playtest

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verb

To test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.

“He playtested his Geometry Dash level to make sure there were no bugs.”

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Meanings

verbplaytest (third-person singular simple present playtests, present participle playtesting, simple past and past participle playtested)

present singular third person playtests · participle present playtesting · participle past playtested · past playtested

  1. To test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.

    He playtested his Geometry Dash level to make sure there were no bugs.

    1 more example

    CPH3 had been playtested too long, and they’d added so many new elements that the game was extraordinarily buggy.

    2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 321
nounplaytest (plural playtests)

plural playtests

  1. A session of testing a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.

    We've fixed the first round of problems and it's time for another playtest.

Origin

From play + test.

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Cite this entry
APA

playtest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playtest

MLA

“playtest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playtest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playtest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playtest.

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