Services for Studios: Private Pre-Release Evaluation
Before your game reaches the press and players, SavePoint offers, via our professional company A3G, a private evaluation under NDA, done by a team with over a century of combined experience playing, covering and working in games. You get an honest critic’s view plus a practical list of UX and QA issues that can be fixed before launch or in the first patches.
What you get
- Private review, written like a real review, covering strengths, weaknesses and how the game is likely to be received.
- Predicted score (optional): an expected score range in the style of review aggregators, if you ask for one.
- Prioritized UX and QA report: every issue with severity, steps to reproduce and a clip or screenshot where possible.
- Quick-win list: the fixes with the biggest impact on critic and player perception that are easiest to ship by launch or the day-one patch.
- Brazil and Latin America insight: Brazilian Portuguese localization, price perception and what players here tend to expect.
Packages
First Impression
From: US$900
Best for: Demo, vertical slice or build up to 2 hours
Includes: Short UX/QA report, first-hour friction, optional predicted score
Turnaround: 5 business days
Full Evaluation
From: US$2,500
Best for: Complete game up to 20 hours
Includes: Full private review, optional predicted score, prioritized UX/QA report, quick-win list, Brazilian market notes
Turnaround: 10 business days
Launch + Patch
From: US$4,000
Best for: Studios that want follow-up
Includes: Everything in Full Evaluation, plus a re-test of the day-one or first patch build, an updated score range and one video call
Turnaround: 10 business days + re-test
Add-ons
- Games longer than 20 hours: US$75 per extra hour
- Brazilian Portuguese localization review: from US$400
- Rush delivery (under 5 business days): +30%
Final pricing depends on game length, platforms and deadline. Payment: 50% upfront, 50% on delivery.
Rules that protect you and our readers
- Everything is confidential. We sign your NDA, and nothing from the evaluation is published or shared.
- The fee never depends on the score. You pay for the work, not for a good number.
- Games evaluated through this service never receive a scored review on SavePoint. We may still report news about them, always with a note that the studio hired our consulting. See our Editorial Standards.
- The evaluation is a professional opinion. It does not replace a full QA process and does not guarantee any outlet’s score.
How to book
Email [email protected] with the game’s name, genre, platforms, estimated length and release date. We reply with a proposal within 2 business days.
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The team
- Hélio Xavier (Founder): A Digital Games graduate from Universidade Fumec, he has been writing for gaming sites and forums since 1998. Before that, he helped out at video game rental shops in the early '90s.
- Maximilian (Max) Xavier (Co-Founder): Has worked with Spotify, Binance and Amazon Prime Video, improving their products. Founder of SavePoint.
- André Silva: Over 12 years of experience in network and server infrastructure support and user support. I got into video games when Atari and NES clones were being sold in Brazil.