You can now create games on Youtube. Here’s how to do it

Google has launched a new experiment within YouTube Gaming, integrating generative AI to enhance creator tools. The company has opened a beta version of Playables Builder, allowing selected creators to develop small games without needing any coding skills.

Playables Builder is currently in open beta, offering access to a prototype web app powered by Gemini 3. This tool enables creators to design short, lightweight games using natural language prompts, eliminating the need for traditional coding.

This new feature builds on YouTube’s previous ventures into gaming, including its small-scale games testing on desktop and mobile platforms in 2023. In 2024, the platform added multiplayer support to Playables, further expanding its gaming capabilities.

YouTube Gaming announced the closed beta of Playables Builder, a web app that allows users to create games using short text, video, or image prompts. YouTube has partnered with creators like @sambucha, @AyChristene, @goharsguide, and @Mogswamp to test the tool.

Playables Builder aligns with a broader trend of AI integration across Google products, similar to tools like Disco and GenTabs, which apply AI to web browsing. These tools simplify the creation of interactive widgets by generating them from natural language input, designed to perform tasks or present information more efficiently.

While Playables Builder opens the door to more accessible game creation, it raises concerns about quality and player engagement. Games require careful design and iteration to captivate players, and while AI can generate functional games, crafting engaging experiences remains a complex challenge.

11 COMMENTS

  1. This is a really interesting move by Google. Lowering the barrier to game creation with natural-language prompts could unlock a lot of creativity from creators who have great ideas but no coding background. At the same time, you’re right about the challenge ahead—making a game work is one thing, but making it genuinely engaging and replayable is a whole different skill set. It’ll be fascinating to see whether creators use Playables Builder as a quick experiment tool or as a starting point that they refine over time. If YouTube balances accessibility with quality, this could become a powerful new format on the platform.

  2. This feels like a smart and very “YouTube-style” evolution of creator tools. Giving creators the ability to build simple games with AI could turn playables into a new kind of interactive content, not just something you click once and forget. That said, the real test will be whether these AI-generated games can hold attention beyond novelty. If creators combine the tool with their own storytelling and community feedback, Playables Builder could become more than a gimmick and actually add depth to YouTube Gaming.

  3. That said, the real test will be whether these AI-generated games can hold attention beyond novelty. If creators combine the tool with their own storytelling and community feedback, Playables Builder could become more than a gimmick and actually add depth to YouTube Gaming.

  4. Wow ye YouTube update zabardast hai! Ab text ya media prompts se games create kar sakte ho — full game-making fun! Agar tum Android gaming aur naye tools pasand kartay ho, to YouTube ka ye feature tumhare liye game changer ho sakta hai. Android developers aur gamers dono yahan se idea le sakte hain. Check karo aur apnay gaming passion ko next level pe le jao with Android

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