Lysto
Lysto is an all-in-one playtesting workspace designed for game studios and user researchers, offering precision-matched players, a secure collaborative environment, and AI-powered insights. Users can access a private, secure workspace to design playtests, manage data, invite key collaborators, and seamlessly transform feedback into actionable insights. It ensures enterprise-grade security by maintaining complete control over game builds with precise access permissions, NDAs, secure distribution, and a kill switch to revoke access, eliminating the risk of leaks. Lysto enables the analysis of player feedback at scale, turning player feedback into clear insights, tracking gamer behavior, predicting drop-offs, and refining games with speed and accuracy, without the hassle of juggling multiple tools or losing data. Its intelligent playtest analysis instantly analyzes hours of gameplay footage, delivering sharp, actionable insights, allowing teams to focus on making smarter decisions.
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Steam Playtest
Steam Playtest is a new feature built right into Steam, allowing you to invite players to test your game. It is designed to make it easy for developers to get feedback from players without having to manage keys or external mailing lists. You can enable a Playtest from your Steamworks settings, and players can request access directly from your store page. Once approved, they can download and play your game, and you can manage access and gather feedback through the Steam platform. This feature aims to streamline the playtesting process, making it more accessible and efficient for both developers and players.
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PlaytestCloud
PlaytestCloud makes it easy for video game studios to access player feedback and ultimately, make better games. Game studios securely upload their game, concept, or prototype to the Player Insights Platform, define their target audience, and select the type of feedback they need. PlaytestCloud distributes the game to their chosen audience from our global panel of 1.5M players. The players receive instructions and are recorded playing the game. We send payment to the players when they submit their test. The studio receives the recordings, transcripts, and AI analysis of their game within 48 hours and uses these player insights to improve their game.
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Playtester
Playtester is a free platform that helps gamers discover and join alphas, betas, and playtests for upcoming games across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and more. Built by a solo designer/developer, it offers a clean, ad-free experience for players and an easy way for indie developers to get valuable feedback.
Since launching three months ago, Playtester has featured 600+ games, welcomed 40,000+ visitors, and introduced features like Direct Install for Steam demos and an Android app (iOS coming soon).
Whether you’re a gamer looking for early access games or a developer seeking testers, Playtester makes it simple to connect and play what’s next.
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