Questions about StreamArena.

StreamArena makes party games for live streams and podcasts. Viewers play from chat in Upstream.so or from their phone anywhere else, and every answer lands on one scoreboard.

Guessing games like Movie Barcode and Zoom Out, votes like Higher or Lower, host vs chat rounds, team battles and approved community games. See all games.

Rounds run 20 to 60 seconds and a game is about five rounds, so a game fits between two topics.

Pick a game that works small, like Chat vs Host or Zoom Out. When fewer than three people are playing, a house player joins, so nobody plays against silence.

One Movie Barcode a day, the same on every stream, with one global leaderboard. How it works.

By the moment each answer was sent, not when it arrived. Each platform gets a delay allowance, and the round waits for the slowest one before it closes.

No. Each game is a web page. Add its link as a browser source, or pick it as a scene in Upstream.so.

Yes. Add the game link as a Browser source at 1920 by 1080. OBS guide.

Yes, both as a browser source. Streamlabs guide.

Yes, by sharing the game's browser tab in your studio. StreamYard has no browser source. StreamYard guide.

From the host remote on your phone or a second screen: start, reveal, skip, next.

Games are 16:9 today. A 9:16 layout is planned.

YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble, when you stream through Upstream.so. They all play the same round.

Reading chat needs your platform accounts and, for YouTube, a lot of API quota. Upstream.so already reads every chat, so StreamArena uses that. How chat play works.

They scan the code on screen or open the short link, and play in their phone browser. No app and no account.

Yes, by phone. Anyone who can see the code on your stream can join.

Yes. Chat answers and phone answers land on one scoreboard.

Yes, in every setup. Guests scan a code, pick a name and answer from their phone. Phone join.

Yes. Phone answers never show on stream before you hit reveal.

Yes. Send them the short link in your call chat.

Yes. Two people and their phones is a game. Podcast games.

Yes. Every game is free inside Upstream.so, including its free plan, and free to embed in OBS.

No. Rooms are as big as your audience.

Names and free text go through a safety filter before they show on stream.

Each player can send one answer every 2 seconds and a team word twice a second, and a stream processes at most 50 messages a second.

No.

Yes. Games are one JavaScript file built with the StreamArena SDK. Make a game.

For the first two years, makers keep 100% of what their games earn. Creator program.

We play every game before it goes live and check it against a short list of rules. Submit a game.

The team behind Upstream.so. About us.

It has the same party feel, but it is built for streams: chat plays in Upstream.so, phones join everywhere else, and there is no game to buy. Compare.