Gaming branding
Players decide to install a game from an icon and a few screenshots, and decide to stay because of how it feels to play. A gaming brand works when the logo, store page, community and game all feel like one world.
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A sample brand board for a fictional strategy game: dark base, neon accents that read on small screens, and a rarity colour system used in the game and in marketing.
What your customer checks
Players judge a game in seconds on a store page or a clip. These are the things that decide it.
Bold shape, high contrast and a character or object from the game, readable at the size of a fingertip.
Screenshots and video of actual play, not cinematic art that the game does not match.
Players should know in one look what kind of game it is.
Ratings, player counts and clips from creators they follow.
Clear signs that players can win without paying. Pay-to-win suspicion kills installs.
Active Discord, regular updates and devs who reply. Players join communities, not only games.
Tone of voice
Short, punchy lines. Gaming copy moves at the speed of the game.
Inside jokes and game language are welcome, once players know them.
Clear about updates, bugs and what costs money. Players notice spin.
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Colour
Gaming brands can be bold: dark bases, neon or saturated accents and strong contrasts. Choose colours that come from the game world, so the brand and the game feel like one.
Build a game colour system. Rarity, teams, rewards and warnings each need a colour, used the same way in the game, the store page and marketing. Players learn it quickly.
Test on small screens. Most Indian players are on phones. Text on dark backgrounds needs at least 4.5:1 contrast[1], and neon on neon rarely passes.
Type and logo
A display face with personality, angular, rounded or chunky depending on the game, works for the logo and big moments like victory screens. In-game UI needs a highly readable face at small sizes.
The app icon is the most important piece of the brand. It is often a character, an object or a bold letter from the logo, not the full logo. Design and test several icons; studios commonly test icons to see which gets more installs.
Make the logo work over busy game art and in streams and clips, often with an outline or a solid backing shape.
Where the brand shows up
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Brand book checklist
Write these down once so every designer, freelancer and agency gets them right first time.
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Make the brand feel like the game world, design a bold app icon from a character or symbol, show real gameplay in store screenshots, use high-contrast colours that read on phones, and build the community into the brand.
A bold, simple shape such as a character or object from the game, high contrast, and no small text. Studios often test several icons to see which brings more installs.
Colours from the game world, often dark bases with saturated or neon accents, plus a consistent in-game colour system for rarity, teams and rewards.
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Figures from these sources were current when this guide was written. Rules and benchmarks change, so check the latest version before you rely on one.