Crumbs

What it is

Crumbs is a small Windows app that shows a popup and plays a sound the moment your match begins. It finds the games installed on your PC, watches only those, and shows in one dashboard what is connected and ready.

Why it exists

Matchmaking can take minutes, and alt-tabbing away means missing the start of the match. Crumbs watches for the start signal so you can browse, chat or work in the meantime, then come back exactly when it matters.

What you can do

• Detects installed games from Steam, Epic Games, Riot, Battle.net, EA and Ubisoft, plus common game folders on every drive
• Monitors only the games you have, and spots wrong executable names after a game update
• Automatic start detection through Valve Game State Integration, the Riot Live Client API, game logs or a one-time calibration
• A manual hotkey (Num Lock by default) for every game, ready without any setup
• A dark dashboard with your game art, readiness for each game and the live state of every connection
• Add any other installed game in one click from the Discoveries tab

Supported games

• Dota 2 · Counter-Strike 2 — Automatic — Valve Game State Integration (one click to install)
• League of Legends — Automatic — Riot Live Client API
• Hearthstone — Automatic — Power.log
• Fortnite, VALORANT, Rocket League, THE FINALS, Marvel Rivals, Apex Legends — Automatic after a one-time log calibration
• Overwatch 2 — Manual hotkey, or experimental network calibration
• Any other game — Manual hotkey, then calibration when the game writes a usable log

How to install

1. Download Crumbs-1.0.0.exe and place it in a folder of its own, for example Documents\Crumbs. Crumbs keeps its settings next to the program.
2. Open it. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the program is not yet code-signed: choose More info, then Run anyway.
3. Crumbs scans your games and starts monitoring the ones it finds. Click a game card to test its popup or calibrate it.