KingCam

Screen recording + game recording + image capture.
Free without limits — no time limit, no watermark.

Free high-performance screen recording, without limits

Free Download v1.2.0

No Time Limit No Watermark No Ads 100% Free

7 Recording Modes

Region, full screen, specific window, around mouse, webcam, audio and game — switch modes with one click

Free Without Limits

No 10-minute cap, no watermark — unlike other free recorders. Free forever for personal and business use

Hardware Accelerated · High Efficiency

GPU-accelerated encoding (NVIDIA / Intel / AMD, auto-selected) plus constant-quality (CQP) smart compression — the same quality in a smaller file. MP4 · up to 60fps

Image Capture

Save exactly what you are recording as an image with the camera button or a single Ctrl+F11 press (PNG by default; JPG, BMP and WEBP available)

7 recording modes — one click away

Region — drag to select, with a loupe for pixel-perfect edges
Full screen (pick a monitor) · specific window · around mouse (follows the cursor)
Webcam recording · audio-only recording (M4A) · game recording
Saves to MP4 at up to 60fps — format and frame rate always visible up top
Instant image capture via the camera button or Ctrl+F11 — PNG by default, with JPG (adjustable quality), BMP and WEBP in Settings
Global hotkeys — Ctrl+F10 start/stop, Ctrl+F9 pause (remappable)

Free, and truly unlimited

No time limit — record for hours, not ten minutes
No watermark — nothing is stamped on your output
No ads · no sign-up · no data collection
Completely free for personal, business, school and government use
No startup residency — no background services, so your system stays light

Recording done? It is already in the library

Finished recordings appear instantly in the built-in library — no folder digging
Thumbnail cards / list view with a New badge on fresh files
Filter and sort: all · video · audio · image
Multi-select management — rename, delete to recycle bin, copy to clipboard
Watches the folder for new files automatically; Ctrl+wheel resizes thumbnails
Play opens KingPlayer, Edit opens KingCut — KingTools picks up where KingCam leaves off

Tools that help you record

Move and resize the region even while recording — the frame is click-through, so you can operate what is underneath
Drawing overlay — pen, highlighter, arrows, shapes, numbering and text in 9 colors with undo. Annotations are captured in the recording
Mouse click effects (left/right in different colors) and cursor highlight
3-2-1 countdown · auto-stop at a set time with a remaining-time display
PiP webcam overlay — square or circle, any corner, adjustable size
Tidy automatic file names — KingCam_date_time.mp4, neatly in your save folder

Hotkeys

On by default
`Ctrl+F10`	Start/Stop Recording	`Ctrl+F9`	Pause/Resume
`Ctrl+F11`	Capture Image
Off by default — turn them on in Settings › Hotkeys
`Ctrl+Shift+F10`	Cancel Recording (discard)	`Ctrl+F8`	Drawing Mode On/Off
`Ctrl+F7`	Mute/Unmute Microphone	`Ctrl+F6`	System Audio On/Off
`Ctrl+Shift+H`	Hide/Show Frame & Control Bar

All of these are global hotkeys: they work with the KingCam window in the background, or while you are using another program. Every key can be remapped in Settings. See all hotkeys ›

System Requirements

OS Windows 10 / 11 (x64)

License Freeware (free for everyone — personal, business, school)

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. KingCam is completely free (freeware) for everyone — personal, business and school use alike. No ads, no tracking.

Really. The 10-minute caps and output watermarks common in free recorders simply do not exist in KingCam — there is no paid unlock, because nothing is locked.

Yes, there is a dedicated game mode. GPU hardware-accelerated encoding keeps the impact on your game frame rate minimal.

Video is saved as MP4 (up to 60fps) and audio-only recordings as M4A. Image captures default to PNG, and Settings › Image offers JPG (adjustable quality), BMP and WEBP. Files are auto-named KingCam_date_time.

Grab the latest installer from the Download page. KingCam also checks for new versions on startup and via the Check for Updates button in Settings › About.

No — the quality is the same; the compression is just more efficient. KingCam uses constant-quality (CQP) smart compression, so it never wastes bits while the screen is standing still. That is why files often come out at half the size or less at the same visual quality, and when there is a lot of motion it automatically spends as much as the scene needs. You save storage and upload time.