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.hack//Infection on Twitch — competition and audience

CyberConnect2· Bandai· 2002· PS2
RPGHack and slash/Beat 'em upScience fiction

.Hack//Infection is the first of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World which does not require the player to connect to the Internet. Players may transfer their characters and data between games in the series. Each game comes with an extra DVD containing an episode of .hack//Liminality, the accompanying original video animation series which details fictional events that occur concurrently with the games. The games are part of a multimedia franchise called Project .hack which explores the mysterious origins of The World. Set after the events of the anime series .hack//Sign, the games focus on a player named Kite and his quest to discover why some users have become comatose as a result of playing The World. The search evolves into a deeper investigation of The World and its effects on the stability of the Internet.

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What is .hack//Infection about?

The game opens with an excerpt from Emma Wielant's Epitaph of Twilight and is followed by a name input screen. This is where the user name and the character name are entered. For consistency's sake, the main character will be referred to as Kite, the default name for the character. Kite has been invited by his friend, Yasuhiko, to play The World. While Yasuhiko, known as the legendary player Orca, shows Kite the ropes, the two encounter Aura. Just as Aura is about to entrust Orca with the Book of Twilight, Skeith attacks. Orca tries to defend himself and Kite but is no match for Skeith and ends up being Data Drained. Just as Skeith is about to do the same to Kite, someone distracts Skeith and transports Kite to Net Slum. There, the Book of Twilight is added to his inventory. It was at this time that The World's servers crashed.

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1Live streamers
12People watching
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Should I stream .hack//Infection on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 12 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. One stream holds 100% of the 12 people watching .hack//Infection, leaving about 0 for everyone else — and the category empties when that streamer logs off.

One stream holds 100% of the 12 viewers here, leaving about 0 for everyone else. When they log off, the category empties.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either one stream holds the room, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

When is the best time to stream .hack//Infection?

Around 3am UTC, when .hack//Infection averages 3 viewers for every streamer competing — about 3.2× the room it has at 1am, its most crowded hour. Measured across 7 of the 24 hours so far.

Most room so far around 3am UTC 3 viewers per streamer.

7 of 24 hours measured over 1 day. The rest fill in as they are seen. Counts ignore each category’s biggest stream, so one star can’t make an empty hour look busy. Times in UTC until your clock loads.

What day to stream this

Only 1 day of readings so far — a weekday pattern needs at least 7. It fills in on its own.

Where to buy

All plain links straight to the official stores. Some will become affiliate links later, and they’ll be marked with a ♥ when they are — you’ll always be able to tell, and the unmarked ones will always be there.

How many people stream .hack//Infection?

Daily averages since 4 September 2026

1 right now, to 12 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

People watchingLive streamers
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Is .hack//Infection too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming .hack//Infection, and that single stream holds 100% of the 12 viewers — so the room is quiet because the audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 1 live right now

Is .hack//Infection any good?

Players score it 76 out of 100 from 26 ratings.

76Players26 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Jun 20, 2002 · 24 years ago
Time to finish
Playing on Steam
Price
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Rated
ESRB T
Biggest stream
12 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
12 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Sep 6, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC