Testing with your own players just got easier
Plan faster, run smoother and analyze better with the new PlaytestCloud research tools library.
TL;DR: Plan a year of testing in about 15 minutes, find the right method for your question, define your sample size, benchmark your studio's research and accessibility efforts, leverage Claude with research skills, and build a training path for your team with the new suite of free tools in PlaytestCloud’s research resources.
Here's what they do:
Research Skills for Claude Four downloadable skills that drop PlaytestCloud research thinking straight into Claude, so your whole team works smarter day-to-day. Installs in under a minute.
Use them individually, or chain them. Hypothesis Generator sharpens, Study Designer scopes and Discussion Guide + Survey Toolkit build the instruments.
Research Roadmap A framework to plan your game's entire lifecycle from concept to live ops (or wherever you happen to be right now) for high-impact research and shorter iteration loops. Use our researchers’ recommendations or your own plan, customizing players, session length, timing, methods and more—with a clear Video Token rate for each test mapped right on the timeline. You’re just 15 minutes away from a budgeted plan ready for stakeholder signoff.
Research Method Selector A wizard to help you choose the right playtest or research type for your specific challenge. Answer a few questions and know exactly which method you need next, with expert advice to help you make the most of it.
Sample Size Calculator "How many players do we need?" finally gets a real answer (and it’s not “it depends”! 😅) specific to your needs and with the reasoning attached. Pair it with the Method Selector and you've scoped a study before your coffee gets cold (and add it to your roadmap template too!)
Research Maturity Assessment How player-centric and data-informed is your studio? How are important decisions made, and day-to-day iteration driven? More importantly, how can you do better and make sure you're building a game for real players, in a real market, instead of for yourselves and your friends? Benchmark yourself, spot the gaps, and get a clear sense of what to focus on next.
Accessibility Maturity Assessment Built on GOAL (the Game Organisation Accessibility List), this tool audits accessibility at the studio level so you know where you stand and what to improve.
(Coming Soon!) Training Package Builder Build a learning path from our expert-led courses, shaped around what your team actually needs to level up.
Experts on tap
Here's what ties these together: the research thinking inside these tools comes from the same experts on our team who consult on 5,000+ games research studies per year. The in-house folks who run our research advisory and research operations teams are the same experts who developed these tools to scale their ability to help even more teams at once. Now, regardless of your team’s research experience or capabilities, you can move faster with clearer direction, get unstuck, or just do more research.
We know self-serve tools aren’t a fix for every challenge, so from within any tool you can book time with one of our experts for help! Just click “Ask a Researcher” and help is on the way, dearie!
How to access the new stuff
When you log into the platform next, you’ll see a new link at the top called “research tools.”
That’s where they live, and they’re yours to use free with your PlaytestCloud subscription! If you're not a customer yet and want a look, get in touch and we'll give you a sneak peek.
We're PlaytestCloud and we help game studios gather feedback from their target players and make more successful games. Thanks for reading!
