How to find Twitch streams of your game or demo

Start from your game's category

A game with a Twitch category has its own page. Type the game's name in the Twitch search bar and pick it under Categories. If nothing comes up, your game may have no category yet; then streams of it are spread across other categories and can't be listed by game (how to add your game to Twitch). A demo usually has no category of its own; streams of it go under the game.

Follow the category with the heart button next to its name, so it stays in your list during the fest.

Who is streaming it now

The Live channels tab lists everyone playing your game at this moment. It is the only place to catch a stream with no saved VOD: some streamers don't keep past broadcasts at all. If a stream looks useful, watch it or take notes while it is live, and check afterwards whether a VOD was saved.

Streams that already ended

1. Open the Videos tab of the category.
2. Change the filter from All videos to Past broadcasts. Highlights are parts a streamer saved from a stream, and Uploads are videos they uploaded.
3. Sort by Most recent to see new streams first, or by Most views to see the ones the most people watched. Sorting by views puts small streams at the bottom of a long list, so switch to Most recent before you decide you've seen them all.
4. Use the Language filter if you want streams in a language you can follow.

Some VODs say subscribe to watch: the streamer keeps them for paying subscribers. You can ask the streamer, but the VOD is theirs to share.

Streams you won't find there

• Streams in another category. With no category for your game, or when a streamer picks a different one, the stream is filed elsewhere and the category page doesn't show it.
• Streams with no saved VOD, or a VOD the streamer deleted or unpublished. Twitch keeps nothing you could find later.
• VODs past their expiry date, which for most streams comes after one or two weeks.

How long you have

How long a VOD stays depends on the streamer's account. Of 257 VODs of indie game streams we looked up on 27 Sept 2026:

The rules behind these numbers, and the days fest VODs expire in October 2026, are in how long Twitch VODs from Next Fest stay online.

Keep a list as you go

A plain spreadsheet is enough. One row per stream:

• the day of the stream and the channel;
• the link to the VOD;
• the day it expires: the stream day plus 7 days, or 14 if the channel is an affiliate, or 60 for a partner (Prime and Turbo also give 60, but Twitch doesn't show who has them);
• the minutes worth rewatching, with a word on what happened.

Then watch in the order the VODs expire. What to look for while you watch is in how to use Next Fest streams as a playtest.