In order to help you get started, our quick start guide below shows you:
The different playtests you can run with PlaytestCloud
Methods of player targeting
How we keep your games safe
How we can help with the design or analysis of your playtests
As always at PlaytestCloud, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at hello@playtestcloud.com.
Happy Playtesting!
Types of Playtests You Can Run
Please note some playtest types or features may be unavailable based on your subscription plan.
Test the first-time player experience during the first 5-60 minutes of gameplay.
Test key features such as tutorials, and core game mechanics.
Single session tests are also great for Prototypes (Adobe XD, Invision, Marvel, ...)
Explore: Order form / Sample Playtest / Getting started guide
Reduce churn and improve the player experience of your first 2-10 days of gameplay.
You can have players play for many hours, experiencing lots of later-game content.
Test if your difficulty curve increases at the right rate.
Explore: Order form / Case Study / Getting started guide / Sample Playtest
Optimize the player experience in the first 2-5 gameplay sessions.
See complex mechanics and game loops unfold across multiple sessions.
Ideal for early testing of your content that is beyond your first time user experience.
Explore: Order form / How to Guide / Help Center Article / Sample Playtest
Have playtesters play against each other - even if your game is not live yet.
Our algorithm will make sure that enough players show up for the test.
We make one of the hardest playtests to organize a breeze for you team.
Explore: Order form / Blog Post / Help Center Article
Have children test your game where they are the most comfortable - in their own home.
When ordering any playtest, just select kids as your target audience, and pick any age range from 3-15 years old.
Playtests with children are always done with the supervision of their parents and are done within the legal regulations of the child’s local law.
Explore: Order form / Blog Post / Sample Playtest
You can create up to 30 slides, audio files, or images for players to view.
Test your first concept art designs, characters, storylines and more.
Have our players think aloud as they look at your concepts for the first time.
Explore: Order form / Sample Playtest / Webinar
Run a stand-alone survey with hundreds of our players quickly and easily.
Answer questions about everything from artwork to game concepts with our panel
Run follow-up surveys with players who have already tested your games on PlaytestCloud.
Explore: Order form / Help Center Article
Test any game on the Google Play or the App Store
Works with your own game or a competitor‘s game - anything that can be directly downloaded from the Google Play or the App Store.
Run playtests with existing players, capturing a typical daily session of gameplay
Explore: Order form / Sample Playtest / Webinar
A perfect replacement for in-studio interviews.
Talk individually with our playtesters before, after or instead of a playtest.
Ideal for in-depth user research.
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Run any of the above playtests on PlaytestCloud with players that you provide yourself.
Ideal for testing with very specific audiences only you have access to.
A perfect customization tool that allows you to run the playtest exactly as you want to.
Explore: Contact us / Help Center Article
Additional Services
Have one of PlaytestCloud's games user researchers go through your videos and do all of the hard work for you.
You set the goals and objectives of our analysis.
Receive a key point summary including key findings and insights for every video.
Have annotations added to all videos.
Receve an overall summary of the key findings across the entire playtest.
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Have PlaytestCloud together one of our games user researchers run any playtest or survey for you and present our findings.
You set the goals and objectives of our analysis.
Receive a full multipage report detailing your playtest results and followup actionable solutions.
Design the ideal playtest setup together with us.
Expert analysis, annotations, and summaries added to all videos.
Obtain a key point summary including key findings, insights, and recommend follow-ups.
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Player Targeting
Your ability to specify very specific custom target audience criteria is in addition to all the targeting you can already do for every playtest:
Player Location: Choose between players from the US, Canada, or the UK or anywhere in the world.
Age: Choose an age range (between 18-50+) of players you would like to playtest your game.
Gender: Choose the gender make up of your test (i.e. how many men and how many women). This data is self reported and players can also choose 'Other' as their gender.
Gamer Type: Choose whether you want Casual, Midcore or Hardcore players.
Game Experience: Choose players who have experience or inexperience with over 40 game genres and an abundance of game titles.
If you have any additional targeting requests just let us know and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
How We Keep Your Game Safe
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Our players must agree to an NDA before each game they playtest.
Kill Switch
The kill switch disables the build once the player completes the test. Once activated, the game is not accessible to players anymore, protecting your game.
Other Ways We Secure
We have countless measures to protect your game that have kept thousands of games safe over the years. Learn more on this topic on our website.
Questions? We want to help.
Have a question about an upcoming, current, or recent playtest? You can always reach out to our project management team. We all want to see your games succeed and will assist you in whatever way we can. Feel free to reach out to us anytime at hello@playtestcloud.com.