Player Types: A Meta-synthesis
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This paper investigates different ways in which players have been typified in past research literature in order to distinguish relevant typologies for further research as well as for designing and marketing of games. The goal is to synthesize the results of various studies and to find the prevailing concepts, compare them, and draw implications to further studies. The research process for this study proceeded from a literature search, to author-centric (Webster & Watson 2002) identification and categorization of previous works based on the established larger factors such as demographic, psychographic and behavioral variables. The previous works on player typologies were further analyzed using concept-centric approach and synthesized according to common and repeating factors in the previous studies. The results indicate that player types in previous literature can be synthesized into seven primary dimensions: Intensity, Achievement, Exploration, Sociability, Domination, Immersion and In-game demographics.
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Player typologies can be geographic, demographic, psychographic, or behavioral.
“These might be geographic, demographic, psychographic or behavioral (Hamari & Tuunanen, 2014, p. 31).”
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Hamari and Tuunanen (2014) synthesize their findings into five motivations or orientations: achievement, exploration, sociability, domination, and immersion.
“Hamari and Tuunanen (2014) review the field of player typologies and synthesize their findings into five motivations or orientations: achievement, exploration, sociability, domination and immersion.”
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Research into player types did not stop with applications of Bartle's model.
“Fortunately, research into player types did not stop with applications of Bartle's model.”
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Hamari and Tuunanen (2014) review the field of player typologies.
“Hamari and Tuunanen (2014) review the field of player typologies and synthesize their findings into five motivations or orientations: achievement, exploration, sociability, domination and immersion.”
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- Authors
- Hamari, J., & Tuunanen, J.
- Affiliations
- Tampere University (FI)
- Aalto University (FI)
- ORCID
- Hamari, Juho
- Venue
- Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association
- Publisher
- Digital Games Research Association
- Published
- 2014-03-24
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2328-9414 (ISSN-L)
- 2328-9422
- OpenAlex
- W1849401977
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 77.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association (publishedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (publishedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Keywords
- player types, game design, game marketing, player behavior, player demographics, immersion, achievement motivation, exploration, sociability, domination
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