SysCubes: a dashboard you arrange
Choose widgets for performance, app volume, music, replay, notes and timers. Keep them on your desktop or a second monitor, or show a few over a supported game with click-through locking and per-game layouts.
SysCubes vs Xbox Game Bar
An Xbox Game Bar alternative with a full dashboard, replay clips and phone controls.
Xbox Game Bar is built into Windows and handles quick captures well. SysCubes adds a widget dashboard you can keep on a second monitor or control from your phone, with replay clips, per-app volume and CPU and GPU temperatures in one place.
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- Second-screen dashboard
- Replay with Alt+S
- Per-app volume presets
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- 01Drag the dashboard
- 02Pick your widgets
- 03Pair your phone
Keep a full dashboard beside the game.
Game Bar opens as an overlay over the game you are playing. SysCubes can keep its whole dashboard, with performance, app volume, music and notes, on a second monitor, or put selected controls in your phone's browser.
Choose what you want to add to Game Bar to see where SysCubes fits.
Quick answer
Add SysCubes for a full dashboard beside your game.
Game Bar is included with Windows and saves recent gameplay with Win+Alt+G once background recording is on. SysCubes is a free Overwolf app that keeps replay clips, per-app volume, temperatures and notes in one dashboard on your desktop, a second monitor or your phone. Run one recorder at a time.
Overview
A built-in capture overlay and a dashboard you arrange yourself.
Game Bar: included with Windows
Press Win+G for capture, performance, audio and social widgets over the game you are playing. It needs no extra install, and its background recording saves recent gameplay with Win+Alt+G.
Both save local video
Game Bar saves to Videos/Captures. SysCubes saves to the Videos folder chosen in its Capture settings. Either way you get a normal video file you can share or edit.
Detailed Breakdown
SysCubes vs Xbox Game Bar: side-by-side comparison.
Compare what each tool includes. Both depend on your hardware and the game; test the one you choose with your own setup.
| Feature | SysCubes | Xbox Game Bar (Win+G) |
|---|---|---|
| Install | Free download via Overwolf; Windows 10 1809+ or Windows 11. | Included with Windows 11 and 10. |
| Save recent gameplay | Replay of 5-40 seconds (30 by default); Alt+S saves. | Record what happened, from 15 seconds to 10 minutes; Win+Alt+G saves. |
| Performance readings | CPU and GPU usage and temperature, RAM and FPS in supported games, with history. | Performance widget with CPU, GPU, RAM and FPS. |
| App volume | Per-app sliders in the overlay and dashboard, per-game levels and named presets. | Audio widget with per-app volume. |
| Where it shows | Desktop dashboard, second monitor, a supported-game overlay and a phone browser. | An overlay over the game or app you are using. |
| Click-through widgets | Locked overlay widgets pass clicks through to the game. | Pinned widgets can stay on screen, with an optional click-through mode. |
| Capture scope | Game capture depends on the game's Overwolf support. | Records a game or app window, not the whole desktop. |
Replay clips
Save the moment that just happened.
1. Turn on Replay before playing
Select Enable Replay in Screenshot & Record. From then on, SysCubes keeps the last 5-40 seconds ready to save, 30 by default.
2. Save right after the play
Press Alt+S, the default in new game profiles, or select Save Replay. Check the key in the game's profile if you changed it.
3. Find and share the file
Open the Videos folder from Capture settings. Clips are normal video files you can share or edit.
Audio
Per-app volume that each game remembers.
The SysCubes Volume Mixer changes playback volume for each app, such as the game, Discord and music, from the overlay or the dashboard. A game profile saves those app levels and restores them the next time you play that game.
A named audio preset can also store your output device, such as headphones or speakers, and the system volume. Microphone gain, voice effects and equalization stay in Windows or your voice app.
Summary
Choosing between them.
Add SysCubes if you want replay clips, per-app volume, temperatures and notes together in a dashboard on a second monitor or your phone. Use one replay recorder at a time.
Keep Game Bar alone if you only want occasional quick captures, or you use its Xbox social features.
Documentation
Official references and specifications.
- Microsoft: customize Xbox Game Bar
Widgets, shortcuts and background recording in Game Bar.
- Microsoft: Xbox Game Bar capture settings
Background recording and how much recent gameplay to keep.
- Microsoft: troubleshoot Xbox Game Bar
Microsoft's own steps when capture or the overlay does not work.
- Overwolf: game overlay support
How Overwolf overlays work and where they are supported.
Your questions, answered
SysCubes vs Xbox Game Bar FAQ
When should I choose SysCubes over Xbox Game Bar?
Choose SysCubes when you want PC readings, app volume and replay clips in one dashboard that you can also keep on a second monitor or control from your phone. Xbox Game Bar is already included with Windows and covers quick captures and basic performance and audio widgets, so keep it if that is all you need.
Can I turn off Xbox Game Bar and use SysCubes instead?
Yes. You can turn Game Bar off in Windows Settings under Gaming. If you keep Game Bar, turn off its background recording while you use SysCubes Replay, so only one recorder runs at a time.
Does SysCubes have an instant replay shortcut like Win+Alt+G?
Yes. SysCubes Replay keeps the last 5 to 40 seconds, 30 by default, and Alt+S saves it in new game profiles. Replay must be enabled before the moment you want to keep.
Does SysCubes use fewer resources than Xbox Game Bar?
It depends on the widgets you show, whether capture is running and the game. Compare the same game scene with each overlay active, one at a time, rather than relying on a general claim.
Can I control app volume with SysCubes like Game Bar's audio widget?
Yes. SysCubes has a per-app volume mixer in the overlay and on the dashboard. A game profile remembers app levels for that game, and a named preset can also store the output device and system volume. Microphone gain stays in Windows or your voice app.
Does SysCubes support second monitors or phones?
Yes. You can keep the full SysCubes dashboard on a second monitor, and the phone companion shows selected stats and controls in your phone's browser on the same local network. Game Bar opens as an overlay over the game you are playing and has no phone control panel.
How do I install SysCubes on Windows 11?
SysCubes is available for Windows 10 1809 or later and Windows 11 via Overwolf. Download it from the download page, open it through Overwolf and choose your first widgets.
Your PC. In your hands.
Add a dashboard beside your game.
Keep replay clips, app volume and hardware readings together on your desktop, a second monitor or your phone. Download SysCubes for Windows via Overwolf.
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