The countdown counter setup for OBS
A countdown is a promise with a number on it. This one counts what you press — rounds, prizes, bosses, gifted subs to go — and on Pro it hands off to a Screen when it gets there.
Start freeTry it in a browser — FreeHow do you put a countdown on a stream overlay?
Set a Kloot counter to countdown mode and give it a starting value. Each press takes one off and it stops at zero. On Pro, reaching zero can show a Screen you have chosen — once per run — so the moment lands without you reaching for anything.
Your whole setup, live — every tool fires from one deck. Manual, nothing auto-cycles.
Press +1 — this is the Free counter
The real counter renderer on a game frame. One counter, bumped from your deck or your phone, on the Free plan.
Ten bosses left. Then a card, the second the last one falls.
The usual countdown improvisation
Saying “three to go” and hoping chat heard
The number is on the overlay
Scrambling for a graphic at zero
A Screen shows on its own
A timer that counts the wrong thing
It counts presses, so it counts what happened
The tools you’ll fire
Live in three steps
Create a counter and pick Countdown
Set the starting value — ten bosses, five rounds, three prizes.
Choose what happens at zero
On Pro, pick one of your Screens. It shows once per run.
Pin the key
One press per step, from your deck or your phone. Reset starts the next run.
Want the full walkthrough?
This page is the setup. The step-by-step guide goes deeper.
Frequently asked
Is this a timer?
No — it counts presses, not seconds. A countdown of rounds, bosses or prizes is what it is for; it does not count down clock time.
What shows when it hits zero?
It stops at zero. On Pro you can also bind one of your Screens to that moment, and it shows once per run.
Can I go back up?
Press +1. Nothing is locked, and a miscount is one press away from fixed.
More overlay setups
Works alongside everything you already use
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