I am Steve – Expert games user researcher

I am a games user research consultant, helping teams use player insight to create successful games.

I work with publishers, platforms and studios of all sizes to transform their game development process, and build a product strategy to combine player data with creativity. I work from ideation to post-launch in order to de-risk game development, and make games players love.

Prior to this I was a senior user researcher for PlayStation and worked on many of their top European titles, including Horizon Zero Dawn, SingStar, the LittleBigPlanet series and the PlayStation VR lineup.

I started the Games User Research mentoring scheme, which has linked hundreds of students with industry professionals from top games companies such as Sony, EA, Valve, Ubisoft and Microsoft. I wrote the bestselling book How To Be A Games User Researcher to share the expertise needed to work in the games industry.

I regularly speak at games industry conferences and on podcasts about games user research + playtesting, and have been recognised as a member of BAFTA.

I also wrote the bestselling book Building User Research Teams, and help teams build an impactful research practice in-house.

I have lead research studies for many titles, including:

Other released titles I supported user research for include:

I continue to work under NDA with AAA, AA and Indie studios on PC, Mobile and Console games.