
EarthBound on Twitch — competition and audience
A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.
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What is EarthBound about?
The story begins when Ness is awakened by a meteor that has plummeted to the earth near his home, whereupon he proceeds to investigate the crash site. When Ness arrives at the crash site, he finds a police roadblock and Pokey Minch, his friend and neighbor, who tells him to go home. Later, Ness is woken up again by Pokey knocking at his door, demanding help to find his brother Picky. They find him asleep behind a tree near the meteor and wake him. Then the three encounter an insect from the meteor named Buzz Buzz, who informs Ness that he is from the future, where the "universal cosmic destroyer" Giygas dominates the planet. Buzz Buzz senses great potential in Ness and instructs him to embark on a journey to seek out and record the melodies of eight "sanctuaries," unite his own powers with the Earth's, and gain the strength required to confront Giygas.






Should I stream EarthBound on Twitch?
0/100 · Closed off· 52 viewers per streamer on paperProbably not. The two English streams here hold all 104 English viewers — once you take them out there is nothing left to reach.
The two English streams here hold all 104 English viewers between them. Take them out and nothing is left to reach.
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 EarthBound?
Right now
2 right now, to 104 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.
Is EarthBound too saturated on Twitch?
Not crowded, but not open either. Only 2 people are streaming EarthBound, and the two English streams hold all 104 English viewers between them — 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 EarthBound any good?
Players score it 91 out of 100 from 575 ratings, and critics 93 out of 100.
Streamer reviews
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Details
- Released
- Aug 27, 1994 · 32 years ago
- Time to finish
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- Playing on Steam
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- Price
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- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Bird view / Isometric
- Rated
- ESRB T
- Biggest stream
- 99 (95% of the category)
- Typical stream
- 52 viewers (median)
- Count accuracy
- Exact — every live stream counted
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