Animaze by FaceRig

Animaze by FaceRig

Holotech Studios Inc. · November 17, 2021 · Animation & Modeling, Video Production, Software, 3D, Memes

Animaze by FaceRig is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Animaze by FaceRig price

Animaze by FaceRig is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Animaze by FaceRig

✦ AI summary

Transform yourself into a custom 2D or 3D avatar for video chatting, streaming, and content creation across any platform that supports webcams. Animaze delivers studio-quality facial and body animation with professional tracking tools, customizable characters, and a thriving creator community—all built by the indie team behind the pioneering FaceRig.

Join our Discord Server to get all the latest news: https://animaze.tv/discord

BE YOUR OWN WORLD-CLASS VIRTUAL CHARACTER


Video chat, host, and livestream as incredible 2D and 3D avatars with Animaze! Built as the successor to genre-defining FaceRig, Animaze is now powering stars like PuffPuff, who has grown to become a top TikTok virtual being!

You can also use it just for fun. Easily transform yourself at the click of a button and connect with your family, friends, followers, and fans on any platform that works with a webcam. Customize and add props to create your own unique persona. Animaze is the character creator for your online self.

Key Features List



CUSTOMIZATION & EXPRESSION
Choose from a vast array of premade base models or import your own. Select from a wide range of animals, objects, and human avatars. Add props, backgrounds, and emotes. Before you know it, you’ve got a custom virtual character ready to go!


CONNECT IN MINUTES

Get up and running with your very own digital avatar quickly and easily. After an initial setup, Animaze works with webcams or iPhones and is compatible with OBS, SLOBS, Discord, Zoom, Google Meetings and more!

IMPORT YOUR OWN Live2D, VRM and Ready Player Me Models
Already have a model? No need to start over! Use our guides to convert and import your models into Animaze.

HIGH QUALITY ANIMATIONS
Aside the classic webcam face tracker, Animaze connects with additional trackers including iPhone TrueDepth tracker, Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion), Mocopi (Sony's motion tracker), Tobii Eye Tracker, VMC data streams, and the Perception Neuron motion capture suit. Your virtual character (who-or-whatever they look like) accurately represents the emotions you are looking to portray.


ROBUST TOOLS FOR ARTISTS
Use the Animaze Editor and comprehensive documentation to turn your 2D and 3D models into avatars, props, and backgrounds. Then, share them with the creator community!

… AND MORE!
The Animaze indie engine is the result of years of work and thoughtful feedback from the community starting with FaceRig in 2014. The three people currently building Animaze have been pioneers in this space, and have been in service of this community for a very long time. Whether working on FaceRig or Animaze, the tech built by us and our former colleagues since 2014 has brought to life and inspired many features used across the VTubing world in many apps today.

A recent example is Multiplayer Rooms with high-quality full-body motion and filming camera controls, for avatar concerts. This is a feature that many VTubers still think does not yet exist for free anywhere in the world, (not even on apps powered by corporate engines), when it has been available here, on the free tier, starting with March 2023.

Aside from FaceRig, Animaze remains, as far as we know, the only indie-engine VTubing app worldwide that propelled some of its users who were using the included stock avatars, to millions of followers. Whether we are talking about Obit or MagLobao on YouTube, or PuffPuff on TikTok, we are proud of opening this path in a truly independent fashion, without the help of any large commercial game engine, and organically with no marketing help from talent management agencies.

If you are a long-time supporter, thank you!
If you are finding us now for the first time, we hope you will join us on this ride.

Animaze by FaceRig — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Animaze by FaceRig is praised for its effective motion tracking and character customization that allows creators to stream and record without showing their face. However, players express frustration with aggressive monetization, including paywalls on characters, limited free recording time capped at 45-60 minutes, and a required subscription for unlimited streaming, which many feel prioritizes profit over usability.

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Not recommended Sep 18, 2026
Not good
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Recommended Sep 10, 2026
yes
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Recommended Sep 30, 2026
5 STAR
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
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Not recommended Sep 28, 2026
просто херня и все,нет сисек(

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