How to stream Marvel Snap from your phone

You can stream Marvel Snap live with just your phone. No capture card, no PC, no fuss. Super Simple IRL grabs your screen and sends it straight to your stream, so every three-minute match and every snap goes out to your viewers in real time.

Why Marvel Snap is great to stream

Marvel Snap is a fast, streamlined collectible card game from Second Dinner. Matches last around three minutes and play out across three locations, with a bluffing snap mechanic that lets either player raise the stakes. Its short matches, deck building, and mind games make it excellent, easy to narrate stream content.

The three-minute matches keep the momentum going, so there is always a fresh game right around the corner. Each play is quick to explain, the snap and retreat bluffing creates real tension, and the huge deck variety gives you endless things to talk about with your viewers.

What you need

• An Android phone with Marvel Snap installed and signed in.
• Super Simple IRL on the same phone to capture and send your screen.
• A streaming destination to receive the feed, such as a hosted SRT relay. See how to set up SRT streaming.
• A quick read of the screen casting basics so you know how capture works before you go live.

Stream Marvel Snap step by step

1. Open Super Simple IRL and tap This Screen

   Launch the app and choose This Screen as your source. This tells the app to capture your phone display instead of a camera.

2. Add your SRT URL and set the bitrate

   Go to Settings, paste in your srt:// destination, and set a target bitrate your upload can hold. Around 3 Mbps is plenty for a card game.

3. Turn Device audio on for card and match sound

   If you want viewers to hear the card effects and match sounds, turn Device audio on in the app. Leave it off if you only want your mic.

4. Tap go live and accept the capture prompt

   Hit go live. Android shows a screen capture prompt, so tap Start now to allow it. The app begins sending your screen.

5. Open Marvel Snap and play

   Switch over to Marvel Snap and start a match. The app keeps capturing in the background while you play.

6. You are live

   Your decks, your reads, and every snap are now going out to your stream. Queue up and enjoy it.

Tips for a clean stream

Turn on Do Not Disturb

Screen capture shows everything, including your notifications. Turn on Do Not Disturb so private messages and alerts do not pop up on stream.

Talk through your reads and reveals

Matches are short, so keep the chat with it. Narrate why you snap, hold cards, or retreat, and call out each reveal so viewers stay in the moment with you.

Keep the screen awake

If your screen sleeps, the capture goes dark. Set a longer screen timeout so the display stays on through your matches.

Play in the game’s orientation

Marvel Snap plays in portrait, so keep your layout set for that orientation and it will look tidy for viewers.

Enjoy the light data use

Marvel Snap is light on data compared with bigger games, so it is friendly on a mobile plan and easy to stream on the go.

Recommended settings

• Resolution: 720p is plenty for a card game and keeps the bitrate manageable.
• Frame rate: 30 fps is plenty for Marvel Snap’s pace.
• Codec: H.265 for better quality at a lower bitrate, if your destination supports it.
• Bitrate: around 3 Mbps, which a card game holds comfortably.

Frequently asked questions