Berlin, Germany –November 12, 2024 – PlaytestCloud’s Player Insights Platform™, renowned for its ease of use and rapid results as a market leader in remote mobile games playtesting, is excited to announce its expansion to support PC, Browser and Steam games.
This launch marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to deliver comprehensive player insights from real players to game developers, now with support for all gaming platforms.
“To think of how we started over 10 years ago, with a stack of pizzas and a pile of mobile phones on the table, it’s really amazing to see how far we’ve come,” said Christian Ress, co-founder and CEO of PlaytestCloud. “The tech has gotten better but the mission has stayed the same: we help studios make games players love.”
PlaytestCloud was the first-ever platform to support remote games research, and has a customer list that includes Ubisoft, Gameloft, Rovio, Zynga, Supercell, Metacore and others.
Previously, most games were tested in labs where players were sourced based on proximity to the lab, as well as availability during the working day and the researchers’ own capacity to moderate. The Player Insights Platform™ made it possible for teams of all sizes to scale their research and reach their exact target players: PlaytestCloud also retains a pool of over 1M ready-to-play gamers of all skill levels and interests.
Half of the mobile games grossing $5B were tested on the platform, and 60% of studios behind the top 100 games in the US App Store are PlaytestCloud customers. With 5,000 research projects and 78,000 hours of playtests recorded within the last 12 months alone, there is no doubt to the growing demand for actionable player insights—or the scale at which PlaytestCloud can deliver them.
"Expanding into PC playtesting was the natural next step for PlaytestCloud," said Marvin Killing, co-founder and CEO of PlaytestCloud. "While mobile gaming was our first focus, we’re proud to provide the same high-quality player insights that have helped so many mobile game developers bring successful games to market."
About PlaytestCloud
Founded in 2014 by co-founders and CEOs Marvin Killing and Christian Ress, PlaytestCloud is a remote video game playtesting platform that provides game studios with in-depth player insights from their precise target players. With a player panel of more than 1M players globally, and a clients list that includes the biggest game studios in the world, the company supports improved games user experience, player retention and overall game success.