Games for streamers, played by your chat.
StreamArena makes games for streamers that your chat plays with you, not games you play while chat watches. Each one is a short round you drop between segments: viewers guess, vote or pick a team, and the scoreboard puts their names on your stream.
Pick by the stream you run.
Every kind of stream has a gap a game can fill.
| Your stream | When to play | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Just chatting | Between topics, or as the whole segment | Chat vs Host, Higher or Lower |
| Gaming | In queues, loading screens and breaks | Zoom Out, Movie Barcode |
| IRL | When you sit down or the signal is calm | Price Check, Emoji Decode |
| Multistream | Any time two chats are active | Platform Wars |
| Podcast or talk show | End of an episode, or between guests | Podcast games |
| 24/7 channel | All the time, with nobody at the desk | A game scene in Upstream.so |
What makes a good game for streamers?
It reads in a second on a small player, teaches itself in one round, and works with the chat you have tonight. StreamArena rounds run 20 to 60 seconds with no rules screen, and a house player answers when fewer than three people are playing.
Hint: it has a crownDo I need to stop streaming my game?
No. A StreamArena game is one more source in your scene. Put it on a scene you switch to between matches, or shrink it into a corner while you play. You run it from a host remote on your phone or a second screen: start, reveal, skip, next.
Browser sourceadded1920 by 1080How your chat plays.
Every game works in every setup.
Your chat plays by typing. YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble chat land on one scoreboard, on Upstream.so's free plan too.
Add the game as a browser source. Viewers scan the code on screen and play from their phone. Free, no app, no account.
Guests join from their phone in every setup, and their answers stay secret until you reveal them.
Scoring. Answers count by the moment they were sent, so a slow chat never decides who was first.
Popular with streamers
Three of our games and one from the community.
Movie Barcode
Guess the film from its color barcode.
PopularPlatform Wars
YouTube vs Twitch vs Kick. Your platform is your team.
Zoom Out
A photo starts zoomed in and pulls back. Name it first.
ApprovedEmoji Decode
Name the movie, song or show from a row of emojis.
Questions
Are these games I stream or games my chat plays?
Games your chat plays. You run the round, viewers answer from chat or their phone, and the scoreboard shows their names.
Do they work on YouTube, Twitch and Kick?
Yes. By phone, anyone who can see your stream can scan the code. Chat play works for YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble through Upstream.so.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Each game is a web page you add as a browser source, or pick as a scene in Upstream.so.
Are they free?
Yes. Every game is free inside Upstream.so and in OBS.
By Mario Jankovic, cofounder of Upstream.soUpdated
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