Trend

Player Intelligence for Games

Turn player conversations into publisher decisions.

Trend analyses authorised conversations across Discord and other gaming communities to reveal emerging player needs, product problems, retention risks, community opportunities and safety threats — before they appear in traditional game analytics.

428.9K
Conversations
14
Sources
96.4%
Consent coverage

Community sentiment

62.4/100-8.1

Down since Patch 4.2 ranked queue change

Signals detected

1,284+17.2%

From 428,910 authorised conversations

Churn risk cohort

4.8%+1.3pp

Ranked mid-core players, 30d horizon

Community health

71/100+2.4

Toxicity down after moderation playbook

Emerging signals

Clustered from 428,910 authorised conversations · demo data

Ranked by velocity
  • Why this is happening

    Spike in complaint clusters about 9+ minute queues and skill mismatch after Patch 4.2. Conversations link long queues to session abandonment.

    Three games in a row against diamond stacks. I'm not queuing solo again this season.
    Paraphrased, aggregated demo excerpt — no identifiable player data

    Recommended action

    Publish queue-health note + soft-rollback duo restrictions in EU West

    Signal confidence94%

Sentiment, engagement & toxicity

Rolling 7 days · Aetherfall global

Patch 4.2 inflection
SentimentEngagementToxicity

Conversation themes

Mention volume with 7-day change

  • Ranked matchmaking+62%
  • Aether Rift bug+148%
  • Battle pass value-12%

Affected player segments

Aggregated cohorts — never individual players

  • Ranked mid-core312K players
    Sentiment 48/100Churn risk 7.4%
  • Co-op PvE486K players
    Sentiment 57/100Churn risk 4.1%
  • New players (0-14d)128K players
    Sentiment 64/100Churn risk 5.6%
  • Creators & advocates9.2K players
    Sentiment 81/100Churn risk 1.2%
  • Returning veterans74K players
    Sentiment 69/100Churn risk 2.8%

Publisher actions

Insight → action → measured outcome

  • ACT-118Measuring

    EU West queue-health communication

    LiveOps · from SIG-4821

    +4.2 sentiment

  • ACT-117Shipping

    Rift host-migration hotfix 4.2.1

    Engineering · from SIG-4809

    Pending 72h read

  • ACT-115Live

    Scam advisory + moderator indicator pack

    Trust & Safety · from SIG-4760

    -38% scam reports

  • ACT-112Closed

    Battle pass value FAQ + creator brief

    Marketing · from SIG-4701

    +1.8 sentiment

Did the action work?

ACT-118 · EU West queue-health communication

+4.2 sentiment

Observed cohort sentiment recovered 9 points over 72 hours versus the modelled no-action baseline, with complaint velocity down 41%.

Sources & consent

14 authorised sources · 96.4% consent coverage

  • Discord — Official Aetherfall

    Server-authorised

    182.4K
  • Discord — Partner communities (9)

    Server-authorised

    144.8K
  • Forums — Northlight support

    Publisher-owned

    61.2K
  • Creator communities (opt-in)

    Creator opt-in

    40.5K

Intelligence is aggregated and consent-aware. Trend surfaces cohort patterns, not player profiles, and connects to Valvur consent, identity, trust & safety and Passport.GG capabilities.