Rising Creators Forum

I know everyone says "stream what you enjoy" but i also want to actually grow. some games seem impossible to get viewers on and others seem better for discoverability

What games have you found good for growth as a small streamer? i'm open to trying new games if it means actually building an audience

I'm going to give different advice: stream super niche games that big streamers won't touch

I stream old school runescape and city builder games. these categories have small but dedicated audiences. i went from 0 to 80 average viewers in 6 months because i became THE go-to streamer for that specific content

big streamers won't play these games because the viewer counts are too low for them. but for small streamers it's perfect because you can actually be at the top of the directory

find a game you genuinely enjoy that:
- has at least 200-500 viewers consistently
- doesn't have any huge streamers dominating it (under 1000 viewer cap basically)
- has an active subreddit or community

become the expert in that niche. people will find you because there's not much competition, and the viewers who DO watch that category are super engaged

streaming oversaturated games is playing on hard mode. streaming niche games is playing on easy mode

The sweet spot for growth is games with 500-5000 viewers total on twitch. here's why:

too many viewers (fortnite, league, valorant): you're on page 50 of the directory, nobody will find you
too few viewers (indie games under 100 viewers): not enough people looking for that content

games that worked for me:
- dead by daylight (consistently 3k-8k viewers)
- phasmophobia (2k-5k viewers)
- newer indie games in the first week of release
- older popular games that still have active communities (terraria, stardew valley)

i grew from 5 to 50 average viewers in 4 months by focusing on dead by daylight exclusively. the community is active, not oversaturated, and people were willing to check out new streamers

avoid flavor of the month games unless you're there on day 1. by the time a game is trending it's already too late to capitalize