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New Pokémon Snap on Twitch — competition and audience

Bandai Namco Studios· Nintendo· 2021· Switch
SimulatorAdventureFantasyScience fiction

New Pokémon Snap is an on-rails first-person photography game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap. Players explore an archipelago in an autopilot hovercraft and photograph Pokémon in order to conduct research about their ecology.

Trailer

What is New Pokémon Snap about?

A budding Pokémon photographer travels to the lush and varied Lental region, invited by the esteemed Professor Mirror and his assistant Rita to join their ecological research. Working from the Laboratory of Ecological and Natural Sciences, the player is sent out across the region's islands to observe and photograph Pokémon thriving in their natural habitats, from jungles and deserts to reefs and caves. But the survey has a deeper purpose. The professor is investigating the mysterious Illumina phenomenon, a strange, glowing radiance that certain Pokémon and rare flowers exhibit, a wonder last documented in an explorer's travelogue a full century ago. Venturing through each island by day and night, the photographer sets out to capture these elusive creatures on film and help unravel the long-forgotten secret behind the luminous phenomenon.

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0Room for youClosed off
1Live streamers
12People watching
#2Your spot at 10 viewersof 2

Should I stream New Pokémon Snap on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 12 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 12 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 12 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 New Pokémon Snap?

Right now

1 right now, to 12 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is New Pokémon Snap too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming New Pokémon Snap, and the one English stream holds all 12 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

Is New Pokémon Snap any good?

Players score it 77 out of 100 from 62 ratings, and critics 81 out of 100.

81Critics12 outlets
77Players62 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Apr 29, 2021 · 5 years ago
Time to finish
Playing on Steam
Price
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Rated
ESRB E
Biggest stream
12 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
12 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Sep 11, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC