The AI-Native Player Engagement Platform

Great player experiences don’t happen in silos.

Helpshift’s AI-Native Player Engagement Platform combines context, intelligence, integrations, and proactive engagement into one Connected Player Experience (CPX).

01 · Context

Know every player

Unified, evolving player context and one source of truth for studio knowledge.

02 · Intelligence

Resolve & recommend

Care AI resolves issues; AI Analytics finds root causes and next steps.

03 · Integrations

Connect every system

Game backends, data warehouses, and external tools connected both ways.

04 · Proactive

Act before churn

Proactive engagement that stops player churn before it starts.

The Customer Challenge & Why It Matters

Why player retention drives studio growth

Acquisition costs are high and new installs are harder to win. Studio revenue depends on keeping the players and VIPs you already have.

-7% YoY Installs Source: Sensor Tower · 2025/2026

Downloads are down, so growth depends on LTV

Global mobile game downloads fell 7% YoY to ~50B while IAP revenue climbed to $81.7B. Studios grow by keeping players longer, not just buying traffic.

< 4% vs. > 25% D7 Source: GameAnalytics · 2025/2026

Steep Day-7 retention cliff separates winners

Median mobile games retain just 3.4%–3.9% of players by Day 7, while top 1% titles exceed 25% by removing early player friction fast.

47% Cut Spending Source: Qualtrics XM Institute · 2026

Unresolved issues directly hit revenue and VIP spend

47% of customers cut spending after a bad support experience, and over two-thirds leave without complaining. During 24/7 LiveOps and web-store drops, a single missing purchase or slow reply quietly drives VIPs to stop spending.

The Cost of a Single Disconnected Moment

When a player hits an issue or payment failure, how fast you recognize and fix it shapes your LTV curve.

100% 50% 25% 0% D1 Onboard D7 Live Event D30 Progression D90+ VIP LTV Siloed Experience (Silent Churn) With CPX (Proactive Recovery & LTV) ⚡ ISSUE MOMENT
Why It Matters Every unresolved issue or generic reply erodes paid UA and VIP spend.
Inside the Studio Problem

Why players churn: Four disconnects inside the studio

Player data, game backends, CRM, and AI sit in silos so neither AI nor humans can act on complete context.

1. Player data in silos

Blind to Player Value
Game Backend ✕ CRM ✕ Spend ✕ Analytics VIP?
What it looks like: Player data sits separately across game backends, CRM, spend, and analytics.
Impact: Players repeat themselves and VIPs go unrecognized.

2. Disconnected systems

No Automated Action
Helpshift ✕ NOT LINKED Payments Game Backends Data Warehouses & BI
What it looks like: Payments, game backends, and data warehouses aren't connected to Helpshift.
Impact: Agents switch tools, AI can't check or fix anything, and data is stale.

3. AI & humans on different data

Broken Handoffs
AI Agents Separate context, data & tools ≠ Human Agents Different context, data & systems
What it looks like: AI agents and human agents work from different context, data, and systems.
Impact: Inconsistent answers, lost context at handoff, and duplicated effort.

4. Context that doesn’t evolve

Memory Resets
Ticket #1 Closed MEMORY WIPED Next Chat = Zero
What it looks like: Context stays trapped inside a single ticket and never updates over time.
Impact: Every interaction starts from zero, and nothing learns from what just happened.
The Cost Slow resolution, churn spotted too late, and missed revenue across the player lifecycle.
Connected Player Experience (CPX)

Every interaction makes the next one more connected

CPX connects evolving player context, shared intelligence, and your studio systems so AI and humans deliver relevant experiences across the lifecycle.

CPX HELPSHIFT PLATFORM
01 · Context

Know the player. Share the knowledge.

Evolving player history and studio knowledge give AI and people the same starting point.

02 · Intelligence

Understand what matters next.

Care AI resolves issues; AI Analytics spots patterns, risks, and next steps.

03 · Integrations

Put intelligence to work.

Connects game backends and data platforms both ways to bring fresh data in and act.

04 · Proactive

Act at the moments that matter.

Proactive engagement and audience segmentation stop churn early.

1. Context grounds AI & people ↘
2. AI gets data & acts via stack ↙
3. Insights drive targeting ↖
4. Responses enrich context ↗
Foundation Supports the Entire Loop
Accessible Design Guided Onboarding Privacy Controls Launch-Day Resilience
Pillar 01 · Context

Know the player. Share the knowledge.

Start with a shared understanding: the player’s evolving identity and history alongside accurate studio knowledge. Give AI and people the same starting point.

Connected Context

Two Living Sources of Truth, Unified in Real Time

Player context updates with every interaction while studio knowledge learns from every resolution.

Evolving Player Context Identity, VIP tier, spend, and history updated with every interaction. Studio Knowledge FAQs, event procedures, and policies that learn from resolved issues. SAME STARTING POINT AI Agents Instant, tailored answers Human Agents Full story without repeats
Continuous Memory Every outcome updates the player’s context for the next interaction.
Persistent Player Memory

Context that outlives the ticket

Player context doesn't reset when a ticket closes. Helpshift unifies player identity and attributes and maintains an evolving context across interactions.

Living Studio Knowledge

One source of truth for AI and agents

A central knowledge hub that brings together Help Center articles, Studio SOPs, and internal documentation. It learns from resolved conversations to identify knowledge gaps and missing answers.

Why Helpshift

In-Game SDK

Helpshift sits directly inside the game, capturing rich, continuously evolving context—including device, player, and gameplay data. This enables support to act in the moment with full context, delivering faster, more accurate, and more personalized experiences.

Pillar 02 · Intelligence

Understand what matters next.

Use shared context to resolve player issues, spot studio-wide patterns, predict churn risks, and recommend next steps.

Connected Intelligence

Care AI Resolves Issues · AI Analytics Guides the Studio

Powered by player context, conversations, knowledge, and studio data.

INPUTS Player Context Conversations Knowledge Data & Analytics Care AI & AI Agent Copilot Resolves player issues across languages within studio guardrails. AI Analytics Finds root causes, flags churn risk, and recommends next steps. Fast Resolution In-game & on-brand Informed Action Proactive Engagement
Connected Loop Intelligence uses Integrations to act and sends affected cohorts to Proactive Engagement.
Care AI & AI Agent Copilot

Real resolution, not dead-end deflection

AI agents resolve issues with full context. They understand player intent, communicate naturally in the player’s language, and use integrations and APIs to take action, all within the guardrails set by your studio.

AI Analytics

From static reports to recommended actions

Ask questions in plain language, spot emerging issues or sentiment drops early, and pull the exact list of affected players to act right away.

Why Helpshift

Built with Gaming Industry Experience & Benchmarks

Built from years of experience in the gaming industry, our AI understands player terminology, economy issues, and LiveOps urgency.

Pillar 03 · Integrations

Put connected intelligence to work.

Make context and intelligence useful across systems. Connect Helpshift with game backends, data platforms, and external tools to bring fresh data in and enable actions.

Two-Way System Connection

Fresh Data Flows In · Direct Actions Execute Out

Set up once and reuse across AI agents, workflows, and human workspaces.

HELPSHIFT PLATFORM Technology AI Human Two-Way Sync MCP, Connectors, APIs & Webhooks DATA IN ⇄ ACT OUT Game Backends Verify state & grant items Data Warehouse & BI Two-way data sync External Tools Payments, CRM &
Connectd Platform Bring in more context. Enable AI and human agents to take action across your systems.
Actionable AI & Workflows

Let AI verify and fix, not just chat

Integrates with your stack, so Care AI can review transaction logs, verify purchases, and restore missing items, currency, or rewards automatically, resolving in-game issues without manual intervention.

Two-Way Data & AI

Warehouse sync

Export complete support analytics to your data warehouse while streaming real-time player and gameplay data into Helpshift.

Why Helpshift

Fits Your Existing Studio Stack

Connect seamlessly across your game server and other external services without disrupting your current setup.

Pillar 04 · Proactive

Act at the moments that matter.

Turn connected context and insight into Proactive Engagement. Reach the right players with timely in-app or push messages, and use their responses to enrich context.

Proactive Engagement

Segment Audiences · Reach Players · Enrich Context

Combine player attributes from Context with affected cohorts from AI Analytics.

Player Context VIP tier, spend & history AI Insights At-risk & impacted cohorts TARGETING Audience Segments Group players by value, progression, or issue impact. OUTREACH In-App & Push Timely messages and dedicated VIP care. ↺ Responses enrich Player Context
Closed-Loop Retention Every player response feeds back into Context to inform the next interaction.
Audience Segmentation & Targeting

Reach the exact players who need you

Build reusable player segments using VIP status, spend, language, and progression, or target the exact list of affected players surfaced by AI Analytics.

Proactive Engagement & VIP Care

Make it right before players leave

Send targeted in-app messages, push notifications, or dedicated VIP outreach.

Why Helpshift

Connected to Live Player Context

Standalone marketing tools don't know when a player has an open issue or failed purchase. Helpshift combines live player context with Proactive Engagement so outreach always fits the moment.

Real-World Scenario

CPX in action: One missing VIP purchase, connected

A VIP player’s live-event purchase goes through, but the item never arrives. Here is how context, intelligence, integrations, and proactive engagement work together.

01
Context

Recognize

She opens in-game chat with a receipt. Helpshift instantly knows her VIP tier, spend, language, and live-event SOP.

PLAYER CONTEXT · STUDIO KNOWLEDGE
02
Integrations

Verify

Care AI reads her receipt screenshot and verifies the failed order in the studio’s payment and game backend.

CARE AI · BACKEND INTEGRATIONS
03
Intelligence

Resolve

The missing item is restored via backend action, and she gets a reply in her language within studio guardrails.

CARE AI · ACTIONS · GUARDRAILS
04
Intelligence

Spot the pattern

AI Analytics detects similar reports spiking, pinpoints the failed delivery, and lists every affected player.

AI ANALYTICS · ROOT CAUSE · COHORTS
05
Proactive

Make it right

The affected player segment is targeted with an in-app or push message delivering the fix and a bonus gift.

AUDIENCE TARGETING · PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Without CPX She waits and repeats herself; AI escalates, a human checks logs manually, silent victims churn, and LiveOps finds out next week.
With CPX Resolved in-game in minutes by AI without escalation, her context updates automatically, and all affected players are notified early.
The Player Experience Transformation

The Player’s View: Shift the work to context

When the Helpshift Platform connects context across every touchpoint, players stay immersed in the game instead of fighting for help.

Without Context: Player-Led ✗ The Player Does the Work
TOUCHPOINT
Connected Player Experience (CPX) ✓ Context Does the Work
✗ Player proves who they are
Identify SDK & Channels
✓ Player is recognized instantly, everywhere
✗ Player searches generic articles alone
Find Answers Knowledge
✓ Relevant help is surfaced for them
✗ Player explains everything from scratch
Explain the Issue AI
✓ AI starts with resolution
✗ Player waits in the general queue
Wait Routing & Queues
✓ Player reaches the right team faster
✗ Player repeats their story again
Talk to a Person Agent Workspace
✓ Agent already knows the story
✗ Player gets generic, mistimed messages
Hear from Us Proactive Engagement
✓ We reach out before they ask
Part C · Value Proposition & Why Helpshift Wins

Turn every player interaction into retention and growth

Point tools only handle tickets or send disconnected blasts. Helpshift is the only AI-native platform built for gaming that connects context, intelligence, integrations, and proactive outreach in one loop.

01

Built for gaming, right inside the game

Embedded across mobile, PC, console, and web stores at billion-device scale. Players get help and hear from you without ever leaving the game experience.

02

One connected system across your stack

Unifies evolving player context, studio knowledge, backend systems, and audience targeting. Data flows both ways so insights turn into instant fixes and timely outreach.

03

Technology + AI + Human Expertise

Pairs an AI-native platform built from deep gaming experience with skilled support specialists. Everyday issues get solved automatically in any language, while VIPs get personal care.

↑ LTV Higher Retention
↓ Cost Lower Cost to Serve
→ Speed Faster Resolution
$ Spend Revenue Protected
The Compounding Advantage

A Platform That Gets Smarter With Every Interaction

Helpshift Platform CPX Engine
1. Context Know Player & Game
2. Intelligence Resolve & Predict
3. Integrations Sync Data & Act
4. Proactive Target & Retain

Every resolved issue and player response enriches context, making your intelligence sharper, your outreach more relevant, and your player LTV higher.