2.8 KiB
Market evidence report — digital-games-designer
Source: 16 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 16), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 8 | 50 % |
| senior | 5 | 31 % |
| lead | 2 | 12 % |
| n/a | 1 | 6 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unreal Engine | 7 | 44 % |
| 2 | Unity | 4 | 25 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | game design | 8 | 50 % |
| 2 | level design | 7 | 44 % |
| 3 | combat design | 3 | 19 % |
| 4 | data analysis | 3 | 19 % |
| 5 | scripting | 3 | 19 % |
| 6 | system design | 3 | 19 % |
| 7 | systems design | 3 | 19 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | playtesting | 4 | 25 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design documentation | 3 | 19 % |
| 2 | feature implementation | 3 | 19 % |
| 3 | team collaboration | 3 | 19 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 16 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 16 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Game Designer | 1 |
| Game Designer (Project Based Role) | 1 |
| Game Designer, Activities | 1 |
| Game Designer, Card Design - Hearthstone Irvine (USA) Blizzard Entertainment Posted a day ago U[...] | 1 |
| Gameplay Designer | 1 |
| Lead Game Designer - Narrative Systems | 1 |
| Lead UEFN Game Designer; Fortnite-focused | 1 |
| Remote Unity Level Designer & Technical Game Designer | 1 |
| Senior Game Designer | 1 |
| Senior Game Designer - The Sims | 1 |
| Senior Game Designer (Combat) | 1 |
| Senior Game Designer at Disney Experiences | 1 |
| Senior Gameplay Designer | 1 |
| Senior Roblox Game Designer at Sawhorse Productions New York, NY | 1 |
| Technical Game Designer Unreal Engine & Social Gameplay | 1 |
| Wargame Designer | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.