r/playtesters

I am a software engineer who has always wanted to learn how to develop and make games but I had one issue. I didn't have an idea.

After playing 9 kings shortly after it's release I sprouted the idea for my game, it has a few aspects inspired directly from 9 kings as well as Balatro. Mainly the auto battling from 9 Kings.

It started with a simple concept of building a space fleet to battle against enemy space fleets, while enhancing your fleets with Planets and moons.

I have been developing this game for around 12 months so far and have opened a playtest. With my game being of a very similar genre I would love to know get some thoughts and feedback from die hard 9 Kings fans to see where I'm hitting the mark and where I am falling short.

Keep in mind the game is pretty early in development and is a little unbalanced right now as well as some additional features still in development.

If you read this far thanks for hearing my story and if you love 9 Kings check out my game it would mean a lot to me!

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4481200/Null__Void/

Hey everyone!

I created a browser game called Clashybara, and I’m looking for detailed, brutally honest feedback from players.

You play as a capybara, fight enemies, grow bigger, and try to survive and progress as far as possible

I’m offering $10 to 5 person who provides the most useful and actionable feedback 🎁

The playtest will stay open for 30 days from today.

After that, I’ll choose the feedback that was most helpful for improving the game.

I’m especially interested in:

• What was confusing in the first few minutes?

• Was the combat fun and responsive?

• How did the skills and progression feel?

• Where did you get bored, frustrated, or want to quit?

• Did you encounter any bugs?

• What would you change or add first?

Game 🎮 :

https://higgsfield.ai/supercomputer/marketplace/games/c8cd2df5-3600-4123-a6c2-beabd590b3d9

Please leave your feedback directly in the comments.

Screenshots or short recordings are welcome if they help explain an issue.

Positive feedback is appreciated, but criticism is much more useful here 😂

Don’t hold back.

Prize: $10 USD per 5 people ( Paypal)

Deadline: 30 days (04.08.2026)

Winner: the person whose feedback is judged to be the most useful and actionable for improving Clashybara

Thanks to everyone who gives it a try! 🦫⚔️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4330620/Unlatched/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJFpXYlrfw

It is a single-player game that simulates the gameplay loop of asym horror games like Dead by Daylight, Friday the 13th, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It is designed for players looking for a similar experience from those games without having to deal with long lobby wait times, toxic online behavior, or for when the servers of those game eventually go down.

I have no formal training for programming or gamedev and put this together in the past 10 months from watching YouTube vids. Please try my game out and let me know what you think.

Hey everyone!

I’m an indie developer, and I’ve just released the beta of Chess: The Update.

It keeps the core simplicity of chess, but lets you build your own deck, choose different pieces, and use their unique abilities during matches.

I’m mainly looking for feedback on:

• Whether the rules and abilities are easy to understand
• Piece balance
• Bugs or technical issues
• User interface and overall game feel
• Whether the matches are actually fun and strategically interesting

🎮 Play here: https://hickodev.itch.io/chess-the-update

Any honest feedback would be greatly appreciated, even if you only play one match. Please let me know what you liked, what felt confusing, and what you think should be improved.

Also, what new piece would you add to chess?

Hey, solo dev here.

For the past year I've been building ȘEPTAR, a roguelite deckbuilder built on Șeptică — a Romanian shedding card game basically everyone there grows up playing. Shortest pitch I've got: Balatro-ish scoring (chain cards, fire them for points × mult) but you're racing a live opponent to a target score instead of beating a blind. Between races you draft relics, burn and forge cards in your deck, and climb a ladder of Romanian folklore opponents until you're playing cards against Death himself. Don't worry if you've never heard of Șeptică — there's a tutorial, and most of my current testers hadn't either.

The game itself is finished (59 relics, 4 characters, ascension tiers, daily runs, endless mode, even 1v1 against a Steam friend). What I can't do anymore is see it with fresh eyes, and that's where I'm stuck.

Stuff I genuinely don't know and need strangers to tell me:

I recently made races longer (raised the target score) and I honestly can't tell anymore if the new pacing feels good or if it drags. I also removed the cap on huge chain fires, so an 8+ card chain now pays out something absurd — I want to know if landing one feels like hitting a jackpot or like you broke the game. And if you've got a friend willing to try the PvP mode, that would be huge — it's synced peer-to-peer and so far exactly one pair of humans has tested it (me and my friend). Beyond that: anything confusing, anything that soft-locks, anywhere the tutorial loses you. Be blunt, you won't hurt my feelings.

To get in: Steam page below, hit "Request Access" under the playtest section and I'll approve you. Windows only for now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4866700/Septar/

For feedback just comment here or post on the Steam playtest discussions, whatever's less annoying for you. No forms, no NDA. A run is maybe 20–40 minutes and even one run's worth of impressions helps me a lot. If you do report something, mention the version number from the corner of the title screen so I know which build you were on.

Hey everyone!

We’re looking for PC players to help us test the multiplayer of an Indie Game.

It's a remote, paid session, no experience required, and no prior knowledge of the game needed.

The catch: selection is based entirely on your graphics card. We need a specific mix of hardware configurations to run the test properly, so your GPU is the only thing that determines whether you’re eligible. Gaming level, playtime, genre preferences, none of that matters here.

What we need:

- A Windows PC (no Mac, no console)

- One of the following graphics cards (check yours in msinfo32 — Win+R > msinfo32 > Components > Display > Name):

- NVIDIA GeForce (any GTX or RTX)
- AMD / Radeon
- Intel integrated graphics (Iris Xe, UHD Graphics, HD Graphics)

- A stable internet connection

- Discord for the session

- 45-60 minutes available during one of the slots below

Time slots (sessions run at lunch and end of day):

- UK (BST): 10am–1pm or 3pm–6pm
- France / EU (CEST): 11am–2pm or 4pm–7pm
- Dates: July 2–15, 2026

Details:

- Format: remote, online
- Session length: 30–40 minutes
- Language: English or French
- Compensation: 25€ per player, paid after July 15th.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/NSV1MH5CQwDqSGpbA

If your hardware is a match, we’ll contact you within 48 hours to confirm your slot.

Questions? Drop them below or DM us.

Thanks 👋

Hi everyone!

I've been working on a top-down space shooter "EON Survivor", and I'm looking for players who'd like to try it and share their honest feedback. The game is still getting new weapons, side missions, and other features, but I think it's reached a point where it's ready for people to try and give feedback.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4286910/EON_Survivor/

If you're interested, I'll send you a Steam key.

I'm not looking for professional reviews—just genuine impressions:

• Was it fun?
• What did you like or dislike?
• Was anything confusing or frustrating?
• Any ideas or suggestions?

Positive feedback is always appreciated, but constructive criticism is even more valuable. My goal is to make the game as good as it can be before release.

If you'd like to participate, leave a comment or send me a DM, and I'll get a Steam key to you.

Thanks a lot for your time and for helping an indie developer!

Hey there everyone!

I posted in here before so I hope this doesn't come off as spam, but I've been working super hard on this project, new artwork, new trailer, updated gameplay and so on.

For those of you who aren't familiar, I've been working on a witchy aesthetic game inspired by my wife's love for all things witchy and macabre. All of the character cast have the core character strengths that I admire most about my wife. Where all the problems they have are metaphors to things I've been struggling with over the years.

It's a story driven occult/witchy shop sim indie game that for the time being, is exclusively on Steam.

The reason I'm posting today is that I was really hoping to get some people who are already fans of the aesthetic to take a look at my game's page or even play the demo if you have the time to give me some genuine feedback on the game.

I have been able to debug it and add polish pretty thoroughly, but I just don't know if the interest is there for the folks I had in mind.

If you want to give it a play or a wishlist you can check it out here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4545470/The_Totemist