A Windows PC that your stream goes through: either you play on it, or your console feeds into it with a capture card and OBS.
The Twitch account you stream on. You’ll use it to sign up in step 1.
Get your ClutchCam key
Sign in with your Twitch account and tick the box to agree to the terms. Your key appears straight away. It’s a password that proves the updates come from you, so keep it to yourself. Copy it somewhere safe for now; you’ll paste it into the app in step 3.
A blue window opens and sets everything up for you, including Python if you don’t have it. It takes a few minutes. When it says “All set!”, press Enter to close it.
By installing and using ClutchCam, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The app will ask you to confirm the first time it opens.
Updating later is the same: run this line again and you’ll get the newest version. Your settings are kept.
Open it
Double-click the new ClutchCam icon on your Desktop (it’s in the Start menu too). Type your Twitch name, paste the ClutchCam key from step 1, then pick your game.
Tell it where your game is
Pick the setup that matches yours:
I play on my PC
Set Read the game from to My screen.
Choose the screen your game runs on.
Play in Windowed Fullscreen (Borderless) mode. Some games in true Fullscreen hide from screen readers like this.
I stream through OBS
In OBS, open Tools, then WebSocket Server Settings.
Tick Enable WebSocket server, click Show Connect Info and copy the password.
In ClutchCam, set Read the game from to OBS, paste the password and click Connect to OBS.
Pick the source that shows your game, usually your capture card (often called Video Capture Device).
Best for console players with a capture card. Works with one monitor, and your overlays and webcam don’t get in the way.
Test it, then go live
Mid-match, with the players-left number showing, click Save a test picture. If it says “I can read … players left”, you’re set. Click Start and leave it running while you stream.
Next time, just open ClutchCam from your Desktop and click Start. It remembers everything else.
Prefer to set it up by hand?
From python.org/downloads/windows, install Python 3.14 (not 3.15) using “Download Windows installer (64-bit)”, and tick “Add python.exe to PATH”. If you have the newer Python install manager, run py install 3.14 instead.
Take a screenshot of the window and email it to clutchcam.support@gmail.com. Most of the time, running the line again fixes it, especially if your internet dropped out.
My antivirus warned me about the setup
Some antivirus programs are wary of anything that installs software. The setup only installs Python from python.org (it checks Python’s official signature first) and ClutchCam from this site. If you’d rather not, use the “by hand” steps above.
“The server didn’t accept your key”
Check your Twitch name is spelled exactly as on Twitch, and the key is pasted exactly. If you’ve lost your key, make a new one on your account page.
“I can’t see a player count right now”
Make sure you’re mid-match with the counter on screen, and that you picked the right game, screen or OBS source. ClutchCam saves what it saw as what_the_tool_sees.png. Open it by pressing Windows + R and typing %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClutchCam.
“Can’t reach OBS” or “OBS didn’t accept that password”
OBS needs to be open, with the WebSocket server enabled. Copy the password again from Show Connect Info.
Does it touch my game?
No. It only looks at a small corner of the picture every two seconds, the same way OBS captures your screen. It never reads or changes your game files.