Wonder what being IShowSpeed is like? A new sim game lets you take control of the streamer

Take control of the uncontrollable.

IShowSpeed walks down a city street with a camerman to his side.
Screenshot via Gorka Games

IShowSpeed has gained a rabid online following with his specific brand of confidence, volume, and utter chaos. And if you’ve ever wondered what the streamer’s life is really like, there’s a new sim game for you.

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Yes, you can take control of IShowSpeed with Gorka Games’ IShowSpeed The Game, a new indie offering made in Unreal Engine 5. The game puts you in charge of Speed as he conducts an IRL stream, with your goal being to increase your viewer count as high as possible. Much like the real IShowSpeed, you do this by doing anything you can to get attention from those around you: running around, doing backflips, barking at people; everything is fair game here. As you do this, you’ll gain followers who chase you around and you can interact with, and you can also keep an eye on your cameraman following the action.

The crowds in question are… a little terrifying? There’s an element to the way they immediately sprint after you that feels a little like a zombie movie. But instead of eating brains, these dudes just wave their hands in the air and all shout “Speed” over and over again. There are also some other elements incorporated from Speed’s real streams, like the little wizard guy he ran into in Poland who he subsequently barked at.

Currently, the only two actions you can actually perform as Speed in the game are either backflipping or barking, which makes the gameplay a little bit thin. Gorka Games seems mostly concerned with people spamming the game until Speed actually plays it himself on stream—and if he does, it might open the door to more Speed-related content from Gorka in the future. Maybe a car-jumping simulator? A WWE-style fighting game?

IShowSpeed’s seemingly never-ending antics make for plenty of video game ideas, it turns out. Who would’ve thought?

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Associate Editor and Apex Legends Lead. From getting into fights over Madden and FIFA with his brothers to interviewing some of the best esports figures in the world, Adam has always been drawn to games with a competitive nature. You'll usually find him on Apex Legends (World's Edge is the best map, no he's not arguing with you about it), but he also dabbles in VALORANT, Super Smash Bros. Melee, CS:GO, Pokemon, and more. Ping an R-301.