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Player Experience(Px) data

We help you combine insights from real-player playtests, surveys, interviews, and gameplay data refined by AI and expert researchers to craft unforgettable player experiences.

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100,000+
Px Data Points
80+
Countries player coverage across demographies
48h
Turnaround Time
1000+
Game User Research (GUR) studies across genres and platforms

Trusted by Leading Studios Worldwide

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MPL
Lila
Mayhem
Obitus
Galfi
Fabwelt
Formcar
Blast
Krafton
Unopnd
MPL
Lila
Mayhem
Obitus
Galfi
Fabwelt
Formcar
Blast
Krafton

Catch the MomentsThat Hurt Engagement and Kill Captivation

A mobile RPG studio noticed that 43% of players were quitting before reaching the first boss fight, but internal telemetry didn't explain why.

Through a focused First-Time User Experience (FTUE) study combining playtests and player surveys, within 48 hours, they uncovered key friction points:

Players struggled with unclear tutorial objectives

Navigation felt unintuitive, especially on smaller devices

Ability mechanics were complex and poorly explained

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Got a Specific Audience?

We've Got the Players.

Show your request

We'll match it with the right players

Get insights that truly reflect your target audience

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Expert Researchers for Every Platform and Every Stage

Meet the Research Team Behind Better Player Experiences.

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Platforms

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Genres

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Lifecycle

Seasoned game user research experts lead our team with deep genre know-how. They understand the quirks of every development phase and deliver the clarity and direction that studios need to build exceptional player experiences.

Define Your Goal

We handle everything

Use raw footage or structured insights to refine onboarding, adjust mechanics, and boost retention.

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Start With Your Objectives

Tell us what you want to learn and upload your build. We set up the entire playtest, targeting players, tasks, surveys, and study design based on your goals.

end to end playtesting solution

Turn Player Experience Into Strategy

Your dashboard updates as soon as sessions start. AI flags friction, hesitation, aha moments, and comprehension gaps, while expert researchers turn them into clear themes and recommendations.

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We Run the Study End-to-End

We handle everything - from screening, recruiting, coordinating, scheduling, and incentivising players to securely distributing your build. Each session captures gameplay, voice, and emotional reactions. Our team reviews everything, and AI transforms raw reactions into measurable insights.

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Secure. Trusted.

Built for Scale.

Protect your creative vision with enterprise-grade security, data compliance, and IP control, while delivering insights at unmatched speed and scale.

Frequently Asked Questions

Lysto is a Player Experience (Px) Platform that helps game studios understand how real players think, feel, and behave during gameplay.

We empower you to gather insights from real-player playtests, surveys, interviews, and gameplay data refined by AI and expert researchers to craft unforgettable player experiences.

With Lysto, game teams can validate concepts, refine mechanics, optimise onboarding, improve retention, and more across prototypes, alpha, beta, soft launch, or live ops. It's built to help studios make faster decisions, get clearer direction, and deliver better player experiences.

Yes. You can bring your own players, or use Lysto's 1M+ global player panel across 80+ countries, or combine both.

  • Bring your own players
  • Invite communities or returning players
  • Use them for remote playtesting, surveys, interviews, and more
  • Track participation, feedback, and sessions inside one unified platform

    • This flexibility ensures your insights come from the exact audience you care about.

    Absolutely. Lysto is built as a secure playtesting platform prioritising data privacy and IP protection.

    Security includes:

  • Encrypted build uploads & downloads
  • Device-locked access to prevent sharing
  • Expiring build links with access control
  • Mandatory NDAs for all players
  • Screenshot protection
  • Compliance with global security and privacy standards

    • Studios can run playtests with confidence knowing that their builds and data stay protected.

    Yes. Lysto supports remote playtesting across PC, iOS, Android, and Steam, making it easy for studios to test across platforms and genres.

    You can run:

  • Mobile usability and FTUE tests
  • PC gameplay experience sessions
  • Cross-platform mechanic evaluations
  • Returning-player retention studies

    • Lysto provides a full suite of playtesting options, including:

  • Single-session playtests
  • Multi-session playtests
  • Longitudinal playtests
  • Concept & prototype validation
  • Interviews & focus groups
  • Surveys & player sentiment checks
  • Stress testing
  • A/B tests
  • Competitor analysis

    • Every test type is designed to deliver deeper player insights for game development.

    Yes. Research agencies, publishers, consultants, and external UX/GUR teams can use Lysto as their game user research platform.

  • Manage multiple clients in one dashboard
  • Run projects under separate workspaces
  • Bring your own players or use Lysto's panel
  • Generate AI-assisted reports and insights
  • Maintain white-label or co-branded workflows

    • The platform fully supports professional research teams working with multiple partners.

    Definitely, Lysto is built for cross-team collaboration, so game developers, producers, designers, UX researchers, PMs, and QA can work together seamlessly.

  • Shared dashboards & synced insights
  • Role-based access control
  • Commenting & annotations on sessions
  • Centralised player feedback across projects
  • Build-level visibility for live updates

    • This ensures everyone - from design to live-ops, can act quickly on player experience data.