VTube Studio
Released Mar 2021
VTube Studio is all you'll ever need to become a Live2D VTuber, with innovative features such as pinning props to your model and many more still to come.
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Released, but still in active development
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Active Development
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
VTube Studio launched on March 12, 2021 and has been receiving substantial feature updates ever since. The developer, DenchiSoft, has maintained a prolific and consistent update cadence across 49 scanned posts — 18 feature patches and at least 9 major content or announcement posts. Major updates have shipped at a high frequency: VNet multiplayer (April 2023), post-processing/VFX effects (December 2023), advanced lipsync and Twitch chat scroll (September 2023), Web Items (July 2024), Twitch Hotkey Triggers (November 2024), and then a burst of three major updates in late March 2026 (versions 1.33.0, 1.34.0, and 1.35.0) followed by another in May 2026 (version 1.35.7). The most recent update on May 20, 2026 added support for Twitch Power-ups as hotkey triggers. The store's short description explicitly states there are "many more [features] still to come," signaling ongoing development intent. All three DLC items are released, but the game itself is free-to-play and the DLC are optional add-ons rather than content gates. There is no indication from the developer that development is winding down — quite the opposite, with multiple major releases in early 2026 alone.
Evidence
Version 1.35.7 adds support for Twitch Power-ups as hotkey triggers — the most recent developer update as of the assessment date.
Version 1.35.0 introduces a fully dynamic, reactive sound effect system with spatial audio, parameter-based triggers, and free sound-enabled Live2D assets.
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Developer
Publisher
DenchiSoft
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Platform
Windows, macOS
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
VTube Studio is finally coming to Steam!
VTube Studio is the tool of choice for any Live2D VTuber! With a wide variety of features, it has never been easier to connect with your viewers!! VTube Studio can be used directly with your webcam on any Windows PC or Mac.
VTube Studio also supports other advanced tracking inputs to control your Live2D model, including audio-based lipsync (requires microphone). Details can be found in the documentation.
VTube Studio on Steam is free to use with all its features!! An optional "Remove Watermark" DLC exists that will remove the (very cute) watermark that would otherwise be shown when the webcam tracking is active.
Using VTube Studio is really easy!! Load your own Live2D Cubism model, run the auto-setup (or do the setup manually), start the tracker and you're good to go. VTube Studio works well with OBS, Streamlabs or any other streaming software.
VTube Studio comes with a few simple example models, but you obviously want to import your own models!! VTube Studio ONLY supports Live2D Cubism models, other formats like VRoid are not supported. No support for other formats is planned.
If you ever get stuck, there's a complete documentation available as well as an active Discord community that's happy to help out new users!
What can VTube Studio do?
VTube Studio comes with tons of fun features you can try out and use to have fun with your viewers. Future development of VTube Studio will focus on community/viewer interaction, so please look forward to that!!
Some of the current features of VTube Studio:
- Fast, high quality face tracking
- Voice-based mouth tracking
- High resolution, high quality, crisp Live2D model rendering
- Hotkey-triggered animations, expression changes
- Smoothly move model position/size/rotation per hotkeys
- Mouse/Pen-tracking parameter
- You can map any tracking parameter to any Live2D parameter of your model! Complete freedom!
- Item-System!! You can pin your own PNG items directly to your model and they'll move with it.
- iOS/Android app for network face tracking or directly rendering the model (free demo available)
- Commercial usage is allowed (YouTube, Twitch, Superchats, ...) See license for more details.
- ...and many more!! Got a cool feature you think people would like? Join our Discord and let us know, most features and improvements were suggested or inspired by user feedback.
How does the webcam-based face tracking work?
Thanks to Emiliana from VSeeFace, VTube Studio now directly supports webcam-based face tracking powered by OpenSeeFace!! It comes with various quality levels so it will even run on low-spec PCs or Macs. It's free to use but will show a watermark if you don't buy the "Remove Watermark" DLC, available now.
Where to get help?
The documentation, support email and active Discord community can be found on the website linked on this page. Please join, we're waiting for you!!
SEE YOU THERE, FREN!!
Last evaluated Jul 8, 2026
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