In development — early access soon

Live overlays powered by
real retro gameplay

Retro Creator turns what actually happens in your retro games — live score, timers, lives, achievements — into polished stream overlays and live automations. No code required.

Your gameplay becomes your show

Generic streaming tools react to follows and chat. Retro Creator reacts to the game itself.

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Visual designer

Compose overlays with ready-made widgets — score, timer, now playing, boxart, achievement popups, input viewer. Drag, resize, style. Zero code.

Real gameplay data

Live score, lives, level timers and RetroAchievements read straight from the emulator through APIExpose. Your overlay updates the instant the game does.

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Works with your setup

Overlays are served locally as standard browser sources — compatible with OBS Studio, Streamlabs Desktop, Meld Studio and any software that renders web pages.

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Live automations

A high score or an achievement can trigger your existing tools: Streamer.bot, Stream Deck, Touch Portal, Discord, webhooks, MQTT / Home Assistant.

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Local first

No account, no cloud required. Everything runs on your machine and your data stays there.

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English & French

Fully localized interface, with more languages planned.

See it in action

Real screenshots from the current development build.

Live overlay
Live overlay: game, system and real score, straight from a running game.
Designer
The visual designer: widgets, layers, properties and live preview.
Event monitor
The event monitor: every gameplay event, live.

How it works

Install Retro Creator on your Windows streaming PC — it detects APIExpose (RetroBat) automatically, or runs in demo mode.

Pick a template or build your overlay in the designer, binding widgets to live data: score, timer, lives, achievements…

Add the overlay to your streaming software as a browser source. Play. Everything updates live — and gameplay events can trigger your other tools.

Editions

Pricing will be announced at launch. One license, one active machine, move it whenever you want.

Lite

Free
  • Connect to APIExpose or demo mode
  • Now Playing overlay + 1 theme
  • Manual browser-source export
  • Discreet watermark

Pro

Paid license — price at launch
  • Full visual designer & projects
  • 10 widgets, 5 premium themes, animations
  • All connectors & automations
  • Assisted OBS export, no watermark

Studio

For events & tournaments
  • Tournament mode & advanced scoreboard
  • Multi-scenes & event profiles
  • Commercial use
  • Priority support