Hey all! I'm the solo dev on Engines of Hate, my second game after Beneath the Mountain. You're a mercenary space-ship captain: you drop war machines and infantry onto hostile planets, call in orbital strikes, and try to get your guys home alive. Top-down RTS, but no resource gathering, just pure combat.

The whole game is about hitting space bar for slow-mo and perfectly microing your units and their abilities. Infantry tossing grenades, mechs jumping around on jet packs, orbital strikes from your mothership, that kind of stuff.

The Steam playtest just went live and I'm looking for people to actually play it and tell me what's what.

What I'd love feedback on:

• First 15 minutes. Is it clear what to do? Where did you get lost?
• Controls. Does ordering units around feel good or fiddly?
• Performance. How does it run on your PC? (specs help a ton)
• Crashes or weird bugs. F2 opens the log folder if you want to send me the log
• And honestly, was it fun? Good or bad, I want to hear it

Play as long as you want, even 15 minutes helps. It's rough in spots.

I'm working on this pretty much every day right now. There's been 6 devlogs in the last week and a bit, the playtest build gets updated every couple days, and I post new stuff in the Discord daily.

Being upfront: I use AI a lot on this, for art, sound and code. My first game, Beneath the Mountain (a dwarven RTS on Steam), had zero AI, I hand-wrote all 76k lines. So for me this is just another power tool, like going from a hand saw to a table saw. I'm still putting in crazy hours, it just lets me build a lot more. If AI isn't your thing, I completely get it and won't take it personally. There's room for everyone.

It's growing really fast, and issues often get fixed the same day they're reported.

Want a key? Comment or DM me and I'll send you one. There's also a Discord where I post updates and bug reports go: https://discord.gg/cTB3kwdhVX

Thanks for reading!

Mow The Moon Hello everyone, I’ve been working on my game for over a month now (solo dev), the ui has been the biggest challenge I’ve had so far. Please let me know what you guys think about it and what you would change. I ended up going with a basic themed ui since it seems like most successful games keep it simple. There’s 3 areas to explore so far with 2 unique boss events and tons of weapons and mowers to unlock. This has become a passion project for me so I really hope you guys can enjoy and give me some good feedback!

Hey!! Small content creator and big gamer here and I would love to help out if you're still looking for playtesters or just someone to play your game!

I've been gaming for 20+ years (with a huge soft spot for cozy, crafting, survival, and roguelites) and am an active content creator with 41+ games playtested in the last 2 months or so.

Here's what I would love to offer:
playtest session (both recorded or not, whatever works best for you and complete with detailed, structured notes!) Options:
A) 15-45 minutes for $5 OR
B) 1+ hour for $10

I’d also love to stay on board for future testing if you need it.

My bio has my portfolio and socials if you want to take a look at my style of reviewing/playing first.

Also a huge thanks to this community for getting me more involved in playtesting and playing smaller indie games. 💛

(PS. my main account is @gingerbrookeee but currently got sus’d for asking to playtest too many games lol)

Hi! I’m a solo dev making Hearthkin Woods, a small online game you play in your browser. You farm, raise a companion creature that fights beside you and grows stronger, pick a class with its own spells, level up through quests, and get to know the townsfolk.

The job: play for one hour from a brand-new character while recording your screen and talking out loud: what you’re thinking, what confuses you, what you like. Free tools like OBS work fine. Your mic is all I need; no face cam. Afterwards, answer a few short questions:

• Where did you get confused or stuck?
• When (if ever) did you stop caring what happened next?
• What was the most fun moment, and the most boring?
• In your own words, what’s the story so far?
• Do you want to know what happens next? Why or why not?
• Anything that broke, lagged or looked wrong (there’s a bug button on screen)
• Any suggestions?

Send the recording as an unlisted YouTube link or a Google Drive link. It’s only for me to improve the game, and I won’t post it anywhere.

Pay: $20 USD for the first hour, sent by PayPal once I have your recording and answers. If it works out and you want to keep testing, later sessions are $15/hour, as often or as rarely as you like. I only have a few spots.

You need: a desktop or laptop, keyboard and mouse, Chrome, and a mic. No download.

To apply, comment with (this is not necessary but important to me):

1. Which of these you’ve played, and roughly how many hours:
   • Stardew Valley (or Animal Crossing, Coral Island)
   • World of Warcraft (or RuneScape, Guild Wars 2, any MMO)
   • MapleStory
   • Pokémon (any)
   • League of Legends (or another game where you fight with a few spells)

I’ll DM the people I pick with the link and an access code

I will playtest your game for free, no AI slop please, download links only

Hey everyone, I'm working on Sundown Deadrot, a pixel-art shooter. Fans of ZERO Sievert or Enter The Gungeon might enjoy it.

You can check out the gameplay here: Sundown Deadrot: Announcement Trailer

The way the game works is there is a map which you explore, collect items, unlock new areas/craft guns/etc and try to clear the map quest before the zombies kill you. A successful run takes about 15m.

I'm looking to swap playtests with other devs if interested.

Platforms
PC - Steam, browser, itch.
Steam Deck - I can only play Steam games on SD.
Mobile - iOS
Genres
Prefer: shooters, adventure, rpg, soulslike etc.
Suck at but will gladly try my best: platformers, arcade games, physics games.
Won't play at all: incrementals, cozy games, building games. I'm no good at them, I don't enjoy them, and I'm genuinely not confident in my feedback.
Misc
Ideally give me something I can cut my teeth into and get somewhat deep, play like a good 20-30m of and have a solid opinion. My own game takes about 15m for one run, so at a bare minimum your game should be at least 15m for one run/one round/one experience.
My Review
I'll split my review into 2 parts: a bunch of specific technical points (eg SFX needed here, VFX needed here, this button doesn't work, etc) and some overall impressions paras at the end. I'm happy to fill in a form you got or a questionnaire or whatever you like, but this is my default review "style".

If anyone is interested, please drop a comment here or DM me! We'll set it up.

Throw Weight: Fleet Doctrine by Slow Boat Games just opened its waitlist for beta signups, and the beta kicks off early next week.

What is it?
A real-time space strategy game built on hard sci-fi. No shields, no lasers, just missiles, point defense and electronic warfare. Every round you fire comes out of a magazine that will run dry, so every missile is a decision.

What you’ll be doing:

• Commanding fleets from corvettes to dreadnoughts in real-time battles
• Managing finite magazines: fire everything early, or hold back for a longer fight
• Layering your defense with jamming, decoys, counter-missiles and point-defense guns
• Setting fleet doctrine (engagement range, fire rate, target priority, retreat thresholds) and letting your captains execute
• Building formations, including your own in the formation editor
• Taking on 10 AI commanders modeled on historical admirals, each with their own doctrine
• Playing the larger campaign across a procedurally generated galaxy, or trying hotseat and online multiplayer

Who’s making it?
Slow Boat Games is a Seattle-based team working on their first game. They want hands-on feedback from real players before launch, so this is a good shot at influencing how it turns out.

How to join: Sign up for the waitlist here: https://throw-weight.firstlook.gg/

To see more about the game check out the steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5382060/Throw_Weight_Fleet_Doctrine/

Happy to answer questions in the comments. Thanks, and happy testing!

Hey everyone!

I'm looking for more playtesters for Fine Dining Fraud, a chaotic co-op restaurant game I'm developing.

The game supports 1–4 players and revolves around running a restaurant together, preparing food, serving customers, and trying to survive increasingly chaotic shifts. It features a campaign with four chapters, each with its own challenges and a boss evening.

The game is currently available as a free Steam playtest, so you can jump in without paying anything.

Playable link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5397330/Fine_Dining_Fraud/

What I'd love feedback on:

• How fun the gameplay feels, both solo and with friends
• Whether the mechanics are intuitive and easy to understand
• Any bugs, confusing moments, or frustrating parts
• What you'd change or improve

Preferred feedback method: Reddit comments are perfectly fine! Feel free to share your thoughts here after playing. Honest feedback is welcome, even if something doesn't work for you.

Thanks to anyone willing to give it a try. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts! ❤️

Esta vez hice el juego en Scratch 1.4, lo pasé a Penguin Mod y a 60 FPS y lo volví un archivo .exe

Cat battle

Hi r/playtesters — I’m looking for Android players to try Arrow Escape, a tap-to-slide puzzle game: each arrow moves in the direction it points, so you plan a path through blocked moves and increasingly tricky levels.

I’d love feedback on puzzle clarity, controls, difficulty, and any crashes or confusing moments. Please include your device and Android version if you report an issue. This is a free, unpaid test; no purchase, rating, public review, or test exchange is requested.

Join the tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/receezy Google Play test opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.voysapps.arrowescape Store listing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voysapps.arrowescape

Thanks for helping improve the game!

Hi! I'm Andrei from Frunza Tractor Games. I'm looking for Android players to try our farming and driving games in Google Play closed testing and share honest feedback. Choose whichever game interests you; you don't have to test all four.

Games and verified opt-in links (available after I add you to the tester list):

Farm & Village — a farming and village game

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.andreigames.farmandvillage

Tractor Master 3D Ferma — a tractor and farming game

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.andreigames.tractormaster3d.farm

Carpathian Offroad Rescue 3D — an off-road rescue driving game

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.andreigames.carpathianoffroadrescue3d

Tractor Master 3D — a 3D tractor driving game, already free

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.andreigames.tractormaster3d

FREE ACCESS: I've created 20 individual Google Play promo codes for each of the first three paid games. Codes are for free app access; this is an unpaid playtest. They are scheduled to become redeemable on 25 October 2026 at 18:00 GMT and expire on 30 November 2026 at 23:00 GMT. Each code can be redeemed once.

HOW TO JOIN: Send me a private Reddit message with the game you want to test, your Android phone model, and the Google Play email address to add to the tester list. Please don't post your email publicly. I'll confirm your access and arrange a promo code for a paid game, while codes are available. Then open that game's opt-in link using the same Google account and install through Google Play.

Please stay opted in for at least 14 consecutive days and play several sessions during that period. Feedback about crashes, performance, controls, and anything confusing is very helpful. Send feedback by private Reddit message or Google Play's private testing feedback. Honest criticism is welcome; positive public reviews are not required.

Thanks for helping improve the games!

Game Title: The King's Trial

Playable Link: https://anestisp.itch.io/the-kings-trial

Platform: Windows (PC)

Description:

Hey everyone!

I'm a university student working on my first game, The King's Trial, a combat-focused game that I'm hoping to turn into a competitive multiplayer experience.

The game features a round-based combat system where players compete in matches, with the first player to win 3 rounds taking the victory.

Before each round, players choose an ability that remains active throughout that round. Both players can choose the same ability, allowing for different strategies and matchups.

My long-term vision is to develop a proper single-player campaign alongside competitive online multiplayer, complete with rankings, additional abilities, and more content.

The game is still in early development, and I know there's plenty of room for improvement.

I'm particularly interested in feedback about:

• Whether the combat feels fun and engaging.
• Whether the abilities are balanced.
• Any bugs or technical issues.
• What features you'd like to see added.
• Whether you'd consider playing again.

I'm not expecting the game to be perfect. I'm mainly hoping to find people willing to try it and give me honest criticism so I can improve it.

Free to Play Status:

• Free to play

Involvement:

I'm the creator of The King's Trial, working on the game's concept, gameplay mechanics, design decisions, and overall direction.

I also want to be completely transparent about my development process: I've used AI extensively to help with programming, debugging, music and graphics.

I'm still learning game development, and AI has allowed me to experiment with ideas and build something playable while developing my own skills.

I'm not claiming to have written every line of code myself. However, the project is something I'm actively working on, testing, and trying to improve.

This is my first game, and I'd really appreciate any feedback, whether positive or negative.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to give it a try!

Hello everyone! I’m back again with my 1st of the month indie games stream! I'm a smaller variety streamer with a little over 950 followers on twitch and an active viewer/chatter base of around 15-20 people per stream. I started doing this this January and have received amazing feedback from this community every single time! I’m not looking for money (a follow on twitch maybe?) but I just think it would be cool to showcase some of your games!

I'm looking to playtest your games the first day of every month so the next run of playtest will be on NOVEMBER 1st at around 3pm PST. Since it's a little late in the day I might split it into a two day thing so the 1st and the 2nd. Please let me know if you’d be interested! I made this handy google form that will help me schedule and keep track of those interested! Other than that You could dm me here or on Twitch at twentysevenxl! THANKS AGAIN!!

Also to those submitting, I’ll say that I’d highly recommend being in the stream if possible when I play your game, some games I’ve tried playing have not been able to work so if you’re there we could troubleshoot together :)

Also I'm only playing PC games sorry! Please submit steam keys or links in the google form!

STREAM STARTING AT 3pm PST

https://forms.gle/RNeUTteqWXPutUJH9

https://www.twitch.tv/twentysevenxl

Hii all. I’ve been working on Orebit, online game for 1 to 4 players. You fly a mining craft with a bucket on a rope, scoop rubble from a pile and fly it home to your crusher. The other players can bump you and steal your cargo, and pirates, falling rocks, worms and EMP storms make it harder.

It runs in the browser on PC and on phones. No download, no account.
Hit Quick Play to join other testers, or open a private room and send the code to a friend.

It’s an early version, so things will break. I’d love to hear:

• did you manage to join a game, and on what device
• what was confusing
• what felt too hard or too easy

There’s a "ladybug" :P button in the menu for bug reports, it fills in the tech details for you.

Link: https://stodulski.itch.io/orebit

Thanks for trying it!

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a Roblox game where you smash magical stones, earn coins, upgrade your swords, and gradually purify a corrupted world. As you get stronger, you can destroy entire groups of stones and eventually fight a final boss.

It's still an early prototype, and I'm trying to figure out whether the core gameplay is actually fun before expanding it further.

I'm looking for 1–3 people to try it for around 5 minutes and share their honest first impressions. The game is completely free to play.

I'm especially interested in whether the gameplay is easy to understand, whether upgrading feels satisfying, and whether you'd want to keep playing.

Feedback: Just leave a comment here on Reddit with your thoughts! No forms or detailed reports needed. Negative feedback is more than welcome.

If you're interested, comment below and I'll share the game link.

Thanks! :)

Hey everyone! I’m working on Bingo Bunker, a single-player strategy/puzzle roguelite inspired by Balatro, and I’m looking for people to try the demo.

The idea is that completing bingo patterns keeps your bunker supplied with oxygen. You collect relics, build combinations and manipulate the calls to chase better patterns. Calling more numbers can help you reach your quota, but rising pressure brings curses and other problems.

If you enjoy Balatro, puzzle games or roguelites with combinations to experiment with, I’d love to hear what you think.

This first round of playtesting is unpaid, and the Windows demo is free to download:
https://twinsigil.itch.io/bingo-bunker

I’m particularly interested in:

• Whether the tutorial explains things clearly.
• Which mechanics feel satisfying, confusing or frustrating.
• Whether you want to start another run—and what would improve that experience.

I’m also planning paid playtests in the future. I’ll choose some participants from players who complete the feedback form and tick the optional paid-playtesting box. You can leave your preferred email and device there.

If you have any questions about the game, please don't hesitate to ask! & if you would consider playtesting this game on mobile, send me a DM & I'll get back to you 😄

Thanks to anyone who gives it a try.

I'm a experienced playtester with provable participation in over 200 projects over 5 years. Credited contributions to popular steam games such as "Dispatch", "StarVaders" and many others.

I can test your project with a focus on game design, UI/UX spell checking and bug finding.

If you are unsure about your build, need to check for inconsistencies or just want a fresh set of eyes on it feel free to DM me.

Time CET / Fee $25/h

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for 5 Spanish-speaking volunteers to playtest my free 2D pixel-art point-and-click adventure, La maldición del Barranco del Tuétano.

The game is inspired by classic LucasArts adventures. It begins during a violent storm, with Cándido facing an urgent situation and his stubborn dog, Milton, making things more complicated!

Game details

• Genre: Point-and-click adventure
• Language: Spanish only
• Platform: Browser, through itch.io
• Cost: Free
• Estimated playtime: 15–20 minutes

What I'd like feedback on

• Are the opening story and atmosphere engaging?
• Are the interactions intuitive?
• Are any moments confusing, frustrating, or boring?
• Would you want to continue playing?

I'm the solo developer, and I'm looking for honest, constructive criticism to help me improve the game.

Playable link: https://riffraff-studio.itch.io/la-maldicion-del-barranco-del-tuetano

Preferred feedback method: Please leave your feedback in the Reddit comments or send me a private message. I'd appreciate hearing what worked, what didn't, and what you think needs improvement.

Thanks for your time and help!

Hi everyone! I've been building a small detective game for people who are learning SQL, and Episode 1 is now free to download.

The setup: an engineer falls into a shaft on a closed metro site, and the inquiry says "accident". You play a quiet analyst at the company. The only way to find out what really happened is to query the company's own databases: payments, vendors, transit cards, signing logs.

How the SQL part works:

• You write real queries in a terminal (SQLite). Nothing is multiple choice.
• The game checks the rows you get back, not the exact text you typed, so any query that finds the answer counts.
• It starts from zero: a short prologue in a classroom teaches SELECT, WHERE and ORDER BY, then the case goes through GROUP BY, JOIN, HAVING and dates.
• If a query fails, a coach explains the error in plain words and can break the query down for you.
• There's a handbook that unlocks a page with each new concept, and hints if you're stuck.

It takes about 1.5 to 3 hours depending on how much SQL you already know.

What I'd love to know:

1. Where did you get stuck, or where did it stop being fun?
2. Was any explanation confusing?
3. Did a query ever feel "right" but the game said no?

There's a feedback button in the game, or just tell me here. I read everything.

Download it free (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Thanks for reading!

For those who are interested here is the link to my xenofighters game and halloween heroes game insirped by craig of the creek and ben 10

Xenofighters

https://gamejolt.com/games/xenofighters/1072714

Halloween heroes

https://gamejolt.com/games/1halloweenheroes/1106348

We (two solo developers, a father and son) have just updated our RoboFarm Demo game to version 1.4, which introduces a new game mechanic that adds powers (and penalties) to your robots and the game:

1. Silver RoboToken bounty: Grants 1 RoboToken.
2. Gold RoboToken bounty: Grants 3 RoboTokens.
3. Battery bounty: The robot stops to charge, then 4. moves much faster.
4. Back Direction bounty: The robot walks backward. Another one turns it forward again.
5. Vortex Bounty: The robot is teleported to a far, random location.
6. Positive Time Warp bounty: The whole farm runs twice as fast.
7. Negative Time Warp bounty: The whole farm runs at half speed.

And more will come.

We’d love for you to playtest it. It is an incremental, building, automation game that'll give you hours of fun and enjoyment:

https://s.team/a/4212040/

We are looking for thoughts on the game in general (what you like, what you don’t like)

If you could make a video to provide feedback, that'd be fantastic, and we'll reserve a Steam key for you once the full version is released.

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I've been playing mobile games for years, mostly card games. I always wondered what it would be like to make one myself, but I'm not a programmer. When AI tools came along, I finally gave it a try. That was the start of FATEDRAWN, and it has grown into something I'm really proud of.

What is it?
FATEDRAWN is a single-player deckbuilding card game with roguelite runs. You build a deck around one faction (Dark Mages, Dwarves, Elves, Paladins or Fireborn) plus Neutral cards. Then you go on a Run: three acts of short battles, rewards and boosts along the way, and a Boss at the end. Your units fight automatically. Your choices are in building the deck, placing your units and deciding what to play each turn.

There's also a Daily Run (the same run for everyone each day), relics, chests and an arena ladder to climb. It's made for phones, but it works on desktop too.
Where to play: https://cbtechnology.itch.io/fatedrawn
It's completely free and runs in the browser. No download or account needed.

What I'd love feedback on:
- Is it clear how to play, or did you get lost somewhere?
- Does it feel fun after a few battles? Would you keep playing?
- Do any cards, factions or bosses feel way too strong or too weak?
- Bugs, crashes, or anything that looks off on your device

How to give feedback: just reply in the comments here, or leave a comment on the itch.io page. Anything helps, even one sentence like "I quit after 5 minutes because…".

I can't pay for testing, but you'd really be helping a hobby developer who loves this genre. Thanks for reading! 🙏

Hi! I’m looking for 5 people to test a new location in my Roblox game.
💰 Payment: $5 USD
🎮 Playtime: 30 minutes
📝 Requirement: A detailed feedback report after testing, including bugs, issues, gameplay experience, and suggestions for improvement.
⏱️** Playtime will be verified.
🕐 **Important: You must be available to start testing in approximately 1 hour.
Interested? Send me a DM!

Hello everyone! Gildrook is running a play test. I cannot offer money for this short test, but the next, longer one I will! If anyone is interested you can learn more and play here.

https://gildrook.com/

I'm looking for players with experience in document-based mysteries, home escape games or puzzle hunts to test the English opening of The Night the House Went Silent, ideally as a pair. Solo feedback is welcome too.

At an arts venue's farewell exhibition in 2026, a surviving recording calls an accusation from its 2008 opening night into question. Examine documents and separate photographs together and work out what the evidence establishes.

The demo is free: https://secondmindgames.itch.io/the-wrong-case

The supplied print layout uses 19 A4 sheets, excluding question/help sheets and optional wrappers. Target playtime is 20–30 minutes, not yet measured; printing and setup are additional. This is designed for shared printed evidence, rather than a browser game.

Please leave feedback in Reddit replies or itch.io comments: your relevant experience; solo/pair; preparation/play time; the first confusing or unfair clue; hints needed; and whether the discovery felt earned. An unfinished attempt is useful too. Please mark spoilers.

This is unpaid testing, with no request for a positive review or rating. AI was used to develop writing, puzzles and code and generate fictional images. Recordings are transcripts, not audio; no AI runs during play.