I also really adored the easy editing…”
“Constant crushes. Unable to record games that have more than 15 years. Bugged in many ways. Don't waste your money.”
“cant record desktop and only can record it on 30 fps cant record gameplay it is not detect my games ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ im gonna go back to using action!”
7 of the 89 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“cant record desktop and only can record it on 30 fps cant record gameplay it is not detect my games ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ im gonna go back to using action!”
“Um whenever I try to recored one of the games on my computer I use the game option though it claims that it's not a game that I'm trying to recored, I really do not want to recored with the desktop option because it…”
“If you are the owner of a heavy game, such as Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege, Shutter games and so on, I don’t recommend this program to you .. (I have tried both versions 5 and 6) both of them do not bear the power of…”
6 of the 89 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Can it record? - Yes, but... 1. 20 euros for medium-bad quality is a scam. 2. "Meduim" quality is not an option. 3.I'd like to say that the software is decent, but it's not. You can't buy me with a "Medium-Fast"…”
“plss support amd VCE for recording.....still better OBS and free...u fix my problem and im change my review”
“The screen recording feature stopped working for some reason. Kinda bad if you consider that its the main feature of a screen recording software which also costs money. After 1000 hours of use i can say that i do not…”
4 of the 89 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Grabbed it from the current bundle that's going in humble bundle along with other Movavi apps that goes with it. Overall the app works like advertised. it can be as good as nvidia shadow play with no performance issue…”
“Doesn't work right out of the box for me. Says I need to adjust the settings or it will adversely impact quality, but it doesn't tell me how to adjust the settings or what to put them on. I went to their website and the…”
“No option to crop the screen area. Either record game or entire desktop. Affects GPU performance more compared to other recorders. Sometimes the hotkeys don't work needing to restart app.”
3 of the 89 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Can it record? - Yes, but... 1. 20 euros for medium-bad quality is a scam. 2. "Meduim" quality is not an option. 3.I'd like to say that the software is decent, but it's not. You can't buy me with a "Medium-Fast"…”
“this Software so amazing and everything but what is worst is when you record a video you well notice your Video on the corner logo in your Video By the Software that you using which SUCK ASS ! and the quality it's not…”
Counted across 89 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Best video recorder ever, even better that fraps which would record on enormous file sizes AND put a yellow tint on video, haven't tried it on heavy games like LoL or ETS2 but will let you know what it does there. Edit: Please fix it when recording (desktop or game mode)…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Good recording software, Mine does not lag at all. Even though I have potato PC.”
— a player, Steam review · 603 hrs played“Missing key feature to record part of the screen. Only full screen recordings are possible. It's been an year since devs "promissed" to implement this feature but still missing”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Audio Production, Software Training, Utilities, Video Production, Web Publishing |
| Player tags | Video Production · Utilities · Audio Production · Software Training · Software · Web Publishing · FMV · Design & Illustration · Photo Editing · Animation & Modeling · Education · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Languages | English, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | https://www.movavi.com/game-capture/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10 64-bit with up-to-date patches and service packs installed Processor: Intel® i3 or higher, AMD®'s equivalent to Intel® i3 or higher, or compatible processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 512 MB VRAM Storage: 5 GB available space