I am Steve – a games user researcher.

I am an expert user researcher, specialising in building new user research teams and games user research.

I work with studios of all sizes to run playtests, and integrate user research into the game development process.

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 podcasts about games user research + playtesting.

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.