Where to stream mobile games: YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Loco or Rooter

Your setup is the same wherever you go live: your phone's game in OBS on your PC, your facecam, your mic. What changes is how each platform takes the stream, what it asks of you, and who's watching. Here's what each one says, from its own help pages and terms.

The part that's the same everywhere

Get your game into OBS once: with Casttit, a Window Capture of Casttit Preview with Capture Audio on (OBS Studio 30.1 or newer). Every platform below takes that same OBS scene: Set up OBS.

Then every platform works the same way at heart: it gives OBS a server and a stream key, either by signing in from OBS or by copying them in. The key is a password: never show it on stream.

YouTube

• What it asks: a verified channel with no live streaming restrictions in the past 90 days, and you must be 16 or older. Turning on live streaming can take up to 24 hours the first time.
• OBS: sign in from OBS (YouTube - RTMPS), or paste the key from YouTube Studio.
• Worth knowing: YouTube also sends your stream out vertically for the Shorts feed, as a centre crop by default. For landscape games, change the layout before you go live.

Full guide: go live on YouTube from your PC.

Twitch

• OBS: sign in from OBS (Twitch), or paste the key from the Creator Dashboard.
• Settings: Twitch publishes them: 6000 kbps for 1080p60, 4500 for 720p60, constant bitrate, a keyframe every 2 seconds. Streams can run up to 48 hours.
• Worth knowing: on supported graphics cards, OBS's Enhanced Broadcasting lets Twitch pick your settings and send several qualities.

Full guide: go live on Twitch from your PC.

Kick

• OBS: Custom service, with the stream URL and key from Creator Dashboard → Channel → Stream URL and Key.
• Settings: up to 8000 kbps, constant bitrate, a keyframe every 2 seconds. Set a title and category before you start, or the stream may not start correctly.
• Worth knowing: growing channels show viewers up to 720p60 until they reach Kick's engagement threshold.

Full guide: go live on Kick from your PC.

Loco

• Built for India, with categories for mobile games like BGMI, Free Fire and Call of Duty.
• What it asks: Loco's streamer terms ask streamers to go live from OBS or a computer, with the face camera and microphone on so viewers can see and hear them throughout. That's exactly the setup this site is about.
• OBS: Loco keeps your stream settings inside your Loco account; they aren't on a public help page. If your account shows a server and a stream key, use them in OBS's Custom service; if not, ask Loco's support.

Rooter

• Built for India, with live mobile gaming like BGMI and Free Fire MAX.
• What it asks: Rooter's public pages don't describe streaming from a PC; its creators go live from the Rooter app.
• OBS: if your Rooter account offers a server and stream key, the steps are the same as for any platform. Ask Rooter's support (the address is on its website) whether your account can stream from a PC.

Which one?

Go where your viewers already are. If you're starting out, many mobile creators begin on YouTube, where their clips and Shorts already live, and add a second platform once streaming feels routine. Whichever you choose, do a short private test first, and check that sound and picture land together: how to check.