Consulting for game makers
Design with clinicians. Reach more players.
The Rehab Arcade consults with game studios and with serious-games, edtech, and health-tech makers on therapeutic design and accessibility. Licensed therapists who know games help you sharpen player experience, widen who can play, and design with confidence for players of every ability.
What we bring to your team
Player experience & engagement
Fresh eyes on what keeps players in the game: pacing, feedback, challenge curves, and the moments that make someone want one more round.
Inclusive & accessible design
Design input for players with limited mobility, vision, hearing, or attention: controls, menus, difficulty, and comfort options that welcome more players.
Designed with clinicians
Licensed therapists who know games sit with your team during design and review, so decisions are grounded in daily work with real players.
Serious games & health tech
For teams building games for learning, wellness, or care settings: help shaping mechanics and content so they truly serve the people the product is for.
Two kinds of studio, one team
Entertainment studios
Your game gains without changing what it is. Inclusive design and thoughtful challenge grow your audience, deepen engagement, and earn goodwill with players who are usually designed past.
Start a consulting conversation →Serious games, edtech & digital health
Building for classrooms, clinics, or wellness? We consult through design and review, and when the fit is right your game can earn The Rehab Arcade Certified mark.
Start a consulting conversation → Submit your game for certification →The credential behind the consulting
The Rehab Arcade Certified mark
Games we work on can earn our certified mark. It means licensed clinicians have read the game closely and mapped it: the therapy uses it can serve, the players it fits, and how strong the evidence behind it is. One mark across every format, from video games to VR to tabletop.
What it can support
The ways clinicians put the game to work, in plain language: movement, thinking and memory, social connection, and play itself.
Who it fits
The players it suits and the settings that matter: one-handed play, low-vision friendly, tremor-tolerant, adjustable mental load.
Ways to adjust
The levers that make a session easier or harder: difficulty, input method, pacing, and sensory settings.
Evidence strength
A clear label, from “evidence-informed design” up to “peer-reviewed evidence for this game.”
Evidence tiers
Every certified game carries a tier that says exactly how much evidence stands behind it.
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Evidence-informed design
The game’s design follows established principles of therapeutic play and inclusive design.
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Practice-supported
Licensed clinicians use the game in documented sessions and give structured feedback on how it performs.
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Peer-reviewed evidence for this game
Published, peer-reviewed research studies this specific game or a directly comparable approach.
A credential you can stand behind. The mark is a professional reading of a game by licensed clinicians: what it can support, who it fits, and how strong the evidence is. It stands on that basis alone. It is a design and evidence credential, separate from medical-device clearance, and it describes a game's fit rather than promising results.
Submit your game
Building a game with therapeutic potential? Tell us about it. Certification introduces your game to clinicians, care facilities, and the families they serve.