Pay players to playtest your indie game

A playtest campaign asks people to play your game and tell you what they think. You set how many minutes to play, the questions to answer, and how many testers you want. Each report you accept pays the flat fee you set, or testers get a game key or early access with no cash. Playtests can be open to gamers as well as creators.

Gamers and creators on Bounty Board who are 18 or older. Playtests are open to gamers as well as creators unless you limit one to creators, so a tester does not need a channel. You can approve each tester before they start, or let testers claim a spot first come, first served. A claimed spot with no report after 72 hours opens for someone else, and anyone joining a paid playtest connects Stripe first.

On a game published in the Arcade, play time comes from the tester’s own play sessions since they claimed the spot, and preview plays never count. A report that falls short of your minimum play time is refused until the tester has played enough. On a game outside the Arcade, the tester states their play time. Either way, a report answers every question you asked.

You set a flat fee for each report you accept, at least $5, and how many testers you want, so a playtest costs at most the fee times the testers plus the 10% studio fee. Ten testers at $10 a report charges $110 when you publish, and each tester receives $9. Any unused budget is refunded to the studio in full, including its share of the platform fee, when the campaign closes. A playtest that pays testers in game keys only posts for a $29 listing fee, which is not refunded.

It means the campaign’s budget is already held by Bounty Board. Every campaign is funded up front through Stripe when it is published. The funds are held by Bounty Board, creators are paid from that budget as work is accepted, and any unused budget is refunded to the studio in full, including its share of the platform fee, when the campaign closes. A campaign that pays no cash (game keys only, or a free playtest) is funded by its $29 listing fee and holds no other money.

• Studios are refunded if a creator breaks the campaign terms within the 7 day payout window.
• Completed work is otherwise not refundable. Cash campaigns and competitions refund their unused budget, fee included, when they close. The $29 listing fee for a campaign that pays no cash is not refunded.
• All other payment issues, including a studio not paying for completed work, are reviewed case by case. Email admin@bountyboard.gg.

Yes. Submit a hosted URL or an HTML5 build to the Arcade. Submissions are reviewed before going live, and approved games can add leaderboards, cloud saves, and rewarded ads through the Arcade SDK.