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Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure on Twitch — competition and audience

Synergy Inc.· 1993· PC · Mac · FM Towns · Apple Pippin
Point-and-clickAdventureVisual NovelFantasyScience fictionHistorical

A surreal first-person adventure game set in an unnamed city facing the end of the world. Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure is a notable early 1990s CD-ROM title, praised for its melancholic atmosphere and open-ended, emergent narrative design. It has since gone on to influence many visionary filmmakers, game designers, and visual artists.

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What is Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure about?

The game's plot takes place in an unspecified (albeit vaguely Eastern European) nation headed by the dictator Orlovsky. The protagonist is a government agent tasked with discovering the whereabouts of a missing scientist named Horselover Frost. He begins his quest in a third-floor room of a luxury hotel (which is in fact the headquarters of the government's intelligence arm). After collecting his belongings in a suitcase, the protagonist takes an elevator ride to the lobby, during which a boy replaces the case with another identical one containing various spy-related paraphernalia. In the lobby, the government's intelligence chief briefs the protagonist on his mission. The protagonist then moves to the central railway station. From this point on all the events of the story take place on trains or at the various stations (which include the national science institute) along the nation's main rail line. The player must engage in scripted conversations with various individuals, each of whom reveals pieces of information that advance the protagonist in his quest.

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0Room for youClosed off
1Live streamers
4People watching
#1Your spot at 10 viewersof 2

Should I stream Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 4 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 4 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 4 English viewers. There is nothing left over for a second.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure?

Right now

1 right now, to 4 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure, and the one English stream holds all 4 English viewers — so the room is quiet because that audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 1 live right now

What players and critics say

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Details

Released
Nov 1, 1993 · 33 years ago
Time to finish
Playing on Steam
Price
Modes
Perspective
First person
Rated
USK 6
Biggest stream
4 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
4 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Sep 13, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC