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Nakama
Nakama is a popular open-source game server framework designed for building social multiplayer games.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Build, scale, and operate social multiplayer games with a comprehensive game backend and LiveOps platform.
Who should look elsewhere
Pricing for managed services can be significant, especially for larger deployments.
Pros
- +Provides a comprehensive, integrated solution for game backend and LiveOps.
- +Offers an open-source core (Nakama) for flexibility and control.
- +Designed for high scalability to support large online games.
- +Includes tools to accelerate meta-game development and manage live operations effectively.
- +Managed cloud option simplifies deployment and operations with enterprise-grade security and compliance.
Cons
- −Pricing for managed services can be significant, especially for larger deployments.
- −Requires technical expertise for customization and integration, particularly with the open-source server.
- −The full suite might be an overkill for very small or simple game projects.
Key features
- ✓Open-source game server framework (Nakama)
- ✓Social, competitive, and multiplayer game features
- ✓Customizable with JavaScript, Go, and Lua
- ✓High-level toolkit for meta-game features (Hiro)
- ✓Complex economy models and reward systems
- ✓Live operations platform for player segmentation and engagement (Satori)
- ✓Scalable event capture pipeline and metrics visualization
- ✓Multi-phase experiments and feature flags
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakama on Heroic Cloud | — | month | Nakama Enterprise; No DAU/MAU/CCU limits; Dedicated hardware resources |
| Satori on Heroic Cloud | $600 | month | Managed Satori LiveOps; No DAU/MAU/CCU or event limits; Dedicated hardware resources |
| Studio Basic | $2000 | month | Dedicated email support; Monday - Friday support hours; 24 hours response SLA |
| Studio Standard | $6000 | month | 24x7 support hours; 8 hour response SLA; 2 developer hours per month |
| Studio Premium | — | month | Private Slack channel; Direct engineering support; 99.9% uptime guarantee |
| Private Cloud | — | month | Managed cloud on your Private Cloud (GCP, AWS, etc); Kubernetes deployment; Proprietary automation tools |