What Makes a Game High-rated? Towards Factors of Video Game Success
This work addresses game developers seeking to improve success rates, but it is incremental as it identifies no new factors and relies on a limited dataset.
The study investigated factors influencing video game success using a dataset of 200 projects, finding no strong relationships between the aspects examined and game success, but suggesting that team, technical, and game-design aspects should be prioritized by developers.
As the video game market grows larger, it becomes harder to stand out from the crowd. Launching a successful game involves different aspects. But what are they? In this paper, we investigate some aspects of the high-rated games from a dataset of 200 projects. The results show that the none of the aspects of this study have a strong relationship with the game's success. A further analysis on the high-rated games shows that team, technical, and game-design aspects should be the main focus of the game developers.