They earn more than most people could ever dream of from the comfort of their couch.

Meet Australia's gamer girls, who pocket 'millions' of dollars streaming themselves playing video games from their homes.

The young women have lifted the lid on what it's like getting paid to stream themselves play in an eye-opening segment on 60 Minutes.

Chelsea - or XMINKS as she is known in the gaming world - draws a six-figure salary from live-streaming herself gaming

Chelsea amassed a whopping 350,000 followers who stream her games and watch them live

One woman, Chelsea - or XMINKS as she is known in the gaming world - draws a six-figure salary through online subscriptions, ad revenue and sponsorships.

She has amassed a whopping 350,000 followers who stream her games and watch them live on platform Twitch.tv.

'They enjoy watching you, your personality, how you interact with them. It's more hanging out with them rather than watching you play.'

Despite earning a university degree in pharmacy, she earns more after swapping her scrubs for headsets.

'People could make between $1000 ... There's people that earn millions,' Chelsea said.

She said her income fluctuates month-to-month, but it's always: 'a lot more than I was earning at the pharmacy.'

Chelsea said some online streaming girls can earn 'millions'

She has amassed a whopping 350,000 followers who stream her games and watch them live on platform Twitch.com

Despite earning a university degree in pharmacy, she makes more from the world of in e-gaming

You'd be forgiven for thinking it's a dream job.

But another gamer, Kathleen - known online as LOSERFRUIT - revealed she had been subject to some nightmarish treatment from her male viewers.

'I get a bit of heat sometimes,' Kathleen admitted.

'Stupid things like "you're not good, because you're a girl", "attention-seeking whore", "where do you live?", "you have a nice body", "I'd like to see you with your clothes off".

And that's not the worst of it - sometimes the harassment can spill over from the virtual world into real life.

'I've had friends that have been stalked at events,' Kathleen says. 'But it's the one percent, if that'.

Kathleen, known online as Loserfruit, revealed she has been subject to vile abuse at the hands of male gamers

Kathleen said she had received donations of $5000 from online admirers

She is paid not just from streaming, but donations from online admirers who 'just like her'.

She estimated the largest donations she had received somewhere in between $1000 and $5000.

'This is a very unique opportunity that we have that people before us did not necessarily have,' she says.

'This industry is booming and it's out of control.'

