Chat Game Overlay Twitch & Kick

Chat Hangman

Your whole chat works together to save the stick figure. Any viewer types a letter — correct guesses reveal it, wrong ones add a body part. 6 wrong and it’s game over.

Play a Round

Type a single letter to submit a guess - just like your viewers do in chat.

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What Makes It Fun

Runs automatically once added to OBS. No commands, no configuration.

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Classic Hangman

The same Hangman your chat already knows. Type a letter - right or wrong - and the stick figure reacts live on stream in real time.

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Collaborative Chat

Any viewer can type a single letter and it counts as the next guess. The whole chat works together to save the man before 6 wrong guesses.

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Auto-Cycling Rounds

Win or lose, a fresh word is picked automatically and the gallows resets. No intervention needed - it just keeps going.

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Custom Word Lists

Supply a plain-text URL of your own words to theme the game around your stream - game titles, characters, inside jokes, anything goes.

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Win Leaderboard

The viewer who guesses the final letter wins the round. Top 5 saviors are tracked and shown on the overlay after each game.

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Twitch & Kick

Works with both Twitch and Kick chat. Select your platform in the setup step and the URL is generated automatically.

Add to OBS in 60 Seconds

One browser source is all it takes.

1

Enter Your Channel Name

Select your platform and enter your channel name to generate the overlay URL:

1 = default  ·  1.5 = 50% larger
https://overlay.glitchstudios.dev/hangman/YOUR_CHANNEL
2

Word Bank

Choose which words are used for the game:

3

Add a Browser Source in OBS

Create a new Browser Source and paste the URL above.

  • Width: 420px
  • Height: 460px
  • Check "Shutdown source when not visible"
4

That's It

The overlay starts automatically and keeps cycling through words on its own. No commands or manual triggering needed.

Use With Pogly

Running Pogly instead of a plain browser source? Import the widget directly.

Pogly is a browser-based overlay editor. Import the JSON below to add Chat Hangman as a 420×520 widget layer. After import, update the channel variable to your Twitch or Kick channel name.

If you entered your channel name in the setup step above, it will already be pre-filled in the import.

How Chat Plays

No setup needed for viewers - just type a letter in chat.

  1. The overlay shows a gallows with blank tiles for a hidden word.
  2. Any viewer types a single letter directly into chat - no command prefix needed.
  3. If the letter is in the word, all matching tiles are revealed. If not, a body part is added to the figure.
  4. Chat gets 6 wrong guesses before the figure is complete and the game is lost.
  5. If every letter is revealed, chat wins! The word resets with a new round after a short pause. If all 6 wrong guesses are used, the word is revealed before the next round starts.

Tip: Already-guessed letters are ignored, so there's no penalty for duplicate guesses. Each viewer can guess as many letters as they want.

Frequently Asked

Does it need any API keys or accounts?

No - Chat Hangman reads public chat anonymously using Twitch's IRC and Kick's public WebSocket. No tokens, no accounts needed.

Can I use my own words?

Yes. Host a plain-text file of words (one per line, 5–12 letters) anywhere publicly accessible (GitHub raw, Gist, etc.) and paste the URL in the setup step. The built-in word bank is used when no custom URL is provided.

What happens if chat uses all 6 wrong guesses?

The figure is fully drawn, the answer is revealed on the overlay for a few seconds, then a new word is automatically picked and the gallows resets.

Are the built-in words TOS-friendly?

Yes - every word in the built-in bank was reviewed to be appropriate for all-ages Twitch and Kick streams.

Can viewers guess the same letter twice?

Already-guessed letters are silently ignored, so duplicate guesses have no effect and don't penalise anyone.