Outplayed vs Medal: which to pick, and which one needs Overwolf
Written by the developer of CutBench, a different kind of tool, so this is not an independent review.
Outplayed needs Overwolf: installing it installs the Overwolf client. Medal is one standalone app. Both are free Windows clippers with ads, and both save moments on their own in some games and on a hotkey. Outplayed's editor can merge, crop and make montages, and it shares to Discord, YouTube, Reddit and TikTok. Medal publishes its game list and its price.
Side by side
| Outplayed | Medal | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An app on the Overwolf platform | A standalone app |
| Extra install | The Overwolf client | None |
| System | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit | Windows, no Mac app |
| Automatic clips | Detects game events; says it supports over 5,000 games, with no list of which events in which game | In the games on its list: 16 on the list dated 5 May 2026, two more added on 29 October |
| Hotkey clips | Yes | Yes, F8 by default, in any PC game |
| Whole session | Full Session mode | Full session recording |
| Editor | Trim, merge, crop, change the ratio, montages | Trim, text, captions, sound and music |
| Sharing | Discord, YouTube and Reddit up to 400 MB, TikTok, or an outplayed.tv link | A link to the clip on the Medal profile |
| Free plan | Ads; clips kept on outplayed.tv for 3 months; watermark removable with a free account | Ads; uploads up to 20 minutes at 1080p and 60 fps; watermark and outro stay |
| Paid plan | Outplayed Premium, no price published | Medal Premium, $9.99 a month or $7.99 a month on the annual plan |
Checked on 8 November 2026 on the vendors' own pages. Outplayed: store page, what it is, capture modes, editor, sharing, plans, Windows only. Medal: Medal vs Outplayed, game list, no Mac app, hotkey, full session, editor, sharing, free plan limits, price and new games. Plans change, so check before you buy.
Which games get automatic clips
Medal names its games. The list dated 5 May 2026 has Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, EA Sports FC Online, Fortnite, GTA V, League of Legends, Minecraft, PUBG, Rematch, REPO, Roblox, Rocket League, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Valorant, War Thunder and YAPYAP. Fine Dining Fraud and Crack were added on 29 October.
Outplayed says it supports over 5,000 games and detects game events, but it publishes no list of which events it catches in which game. The only way to know is to play a match and look at what it saved.
Which one to pick
Pick Outplayed if
- Overwolf is already on the PC for another app, so the extra install costs nothing.
- The clips need real editing before they go out: merging, cropping, a montage.
- The clips go straight to Discord, YouTube, Reddit or TikTok.
Pick Medal if
- Only one app should be installed, with no platform underneath it.
- The game is on its automatic-clips list, so it is clear before installing what Medal will catch.
- The clips are shared through the Medal feed and a link.
- A price published on the vendor's own site matters.
In a game outside Medal's list, Medal clips only on the hotkey, and so does Outplayed in a game where it catches no events: the moment becomes a clip only if someone presses it.
After the session
Both tools work while the game is running. Neither one is built to take a long recording that is already on the drive and find the clips in it. That is the job CutBench does. It reads a finished OBS or ShadowPlay file, or a Twitch or YouTube link, and returns vertical clips with subtitles, ranked best first. The clips are made on your PC, and the recording is not uploaded for processing. It needs Windows and an NVIDIA graphics card with 6 GB of VRAM or more, and it is a one-time purchase.
The full CutBench guide covers the requirements, how long a job takes and publishing. Each tool on its own: Medal alternatives and Outplayed alternatives.
Questions people ask
Do Medal and Outplayed work on a phone?
Outplayed is not made for mobile. Medal has apps for Android and iPhone; on Android, games are recorded through the separate Medal Mobile Recorder.
Can CutBench replace them?
No. CutBench does not record. It works on a recording after the session, so it sits next to a recorder such as OBS or the NVIDIA app.
