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Hi, I’m Neeraj Kumar Sahu. I am a passionate and innovative game designer with 5+ years of experience leading live ops and system design to create engaging experiences. I enjoy shaping core gameplay, balancing meta features, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality titles. I value collaboration, iterative prototyping, and accessible design for freemium games. I thrive on building scalable Live Ops, economy balancing, and UI/UX frameworks, and I love bringing world-class experiences to life through clear design goals, data-informed decisions, and a friendly, team-first mindset.…Hi, I’m Neeraj Kumar Sahu. I am a passionate and innovative game designer with 5+ years of experience leading live ops and system design to create engaging experiences. I enjoy shaping core gameplay, balancing meta features, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality titles. I value collaboration, iterative prototyping, and accessible design for freemium games. I thrive on building scalable Live Ops, economy balancing, and UI/UX frameworks, and I love bringing world-class experiences to life through clear design goals, data-informed decisions, and a friendly, team-first mindset.

Neeraj Kumar Sahu

Game Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer

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Hi, I’m Neeraj Kumar Sahu. I am a passionate and innovative game designer with 5+ years of experience leading live ops and system design to create engaging experiences. I enjoy shaping core gameplay, balancing meta features, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality titles. I value collaboration, iterative prototyping, and accessible design for freemium games. I thrive on building scalable Live Ops, economy balancing, and UI/UX frameworks, and I love bringing world-class experiences to life through clear design goals, data-informed decisions, and a friendly, team-first mindset.…Hi, I’m Neeraj Kumar Sahu. I am a passionate and innovative game designer with 5+ years of experience leading live ops and system design to create engaging experiences. I enjoy shaping core gameplay, balancing meta features, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality titles. I value collaboration, iterative prototyping, and accessible design for freemium games. I thrive on building scalable Live Ops, economy balancing, and UI/UX frameworks, and I love bringing world-class experiences to life through clear design goals, data-informed decisions, and a friendly, team-first mindset.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Neeraj Kumar Sahu. I am a passionate and innovative game designer with 5+ years of experience leading live ops and system design to create engaging experiences. I enjoy shaping core gameplay, balancing meta features, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality titles. I value collaboration, iterative prototyping, and accessible design for freemium games.

I thrive on building scalable Live Ops, economy balancing, and UI/UX frameworks, and I love bringing world-class experiences to life through clear design goals, data-informed decisions, and a friendly, team-first mindset.

Skills

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Language

English

Fluent

Hindi

Advanced

Bengali

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Assamese

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Work Experience

Senior Game Designer / Design Lead at Nuke Box Studios

August 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025

Owned game design decisions across multiple projects, ensuring engaging player experiences. Designed social-multi layer systems (Clans, Leaderboards, PvP game modes). Improved meta-game features focusing on progression balancing and accessibility. Designed and implemented Live Ops, production, and concept-stage games across diverse genres, including Time Simulation, Casual/Puzzle, Idler, Tycoon. Led a team of designers across cross-functional teams with art, UI/UX, and development.

Game Designer at Studio Core Games

December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Worked on a mid-core Cricket game in partnership with ICC and Star/Disney. Led a team of junior designers from pre-development to Live Ops stages. Created system designs, UI/UX frameworks, and game economy balancing. Collaborated with product and production teams to create multiplayer engagement and meta-game features road map. Created multiplayer PvP game modes and clan-based ranked system. Card-based Meta and Progression system. Live Ops events featuring Premier Leagues and Seasons.

Associate Game Designer at Tiny Tactics

July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023

Worked on Live Ops features and long-term retention strategies for casual Match-3 games. Designed Battle Pass, Race, End Game Leaderboards and Tournaments.

Game Designer at Raiden Bit

April 1, 2021 - April 1, 2021

Narrative and system designer for interactive fiction games, with 35+ stories published. Developed new mechanics, branching narratives, and dynamic UI/UX elements.