Real groups only
People who already know each other’s rhythms — two, three, a whole party. No forced chemistry, no matchmaking roulette, just the social reality your game ships into.
Games tested by friends, not strangers.
We recruit real friend groups — two, three, four, however many they roll with — to play your co-op, competitive, and party builds together. The awkward silences, the callouts, the almost-rage-quits — that is where the signal lives.
Built for small teams shipping to Steam and beyond.
What we do
Friend-group sessions, multiplayer-only
Solo QA has its place. It does not replicate how your game sounds in a living room, on Discord, or on a couch with snacks and history between people who already know each other.
Multiplayer focus
Co-op, competitive, party modes. We stay in your lane: sessions built around how players actually share a build, not lone-wolf checklist runs.
Actionable notes
Feedback on comms friction, unclear roles, comeback feel, quit-risk moments — the stuff spreadsheets rarely capture.
For indie devs
Why friend groups beat solo QA for social games
Random playtesters can find crashes. They rarely surface the UX debt that only appears when real friends negotiate failure together.
You get signal on
- Team dynamics — who leads, who checks out, when cooperation breaks
- Communication load — callouts, UI clarity, audio mix under real chatter
- Emotional beats — frustration spikes, unfair-feeling losses, comeback highs
- Session shape — natural breaks, length tolerance, “one more round?” energy
Mission: 1,000 friend groups in year one — a growing bench of players who show up together, not solo grinders.
Who it is for
- Small studios polishing a multiplayer Steam launch
- Teams with builds that need a social lens, not just bug counts
- Designers who want honest friction before reviews and forums do it for free
We keep the process light: you share a build and goals; we run structured sessions and return notes you can act on this week.
Pricing
Pick a depth. Scale up when the build is ready.
Every tier includes structured sessions, a written report, and clips of key moments. NDAs are standard.
Recon
A quick read on one build, one genre.
$152 groups · 30 min each
- Vetted friend groups in your genre
- Structured sessions, light facilitation
- Written report + key clips
- Fast turnaround
Squad
The default. Enough depth to act on before launch.
$305 groups · 2 hrs each
- Multiple friend groups, multi-region
- Sessions across a two-week window
- Written report, ranked recs, clips
- Follow-up review call
- Optional resurvey at next build
Campaign
Deep coverage across milestones, demos and launch.
$5010 groups · 5 hrs each
- Retained groups across builds
- Sessions sequenced across milestones
- Trend report comparing builds
- Demo + Next Fest readiness sweep
- Direct line to our lead facilitator
For testers
Get paid to play with someone you already like
If you and a friend play games together anyway, you might as well help ship better ones — without solo grinding or endless forms.
No solo sessions. No pretending you are strangers. Show up as a group, play the build, talk out loud like you normally would.
We handle scheduling and compensation. You bring headphones, honesty, and the same person you’d queue with on a Tuesday night.
What we ask
- A stable group — same people each time for a given project when possible
- Willingness to narrate a bit: what felt confusing, unfair, or great
- Respect for NDA basics; builds are pre-release