Introducing the Game Pulse Widget by Streamlabs!

Gameplay moves fast, and creators often miss moments that are worth celebrating and highlighting on stream.

With the NEW Game Pulse widget, creators don’t have to manually trigger scenes to highlight milestones like streaks and totals—such as eliminations, wins, kills, and more. The widget automatically triggers custom on-screen graphics and sound effects, making live streams feel more engaging without streamers ever having to lift a finger.

Available exclusively in Streamlabs Desktop, the Game Pulse widget uses Streamlabs’ AI vision model to react to in-game events in real time. A smarter way to boost audience engagement so creators can focus on streaming, gaming, and entertaining—not managing tools.

Note: The Game Pulse widget is available for Windows users only.

Jump Ahead:

• How to Set Up the Game Pulse Widget (Streamlabs Dashboard)
• How to Set Up Game Pulse in Streamlabs Desktop

The Game Pulse widget was designed as a plug-and-play solution meaning you can set up the plugin once (or choose from default options) then get right back to gaming and live streaming.

How to Set Up Game Pulse in Streamlabs Dashboard

Step 1: Log in to your Streamlabs Dashboard and select Game Pulse in the left navigation menu (or click this link to go directly to the settings/setup page). Alternatively, you can customize the widget settings in Streamlabs Desktop using steps 2-

Step 2: When you first open Game Pulse, you’ll see a Welcome to Game Pulse screen. Click Get Started to select from a set of default widget templates.

This is the best way to get started quickly with the widget—just toggle on triggers then add the widget to your stream canvas in Streamlabs Desktop.

Default options include:

• Kill streak—5 kills in a row with no deaths between.
• Victory streak–5 wins in a row with no losses between.
• Death streak—sum of total deaths
• Assist streak—sum of total assists
• Knockout total—sum of total knockout

Toggle on the defaults you wish to use and click Finish. If you’re happy with your selections and don’t desire further customization, you can skip to the next section to add the widget to your live stream.

Step 3: Game Settings is the first thing you’ll find in the left navigation menu. Here, you’ll find a list of games that you can enable or disable.

Select Enable All or enable games individually using the respective toggle button. The selected games will be added to the left navigation panel for you to set up and control triggers. 

Step 4: When building your own triggers, you can choose a Global Trigger which applies to all supported/enabled games or game specific triggers which will only apply to the selected game and will override any similar Global triggers.

Step 5: Whether you’re creating a Global trigger or game specific one, you have to start with the trigger settings.

• Give your trigger a name 
• Choose a trigger type from the dropdown (Streak or Total)
• Set a trigger threshold—the minimum of events required to trigger

Step 6: Next, in your Action Settings you can customize how the trigger appears on stream.

• Media—Upload a graphic or image to play with your trigger or choose from options available in the Streamlabs Stock Library.
• Layout—Choose how you want text and images juxtaposed (i.e. Image Above Text, Text Over Image or Image to The Left).
• Sound— Upload a sound (mp3 file) to play with your trigger or choose from options available in the Streamlabs Stock Library.
• Message template—When your trigger fires, this will be how the accompanying message appears on stream.
• Duration—Choose how long you want your trigger to appear on stream (60 seconds max)

Pro-Tip: If you wish for your trigger to be spoken on stream in addition to your graphics and sound effects, enable Text to Speech, then select a voice and control the volume using the slider.

Step 7: Advanced Settings where you can dig deeper into customization by tweaking your font and animation settings.

Font Settings

• Font—Choose from a selection of font types to match your styles and stream aesthetic.
• Font Size—Pick an appropriate font size for your text (100px max)
• Font Weight—Select the thickness of your font
• Text Color—Use the tool to find the perfect font color for your text or input a HEX code that matches your branding.
• Text Highlight Color—Choose a text color to highlight the number in your game pulse trigger. E.g. if you hit a 5 kill streak the number 5 will appear in the highlight color.

Animation Settings

• Animation—Choose how your triggers appear and exit the screen. Fade In and Fade Out are selected by default so be sure to look through other options in the dropdown to see what’s available to you.
• Text Animation—Select how you wish your text to be animated on screen when triggered.
• Text Delay—Add a text delay (up to 20 seconds) if you want text to appear after your selected graphic and sound effect. Keep in mind that if your text delay is longer than your actual trigger, the text will not appear on stream.

Note: Previews will only show on Dashboard. To test in Streamlabs Desktop, save your settings then click the Test Trigger button below the preview window.

Step 8: When you are done customizing your trigger, click Save to store your settings. Repeat for as many triggers/game events that you wish then add the Game Pulse widget to your streaming canvas in Streamlabs Desktop (directions in the below section).  

How to Set up Game Pulse in Streamlabs Desktop

Step 1: Open Streamlabs Desktop, go to your Sources panel, and click the + button.

Step 2: Find and select Game Pulse, then click Add Source.

Step 3: Next, name your widget (or leave the default) and click Add Source again.

Step 4: If you’ve already configured the Game Pulse widget in your Streamlabs Dashboard, those settings should carry over automatically. Otherwise, you can customize it in-app just like you would in the dashboard.

Below is a condensed version of how to customize your settings. Go back to the previous section for detailed step by step instructions.

• Trigger Settings—give your trigger a name, select a trigger type and set a threshold minimum
• Action Settings—Cusomtize how the trigger appears on stream via media, layout, sound, message template and the duration of the trigger on screen. Enable text-to-speech by selecting a voice and volume if desired.  
• Advanced Settings—fully customize your font (type, size, weight and color) and animation settings (including animation type, text animation and text delay).
• Previews—Only show on Dashboard. To test in Streamlabs Desktop, save your settings then click the Test Trigger button below the preview window.

Step 6:  Once you’re finished customizing your triggers, click the Close button to add the Game Pulse widget to your stream.

Now, the Game Pulse widget is set up and added to your stream, so it can lock in on your gameplay while the widget automatically fires off visuals and sound effects powered by your gaming, not audience interaction.

If you have any questions or comments, please let us know by contacting us.