Senior Game Designer

PlaySimple Games; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PlaySimple Games in Bengaluru is seeking a Game Designer to own the design of new and existing features for our mobile titles. You will balance game systems and collaborate with product managers, artists and engineers to craft a fun, accessible experience.

You will create and maintain game documentation, run playtests, and help grow tools to speed the design pipeline, while communicating the product vision and mentoring junior designers.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in game design.
• 2 shipped mobile titles.
• Understanding of casual games.
• Strong storytelling and narrative development.
• Strong interpersonal skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Design, balance and analyse features.
• Collaborate with designers, PMs, artists and engineers to create a fun gaming experience.
• Communicate designs to key stakeholders.
• Create and maintain game documentation.
• Build tools to speed the design pipeline.
• Own, drive, and communicate major design initiatives.
• Organize and conduct playtests.

Skills

Game design

Balancing

Collaboration

Documentation

Playtesting

Vision ownership

Team recruitment

Stakeholder comms

Analytical thinking

Job description

Bangalore North, India | Posted on 09/08/2026

We are one of India’s most exciting & fast-growing mobile gaming companies. Founded in 2014, and creating a global mobile gaming landscape in partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG), our Vision is to create simple, impactful casual game experiences at a massive scale. Since our inception, we have built a worldwide network of chart-topping games, and powerful tech & analytics infrastructure to turbocharge their growth. Our product portfolio consists of evergreen hits like Daily Themed Crossword, WordTrip, WordJam, WordRoll, TileMatch, Jigsaw, Wordy, 2248 Number Merge,Word Search Solitaire and Many more.

Do you want to own and shape all the elements of a great game: its setting, structure, rules, story flow, characters, interface design, and modes of play? Would you like to be part of a fun, driven, fast-paced team? PlaySimple Games is looking for Game Designers who can take games all the way from concept development to delivery. If you have a great passion for games, enjoy building things from scratch, and have the ability to break through hurdles to drive ideas through to completion, you’ll love this job.

Requirements

What’s required of you

• Design, balance and analyse new and existingfeatures
• Collaborate with designers, product managers,artists and engineers to create a fun gaming experience
• Communicate designs to key stakeholders
• Create and maintain game documentation
• Build and improve tools to make the designpipeline faster and more efficient for the team
• Own, drive, and communicate the vision for majordesign initiatives
• Recruit and train designers for your initiatives
• Organize and conduct playtests to get feedbackfor new feature prototypes

What we are looking for

• 4-6 years of experience in game design with 2shipped title on mobile
• Understanding of casual games
• Experience with game systems design andbalancing for casual games
• Passion for video games, including mobile games
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Storytelling and narrative development skills
• Understanding of all processes involved in gameproduction
• Strong interpersonal skills, and a track recordof teamwork