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Player Insight Reports

Transform game reviews into meaningful, actionable insights.

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Instead of manually reading through hundreds or thousands of player reviews, our platform automatically analyzes review data from various sources including Steam to provide you with comprehensive reports highlighting player sentiment, common themes, and strategic recommendations.

Player Insight Reports work with existing review data, making them perfect for quick market research, competitive analysis, or understanding player feedback on released games.


What You Get from a Player Insight Report

Player Insight Reports provide valuable insights for various use cases:


Market Research & Competitive Analysis

  • Competitor Benchmarking: Analyze successful games in your genre to understand what players love

  • Market Gaps: Identify unmet player needs and opportunities

  • Genre Trends: Discover emerging patterns in player preferences


Game Development & Planning

  • Feature Validation: See how players respond to specific game mechanics

  • Update Planning: Understand which areas need improvement based on player feedback

  • Post-Launch Analysis: Track how player sentiment changes over time


The 'Business of Games'

  • Pitch Deck Preparation: Support funding applications with data-driven player insights

  • Marketing Messaging: Understand what resonates most with your target audience

  • Release Strategy: Learn from similar games' launch experiences


How am I Billed?

Generating player insight reports is based on a "pay as you use" model, billed monthly in arrears on your account. This provides the flexibility as to when you or your team wish to run the reports.

You are only charged based on the number of reviews requested to be analysed drung the report setup stages.

Note: If you want to setup an unlimited or preset usage upfront so no charges occur monthly, please contact support@gotestify.com to discuss billing options for your Go Testify account.


How to Setup a Player Insight Report

Step 1: Create Your Report

1. Navigate to your project dashboard

2. Click "Create " for a project

3. Select "Player Insight Report" from the test type options

NOTE: You'll see example reports you can view to see what you get


Step 2: Select Your Game

1. Search for the game you want to analyze using the Steam game search

2. Select your game from the search results

3. The system will display the game details including:

- Game name with link to Steam store page

- Developer/Publisher information

- Release date

- Current review statistics (score, total reviews, positive/negative breakdown)

Step 3: Configure Your Report

Review Timeframe

Choose the period for review analysis:

- 7 Days: Latest feedback and recent updates

- 30 Days: Current player sentiment

- 3 Months: Seasonal trends and recent changes

- 6 Months: Medium-term player satisfaction

- 1 Year: Comprehensive long-term analysis


Review Type

Select how reviews are prioritized:

- Most Helpful: Community-voted helpful reviews (recommended for detailed insights)

- Most Recent: Latest reviews regardless of helpfulness rating

Maximum Playtime

Control the game experience level of reviewers:

- No Maximum: All players regardless of playtime

- Up to 1-2 hours: First impression feedback

- Up to 10 hours: Early game experience

- Up to 100 hours: Experienced player perspective


Number of Reviews

Choose how many reviews to analyze (based on available game reviews)

- 100-499 reviews: Focused Analysis - Ideal for smaller games or specific feedback

- 500-999 reviews: Comprehensive Analysis - Perfect for broader insights

- 1000+ reviews: In-Depth Analysis - Best for large-scale market research

Step 4: Name Your Report

Give your report a descriptive title (maximum 50 characters). The system will suggest a name based on the game, but you can customize it to reflect your specific research focus.

Step 5: Generate Your Report

Once all criteria are set, click "Generate Report" to begin the analysis.

Note: you will be billed monthly in arrears based on the final number of reviews analyzed. We may analyze fewer reviews than requested as we filter for quality.


How comprehensive is the final report?

Using Go Testify Intelligence we perform detailed thematic analysis, based on over 15+ years of user experience expertise, of all available player reviews, to derive deep, meaningful and actionable insights for the game.

What's in the report:

  • Executive summary: presenting a concise overview of the current state of the game.

  • Executive findings: showcasing the Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities of the game.

  • Health score: for the game across 10 key UX categories. Perfect for benchmarking your own game across releases or for competitor games across key game and UX pillars e.g. controls, innovation.

  • Top priority insights across each key UX category: explore detailed themes identified across particular UX categories e.g. game mechanics.

    Note: All game review sources will be cited and accessible for any insight provided if you wish to take a deeper dive into particular insights.


Getting the Most Value

  • Compare multiple games in a genre for competitive insights

  • Run reports at regular intervals to track player sentiment and themes over time

  • Combine with your own game or playtest data for complete market understanding

  • Share reports with your team for collaborative decision-making


Need Help?


If you have questions about Player Insight Reports or need assistance.

  • Contact our support team through the platform on live chat

  • Review example reports to see the full potential of the analysis



Ready to unlock powerful player insights? Create your first Player Insight Report today and discover how thousands of players are experiencing games in your market.

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