How to find and share an Overwatch replay code

A replay code lets anyone watch one of your matches in their own game client. It's how you send a game to a coach or a teammate for review. Here is where to find it, and what to do when it doesn't work.

Where to find your replay code

• Open your Career Profile in the game.
• Go to History, then Replays.
• Pick the match and copy its replay code.

To watch a match someone else sent you, open the same Replays screen and use Import to enter their code.

Why a replay is missing

• You left before the match ended. The game only saves replays of completed matches.
• The list hasn't refreshed. Players report that replays can disappear from the list until you finish another match. Finishing a quick game, or a few minutes in the practice range, usually brings them back.

Why a code stops working

Replay codes don't survive game patches. After an update, older codes usually stop loading. That's why ALright asks for codes within 48 hours of the match: the sooner you send it, the less likely a patch gets there first.

What to do when the code is gone

Send a screen recording instead. It works just as well for a review. A few free ways to record on PC:

• Xbox Game Bar, built into Windows. Press Win + Alt + R to start and stop recording.
• NVIDIA ShadowPlay (the NVIDIA app), if you have an NVIDIA graphics card.
• OBS Studio, free and works with any hardware.

If you know a patch is coming, open the replay before the update and record it while it still loads.

Sending it to a coach

For a VOD review, open a ticket in the Discord server, paste the code (or upload the recording), and add a line on what you think went wrong. Notes come back within 72 hours.

FACEIT also has a short guide to sharing replay codes for match disputes.

Photo: “2017 Overwatch World Cup Stage” by Twisted Nether, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). Cropped and resized. Shown for illustration; the people pictured are not affiliated with ALright Coaching.