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Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology Type

With 39 questions and an estimated completion time of 8 minutes, the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology Type explores whether your gaming preferences lean toward achievement, social connection, exploration, or competition. Your profile can support self-reflection and help you understand which experiences, goals, and play styles motivate you most.

Questions: 398 minutes

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

SocializerS

Measures how strongly a player is motivated by social interaction, communication, and relationship-building in games.

example score32/100

32/100Lowexample score

0 – 33Low

34 – 66Moderate

67 – 100High

A score of 32 indicates a low Socializer tendency, suggesting social interaction is less central than other gameplay motivations.

AchieverA

Measures how strongly you are motivated by completing goals, earning rewards, and gaining achievement recognition in games.

example score33/100

33/100Low Achiever driveexample score

0 – 39Low Achiever drive

40 – 69Moderate Achiever drive

70 – 100High Achiever drive

A score of 33 suggests a relatively low focus on progression and achievement compared with other gameplay motivations.

ExplorerE

Measures how strongly a player is motivated by exploring the game world, discovering secrets, and understanding underlying mechanics.

example score96/100

96/100High Explorerexample score

0 – 33Low Explorer

34 – 66Moderate Explorer

67 – 100High Explorer

A score of 96 indicates a very strong Explorer preference, with gameplay enjoyment centered on discovery, experimentation, and uncovering hidden systems.

KillerK

Measures preference for competitive play focused on dominance, rivalry, and influencing other players.

example score83/100

83/100Highexample score

0 – 33Low

34 – 66Moderate

67 – 100High

A score of 83 falls in the High range, indicating a strong motivation toward competition, leadership, and outperforming other players.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

MMO and PvP regulars

41%OF USERS

Frequent multiplayer gamers who want to understand whether they’re driven more by competition, teamwork, progression, or discovery.

Guild and team leaders

34%OF USERS

Players who organize groups and raids and use the result to place people in roles that fit their motivations.

Game design and community folks

25%OF USERS

Developers, designers, and community managers who take it to think about how to balance content for different player motivations.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

SocializerS

You?

Average34.9

Typical rangeTypical17.5 – 52.3

Possible0 – 100

AchieverA

You?

Average47.5

Typical rangeTypical32.7 – 62.2

Possible0 – 100

ExplorerE

You?

Average41.7

Typical rangeTypical29.2 – 54.3

Possible0 – 100

KillersK

You?

Average39.7

Typical rangeTypical21.7 – 57.7

Possible0 – 100

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Most questions in this test concern behavior in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). If you have never played such games, please imagine how you would behave if you did. Key features of these games include: • a large, diverse game world with many locations, character roles, and items with different properties; • freedom of action, no linear storyline, and the inability to fully “complete” the game; • many other players with whom one can interact: communicate, fight, and form groups (clans).

- Chatting with friends in the tavern
- Hunting orcs alone to gain experience points
- Defeat a powerful monster
- Brag about it to your friends
- Taking part in the storyline
- Receiving the reward at the end

These are 3 of the 39 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology Type - Description and methodology of the test

cyberpsychology

computer games

personality type

People who want to understand why certain game experiences feel rewarding can use the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology Type as a starting point. It is intended for players and self-observers who want to compare preferences for progress, interaction, discovery, and rivalry. This Bartle gamer psychology test produces a profile of motivational tendencies rather than a fixed identity, giving you language for the kinds of play that hold your attention.

What This Assessment Explores

Paired choices about rewards, social contact, discovery, and rivalry form the method used by this Bartle player types test, showing which experiences are most attractive to you. A higher result indicates a stronger preference in that area; it does not mean the other motivations are missing.

The four displayed dimensions are:

Achiever (0-100) measures rewards, goals, progress, completion, and recognition; Low Achiever drive 0-39, Moderate Achiever drive 40-69, High Achiever drive 70-100.
Socializer (0-100) measures communication, relationships, cooperation, support, and shared experiences; Low 0-33, Moderate 34-66, High 67-100.
Explorer (0-100) measures discovery, secrets, mechanics, details, and understanding the game world; Low Explorer 0-33, Moderate Explorer 34-66, High Explorer 67-100.
Killer (0-100) measures rivalry, challenge, dominance, leadership, and influence over other players; Low 0-33, Moderate 34-66, High 67-100.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each item presents two game-related alternatives, and you choose the one that better matches what you would enjoy, value, or do. The scenarios span rewards, status, exploration, cooperation, conflict, and knowledge, so the profile covers several play contexts rather than one genre.

Because it records stated preferences rather than gameplay records, this gamer personality type test uses self-report responses. The closest source is the 39-item Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology by Andreasen and Downey, published in 2001; this online version adapts that paired-choice questionnaire and reflects Bartle’s four-part model. This online version has no stated population norms, reliability estimates, or independent psychometric evidence.

The questionnaire presents four displayed results, but point values and the item-to-score conversion are not documented.

Current mood, recent games, preferred genres, and self-presentation can influence answers, so the result is most useful for reflection and discussion about play preferences.

Literature:

Andreasen, Erwin S., and Brandon A. Downey. “The MUD Personality Test.” The MUD Companion, no. 1, 2001, pp. 33-35. ISSN 1499-1071.
Bartle, Richard A. “Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs.” Journal of MUD Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 1996, pp. 1-19.
Bartle, Richard A. Designing Virtual Worlds. New Riders, 2003. ISBN 978-0-13-101816-7.
Park, Sungjin, Kyoungsoon Min, and Sangkyun Kim. “Differences in Learning Motivation among Bartle’s Player Types and Measures for the Delivery of Sustainable Gameful Experiences.” Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 16, article 9121, 2021. DOI 10.3390/su13169121.

Updated: 2026-09-01