A few years back I came across a gamer motivation study called the Daedalus Project which looked at the psychology of mmorpg games, it was an absolutely fascinating in depth read, but it's now closed although you can read the findings here:
I've always been fascinated by gamer and game psychology and recently discovered that something called The Quantic Foundry exists - it's basically a market research company focused on gamer motivation but underpinned by a great deal of actual scientific research, hence The Gamer Motivation Model.
You can take the survey or read about the model here, it's free and informative -
The Science of Gamer Motivation
Here's part of my results :D
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My Gamer Motivation Profile: Calm, Deeply Immersed, and Creative
My Gamer Motivation Profile: Calm, Deeply Immersed, and Creative
Want to know your profile? Take the survey!
I thought it would be interesting to see the makeup of the Sea of Thieves community, much like we did with the Bartle test very early on :)
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