Insights on indie game development, playtesting, and game design.
Game studios can now pay to have their game live streamed to hundreds or thousands of people through one easy interface.
Almost a third of indie games we tested in 2026 shipped audio that hurt players on launch. 382 games, 1,029 playtester observations on what went wrong.
More than a third of indie games we tested in 2026 left players asking 'what am I supposed to do?' What we saw across 427 games and 1,139 playtester observations.
Nearly half of every indie game we tested in 2026 shipped with a broken tutorial. What we saw across 505 games and 1,306 playtester observations, and how to fix it.