Built for What Players Do Next

A player intelligence engine that brings together observed gameplay and creator viewership with the attitudes and motivations captured through research. By understanding what gamers do alongside what they say, we help teams anticipate shifts in player behavior, identify emerging opportunities, and make smarter decisions about where to focus and how to respond.

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Inside Roblox
% of players
What Roblox players say and what they do
Source: Survey
Say they expect to outgrow Roblox
Survey
51%
Source: PlayDX Behavioral
Lapsed players who return within six months
Roblox
57%
Average
42%
Source: PlayDX Behavioral
Share of players' gaming time
Roblox
49%
Average
38%

Source: PlayDX behavioral data and a survey of 1,000 US gamers aged 13 to 44, April 2026. Averages are across the titles PlayDX tracked.

Playing
3.3M
Individual gamers
10K+
Titles tracked
Watching
855M+
Hours of watch time tracked
8M+
Gaming channels
Saying
83M+
Messages analyzed
175+
Communities monitored
Asking
16.5K+
Opinion Hub members
113K+
Survey responses
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Why R/DA

How R/DA Is Different

01
See Beyond Your Own Game

PlayDX provides a view of how gamers play across PC and console, including where they spend their time, how they move between titles, and how competing games impact engagement.

02
Unmatched Access to Gaming Audiences

Our proprietary panel and Open World's established creator relationships give us access to highly specific player and creator audiences, with the ability to recruit based on observed gameplay.

03
From Research to Activation

Our researchers and data scientists work alongside gaming strategists, creator specialists, and media teams, connecting research with the people who plan and execute campaigns.

Our foundation

The Data and Audiences Behind Our Work

01
PlayDX Behavioral Data

Our behavioral dataset tracks gameplay across PC and console, including sessions, time spent, platforms, and movement between titles, with game modes available where tracked. We also capture music listening behavior and affinities to understand player interests beyond gaming.

02
Hitscan

Our creator intelligence platform provides real-time data on creator content, viewership, and engagement across streaming and social platforms, with proprietary models measuring audience loyalty and creator compatibility.

03
Conversation & Sentiment Data

Our technology integrates directly into your community to capture and analyze conversation. This allows us to examine sentiment and discussion by player cohort, including active and lapsed audiences.

04
Opinion Hub

Our panel of 16.5K+ gamers, including 5K+ onboarded participants, gives us access to mainstream and niche gaming audiences. We can recruit based on specific player profiles and use observed gameplay to verify eligibility.

05
Quarterly Games Survey

Our tracking survey is run quarterly among 1,500 gamers aged 18+, and measures awareness, intent, and sources of discovery for upcoming titles, helping teams monitor momentum and refine their go-to-market strategy.

06
Creator Recruitment

Our established creator relationships, dedicated outreach and recruitment expertise, and experience managing creator campaigns and programs help us identify and engage creators across platforms, audiences, and content categories for research.

Reports

Recent Downloads

Research

Research Built Around Your Questions

We combine primary research with observed player behavior where it adds value, connecting what gamers say with what they actually do. From sample recruitment and fielding to full-service studies, we tailor the approach to your question.

01
LaunchIQ

Audience research, playtesting, and ongoing learning to identify target players, refine positioning and messaging, and inform go-to-market strategy as launch approaches.

Playtesting
Audience strategy
GTM research
Launch tracking
02
Brand & Audience Research

Understand your current and potential growth audiences, how they perceive your game or franchise, what drives consideration and loyalty, and how brand health evolves over time.

Brand health
Audience segmentation
Brand tracking
03
Genre & Opportunity Research

Explore player needs, expectations, and behaviors across a genre to understand where your game fits, identify unmet needs, and uncover opportunities for differentiation and growth.

Genre landscapes
Whitespace opportunities
Benchmarking
04
Creator Insights

Uncover creator needs, motivations, and experiences, evaluate the health and performance of creator programs, and identify opportunities to strengthen partnerships and improve creator engagement.

Creator research
Program health
Creator measurement
Analytics

Intelligence Powered by Our Data

Drawing on gameplay, viewership, and conversation data, we help teams understand player behavior, monitor game health, and measure how the competitive landscape is changing.

01
Waypoint

From post-launch performance to ongoing game health, track player engagement, retention, and competitive position. Understand where players come from, where they go, and how updates and competing launches affect their behavior.

Game health
Player journeys
Post-launch
Retention
02
Competitive Intelligence

Monitor how competing games and major releases reshape the market. Analyze adoption, audience overlap, player migration, and changes in engagement to see which games gain or lose player time.

Competitive launches
Player migration
Audience overlap
03
Sonar

Analyze player conversation and sentiment through the lens of observed gameplay behavior. Compare what active and lapsed players are saying to understand which issues matter most to engagement, retention, and winback.

Conversation analysis
Cohort sentiment
Behavioral impact

Research Case Studies

Let's Get to Work

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