Nakama

Spec sheet

Product

Nakama is an open-source game backend for online games with real-time multiplayer, social systems, and competitive features.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Intended users

The product is presented for game developers, studios, and publishers building online multiplayer games, from hobbyists and indie teams to AAA studios.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Deployment

Heroic Labs offers Nakama hosting on Heroic Cloud, while its documentation provides a Docker Compose installation guide.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Integrations

The product page names Facebook, Steam, and Google for social sign-in and says external services can be integrated through custom authentication and its REST API.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Security

Heroic Labs states that its cloud infrastructure and services are SOC 2 Type II compliant.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Support

Heroic Labs lists studio support packages with dedicated email support, response SLAs, and, for some packages, uptime guarantees and developer hours.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

License

The server is licensed under Apache 2.0, with commercial licenses also available; client libraries are Apache 2.0.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Client libraries

Open-source SDKs are listed for engines and languages including Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, JavaScript, Swift, and Java/Android; console libraries are available on request and are not open source.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Cloud limits

Heroic Cloud Nakama plans include no DAU, MAU, or CCU limits, and include dedicated hardware and a managed database instance.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Competitive features

Its competitive features include tournaments, configurable leaderboards, and matchmaking.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Core features

It provides user accounts, authentication, social networking, storage, real-time data exchange, chat, notifications, leaderboards, matchmaking, and multiplayer.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Customization

Server-side logic can be written in Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Lua, with hooks, RPCs, REST API access, and direct database access.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Enterprise

Nakama Enterprise is a commercial proprietary license with clustering, high availability, automatic failover, long-term support releases, and guaranteed fixes for LTS versions.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Install and hosting

Nakama can be installed using Docker or manually on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and can run on a cloud of the user's choosing or Heroic Cloud.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Managed cloud

Heroic Cloud's Nakama plans include no DAU, MAU, or CCU limits, dedicated hardware and managed database resources, backups, monitoring, scaling, a load balancer, SSL certificates, and log aggregation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Multiplayer

Nakama supports authoritative and relayed multiplayer, matchmaking, and match listing.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Security and compliance

The pricing page describes Heroic Cloud infrastructure and services as SOC 2 Type II compliant.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Server logic

Server-side logic can be written in Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Lua, with event hooks and RPC calls.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Social features

It includes friends, groups, real-time messaging, chat rooms, notifications, and social sign-in.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Supported engines

The page lists Godot, Unity, Unreal Engine, MonoGame, LibGDX, Defold, Cocos2d, and Phaser among supported game engines.Read 7 Oct 2026 · heroiclabs.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Game Leaderboard Software#33 of 377.3
• Game Matchmaking Software#26 of 287.3
• Game LiveOps Software#25 of 267.3
• Game Backend Services#26 of 277.3