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Mass Effect on Twitch — competition and audience

BioWare· Microsoft Game Studios· 2007· PS3 · PC · X360
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Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the year 2183. The player takes the role of Commander Shepard, a customizable character who serves as Executive Officer aboard the SSV Normandy. After a routine mission goes wrong, Shepard assembles a squad and pursues a threat that escalates into a galaxy-wide conflict. The game features real-time squad-based combat where players choose companions and tactics suited to different enemy types, from biotic-wielding opponents to heavily armored machines. The game spans a large science fiction universe, with explorable locations ranging from the Citadel space station to alien homeworlds and remote outposts. Player decisions affect mission outcomes, crew relationships, and the overarching narrative across the trilogy.

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What is Mass Effect about?

In the year 2183, Commander Shepard is sent to the human colony of Eden Prime to recover a Prothean beacon. The mission is disrupted by an attack from the synthetic Geth, led by Saren Arterius, a rogue Spectre agent. After making contact with the beacon and receiving a cryptic vision of destruction, Shepard is appointed the first human Spectre and tasked with hunting Saren across the galaxy. The investigation leads Shepard and a growing crew aboard the SSV Normandy through multiple worlds, uncovering a conspiracy tied to the Reapers, a highly advanced machine race believed to eradicate all organic civilizations on a 50,000-year cycle. Shepard must stop Saren before he can trigger their return.

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0Room for youClosed off
2Live streamers1 in English
15People watching
#2Your spot at 10 viewersof 3

Should I stream Mass Effect on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 8 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 14 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 14 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.

Where to buy

All plain links straight to the official stores. Some will become affiliate links later, and they’ll be marked with a ♥ when they are — you’ll always be able to tell, and the unmarked ones will always be there.

How many people stream Mass Effect?

Right now

2 right now, to 15 viewers between them. 1 of them is streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Mass Effect too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 2 people are streaming Mass Effect, and the one English stream holds all 14 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 2 live right now

Is Mass Effect any good?

Players score it 87 out of 100 from 2,560 ratings, and critics 89 out of 100.

89Critics4 outlets
87Players2,560 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Nov 20, 2007 · 19 years ago
Time to finish
About 30h
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Rated
ESRB M
Biggest stream
14 (93% of the category)
Typical stream
8 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 19, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC