OBS Studio — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
OBS Studio is currently the #62 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 29K concurrent players — ▲ climbing (was #66 last week).
Last official update Apr 3, 2026 (110 days ago) · 0 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #62 ▲
- Peak (24h)
- 29K
- Genre
- Utilities, Video Production
- Developer
- OBS Project
- Released
- Mar 21, 2022
- Price
- Free to Play
Free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming
Latest updates & patch notes
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Patch
OBS Studio 32.1.1 Hotfix
Fixed missing audio mixer tooltips Fixed audio mixer minimum width being too large Fixed audio mixer sorting weight for global and pinned sourcesFixed disabled sources appearing in audio mixer Fixed missing toolbar actions for audio mixer Fixed incorrect colors in audio mixer…
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News
OBS Studio 32.1
32.1 New FeaturesOverhauled the Audio Mixer Adjusted the horizontal layoutAdjusted the vertical layoutAdded button to swap layouts to the toolbarChanged the default layout to verticalAdded button to toggle audio monitoringSources in the preview are now shown while in Studio…
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OBS Studio 32.0.1 Hotfix
32.0.1 Hotfix Changes Fixed a possible crash in 32.0.0 on Windows when opening source properties Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where browser sources would break after switching scenes This issue may also have caused increased resource usage. Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 with the audio…
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OBS Studio 32.0
New FeaturesAdded a basic plugin managerAdded opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOSAdded Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects,which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as severaloptimizations to NVIDIA Effects Added chair…
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OBS Studio 31.1.2
Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Multitrack Video to set the Maximum Video Tracks to 10 if the user had set it to "Auto" Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Browser Source hardware acceleration to fail in the Flatpak version Fixed an…
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OBS Studio 31.1.1
Fixed a crash when using YouTube browser docks Fixed an issue causing RTMPS streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Media Sources ingesting SRT streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Browser Source hardware acceleration to fail on Linux
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OBS Studio 31.1
Important Notices The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see for more information. 31.1 New Features Added new UI…
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OBS Studio 31.0.1 Hotfix
Fixed a crash on macOS caused by hand gesture reactions Fixed a crash caused by malformed scene collection files Fixed a possible crash on Linux when initializing PipeWire screen sharing Fixed a possible deadlock and freeze on macOS while exiting OBS Fixed an issue with…
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OBS Studio 31.0
Important Notices NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC. NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer. The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture…
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OBS Studio 30.2.3 Hotfix
Fixed a possible deadlock when using Hybrid MP4 Fixed a possible deadlock when closing OBS while outputs are active Fixed a possible crash when connecting to an RTMP server Fixed a possible RTMP disconnect/timeout on Windows systems without IPv6 connectivity when connecting to a…
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OBS Studio 30.2.1 Hotfix
Fixed a possible crash when loading scene data Fixed an issue with CoreAudio AAC timestamps causing a stream to fail Fixed an issue with obs-websocket not reading Virtual Camera availability correctly Fixed an issue with obs-websocket settings not saving correctly Fixed an issue…
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OBS Studio 30.2
OBS Studio 30.2 is now available! This release comes with exciting new features, such as Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, a new theme system, zero-copy hardware encoding on Linux, and a new “Hybrid MP4” format for crash resiliency, compatibility, and long-awaited support for…
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About OBS Studio
OBS Studio is a free and open source program for livestreaming and video recording. Create scenes with multiple types of video sources, including your computer display, video games, webcams, video files, and more. Stream your video productions on sites like Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook live, or record your videos locally to share. Features Livestream video to sites like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Live, and many more, including your own custom servers Record videos to save to your hard drive and share with friends High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing. Create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 20H2 (64 bit) Processor: Intel i5 2500K, AMD Ryzen 1300X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 900 Series, Radeon RX 400 Series, Intel HD Graphics 500 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: Hardware encoders recommended
- Languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian…
- Official site
- obsproject.com
Frequently asked questions
- Is OBS Studio free to play?
- Yes — OBS Studio is free to play on Steam.
- What is the latest OBS Studio update?
- The most recent official update is "OBS Studio 32.1.1 Hotfix" (Apr 3, 2026), categorized as Patch. Fixed missing audio mixer tooltips Fixed audio mixer minimum width being too large Fixed audio mixer sorting weight for global and pinned sourcesFixed disabled sources appearing in audio mixer Fixed missing toolbar actions for audio mixer Fixed incorrect colors in audio mixer…
- How many people play OBS Studio?
- OBS Studio peaked at 29K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #62 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #66 the previous week).
- When was OBS Studio released?
- OBS Studio was released on Mar 21, 2022 by OBS Project.
- What kind of game is OBS Studio?
- OBS Studio is a Utilities, Video Production game.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. OBS Studio and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.