Economy Designer

About the job

Steer Studios is looking for a skilled and analytical Economy Game Designer to join our team and help shape the live economy of our hybrid casual mobile titles. This role is hands-on and high-impact, requiring expertise in balancing game systems, building economy models, and driving live performance through data-informed iteration.

You will be working closely with product owners, game designers, and analysts to impact progression, pacing, monetization, and retention metrics while delivering a fair and engaging game experience.

Your responsibility:

• Own the design and balance of the game economy in our games (progression pacing, currency sources and sinks, balancing, Live operations and feature yields).
• Model complex in-game systems using spreadsheets and simulation tools to test, balance and tune the game economy and to support player motivation and monetization.
• Define and maintain balance sheets, economy specs, drop tables, and all tuning documentation.
• Analyze player behavior, game metrics and monetization performance to identify economy issues and opportunities.
• Collaborate with the development team to define and implement monetization and content strategies.
• Support feature launches with reward modeling, forecast simulations, and economy viability assessments.
• Track mobile F2P market trends to propose economy evolutions aligned with industry standards.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Mobile Gaming, with at least 2 years in an Economy Designer position.
• At least one shipped title with live operation experience and monetization success.
• Strong understanding of Economy systems: currencies, progression pacing, drop rates, reward systems, sinks vs. sources.
• High proficiency in Excel (including advanced formulas, simulations, visualizations, scripting)
• Product sense: understanding of how Economy design supports retention and monetization KPI.
• Strong communication skills to explain and document complex systems with clarity.

Let’s bring Together Steer Studios to the world.