New: Steam Deck-only tester pool now available · £1 for the first playtest
How it works

Four steps. One week. Real feedback.

Every playtest on Playtest follows the same rhythm: define, recruit, ship, review. Structured enough to compare between builds, flexible enough for whatever weird thing your game does.

◆ Step 1 — Define

Tell us what you're testing.

Set the parameters of the test in a five-minute form. What genre? What platforms? What audience filter? What questions do you want answered? Playtest turns your inputs into a structured brief the tester pool can respond to.

  • Guided prompt for test goals (unstuck moments, tutorial clarity, difficulty tuning, etc.)
  • Standard questionnaire templates (or bring your own)
  • Session length target: 30 min, 60 min, 90 min, or open
  • NDA text you can paste in or auto-generate
Test focus
Tutorial clarityDifficultyOnboarding
Session length
30 min60 min90 minOpen
Recording
Screen + audioScreen onlyNone
Est. cost:£28 for 10 testers
SM
Sam M.
Bristol · PC
FPSComp shooter
KO
Kofi O.
Lagos · PC + pad
Cozy simFarming
◆ Step 2 — Recruit

Open up. Or hand-pick.

Choose to open recruitment to any tester matching your filter (fastest), or hand-pick specific testers from the pool (most curated). Playtest handles all the invitations, confirmations, and NDA signatures automatically. Median time from posting to first tester confirmed: under 4 hours.

  • Open recruitment: first-come, first-served within filter
  • Curated recruitment: browse profiles, invite manually
  • Auto-confirmation with build download link
  • NDA signed before any file is downloaded
◆ Step 3 — Ship

Build delivery, painless.

Upload your build zip, Playtest hands out per-tester download links with expiry, watermarking, and platform-appropriate installers. For Steam builds, connect a Steam branch and Playtest generates temporary tester keys that revoke on schedule.

  • Direct upload up to 20 GB per build
  • Steam branch integration for temporary tester keys
  • Per-tester watermarking (visible or forensic)
  • Auto-expiry after test window closes
TUE · 09:12
Build v0.4.2 uploaded
4.2 GB · watermarked · NDA attached
TUE · 13:04
3 testers accepted
Sam, Iryna, Kofi · downloads started
WED · 08:20
10 testers confirmed
All matched filter · recruitment closed
FRI · EOD
All sessions complete
9/10 completed · 1 rescheduled to Mon
Heatmap · session drop-off
82% quit
INTROTUTHUBBOSS 1DUNGEONCRAFTBOSS 2END
Top questionnaire themes
Boss 1 too hard (7/10)Crafting confusing (6/10)Music loved (9/10)
◆ Step 4 — Review

Heatmaps, not spreadsheets.

When the test window closes, Playtest generates a review dashboard: drop-off heatmap, questionnaire theme aggregation, session recordings organised by tester, ratings. Share the dashboard with your team, your publisher, or export as PDF for milestone reports.

  • Drop-off heatmap by scene/level
  • Questionnaire theme clustering (auto)
  • Session recordings sortable and taggable
  • Export as PDF or push into Riotgrid/Jira as tasks

Run your first test for £1.

Ten vetted testers, structured feedback, full review dashboard. If it's not useful, we refund the pound.