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Lower estimated automation risk
Why it fits
Uses production coordination, story direction, scope tradeoffs, revisions, and cross-discipline leadership.
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Builds on mechanics, systems thinking, prototypes, requirements, and collaboration with engineers.
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Fits designers with visual leadership using style guides, asset review, mood, and creative alignment.
Why it fits
Applies player research, audience segmentation, feature feedback, metrics, and competitive analysis.
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- Chance of being automated
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Risk & user votes
Calculated automation risk
Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.
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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
Thinking creatively
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Decision-making and problem solving
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Persuasion
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Developing objectives and strategies
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Psychology knowledge
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Active learning
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Operations analysis
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What users think
Based on 858 votes
Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 22% chance of automation.
What do you think the risk of automation is?
What is the likelihood that Video Game Designers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Web and Digital Interface Designers was $98,090 ($47 per hour).
The median annual wage for Web and Digital Interface Designers was 98.2% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
Growth
The number of 'Web and Digital Interface Designers' job openings is expected to rise 7.0% by 2034
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 111,400 people employed as 'Web and Digital Interface Designers' within the United States.
This represents around 0.07% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Web and Digital Interface Designers'.
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Job description
Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.
O*NET-SOC code: 15-1255.01
What people are saying (40)
What will have taken a team of designers even now appears to soon be able to take one or two designers at most.
Expect a new indie revolution in gaming when it hits this point.
Currently AI sometimes messes up simple programs,
and also the AI making 3D models, making levels, animating, coding matchmaking, adding an anti cheat, and adding system protection against ddos attacks of a server seems impossible looking at the stuff Ai can do today
They feel lifeless and inert.
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