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GamePulse

Ch 245.6of 31 Game Analytics Software
  1. 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted, Web
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
  3. 3Retention analysisYes
  4. 4Funnel analysisYes
  5. 5Cohort analysisYes
4 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: github.com
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Overview

GamePulse is ranked #24 of 31 in game analytics software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on game analytics software

Retention analysis
Yesgithub.com
Funnel analysis
Yesgithub.com
Cohort analysis
Yesgithub.com

Facts

Product
GamePulse is an open-source, self-hosted telemetry and analytics platform for games, including indie, idle, roguelike, mobile, and simulation games.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Game analytics
It provides retention cohorts, funnels, progression drop-off, economy analysis, idle-game adoption, and dead-content analysis.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Economy insights
Its economy module tracks currency sources and sinks, average and percentile balances, and inflation detection.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Automated insights
A nightly rule-based analyzer flags dead upgrades, difficult levels, hoarded currencies, and inflation; AI-assisted insights are out of scope for the MVP.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Ingestion
The API validates event batches and processes them asynchronously through BullMQ; the README says the write path is designed to scale toward 100M+ events.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
SDK
The JavaScript SDK supports browser and Node.js, with automatic batching, offline queuing, and retry/backoff.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Dashboard and API
The product includes a Next.js dashboard and an OpenAPI 3 reference for its API.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Access controls
It supports organizations and projects, JWT authentication, API keys for ingestion, and Owner, Admin, Analyst, and ReadOnly roles.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Security
The README says API keys and refresh tokens are hashed, passwords use bcrypt, and refresh tokens rotate on use and can be revoked.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Deployment
Docker Compose can start PostgreSQL, Redis, migrations, the API, worker, and dashboard together.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Requirements
Running from source requires Node.js 24 or later, npm 9 or later, PostgreSQL 14 or later, and Redis 6 or later.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Notable limits
Unity and Godot SDKs, a project-member management UI, configurable insight thresholds, an event schema registry, and data-retention and GDPR deletion tools are listed as roadmap items.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Maturity
The project describes itself as an early MVP/alpha and says APIs may change before version 1.0.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
License and support
GamePulse is MIT-licensed, welcomes contributions, and asks that vulnerability reports be sent privately to maintainers by email as described in CONTRIBUTING.md.github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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