Guides

Get more out of the game you already left running

Three things players ask about most: stopping a game that will not stop, quietening one game without quietening everything, and getting through a cutscene without sitting still for it.

The Game in Picture overlay showing a paused single-player PC game, with pause and resume controls.

6 minute read

How to pause any single-player PC game

Test a new game safely, keep it to offline play, and let per-game auto-pause handle every Alt+Tab after that.

Read the pause guide
Two Game in Picture overlays showing mute and a game volume percentage.

5 minute read

Control individual game volume on Windows

Windows Volume Mixer against the overlay controls, and when auto-mute is the setting you actually want.

Read the audio guide
A game cutscene playing inside the Game in Picture overlay while the desktop stays in use.

5 minute read

Keep game cinematics visible while you multitask

Step out of fullscreen during an unskippable scene without losing the story beat you were waiting for.

Read the cutscene guide
Game in Picture

On Steam

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Game in Picture keeps the game live in a corner, pauses it when you step away, and puts its audio within reach.

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