Metaplay vs Nakama
Metaplay
metaplay.io
Nakama
heroiclabs.comSide by side
| Figure | Metaplay | Nakama |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €195/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 17 | 0 |
| Spec score · Game Leaderboard Software | 9.0 (#4) | 7.3 (#33) |
| Spec score · Game Backend Services | 9.0 (#5) | 7.3 (#26) |
| Spec score · Game LiveOps Software | 9.0 (#5) | 7.3 (#25) |
| Spec score · Game Matchmaking Software | 9.0 (#6) | 7.3 (#26) |
| Integrations | Metaplay lists analytics export to BigQuery and S3, purchase validation for Google Play, App Store and Steam, and sign-in options including Google, Apple, Facebook, Steam and custom web login. | 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. |
| Intended users | Metaplay describes its audience as ambitious game studios building server-authoritative games, from prototype through global launch, including teams operating multiple titles. | The product is presented for game developers, studios, and publishers building online multiplayer games, from hobbyists and indie teams to AAA studios. |
| Product | Metaplay is a backend platform for building and operating live service games. | Nakama is an open-source game backend for online games with real-time multiplayer, social systems, and competitive features. |
| Security | The maker describes TLS-encrypted client-server communication, encrypted database data at rest through the cloud provider, role-based access controls and audit logs. | Heroic Labs states that its cloud infrastructure and services are SOC 2 Type II compliant. |
| Support | The pricing page offers community Discord support, weekday engineer support tiers, and a critical incident add-on with 24/7 availability and a one-hour response SLA. | Heroic Labs lists studio support packages with dedicated email support, response SLAs, and, for some packages, uptime guarantees and developer hours. |
Plans
Metaplay
- Community supportFree
- Community SupportFree
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Starter€195 a month
- Starter€195 a month
- Pre-launch€995 a month
- Pre-Launch€995 a month
- Standard support€1,500 a month
- Standard Support€1,500 a month
In their own words
Metaplay
Metaplay is a backend platform for building and operating live-service games. It uses a server-authoritative C# game server with a Unity client library and shared client-server logic. Its LiveOps dashboard includes player segmentation, A/B testing, over-the-air configuration updates, events, economy management, and player support tools. The SDK also includes guilds, social features, leaderboards, leagues, and asynchronous matchmaking; synchronous matchmaking is in active development. Hosting choices include managed Metaplay Cloud, customer AWS infrastructure, another Kubernetes cluster, or on-premises deployment. The platform supports Unity games on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and WebGL, with Unity 2020.3 LTS and later. The free plan provides the full SDK and a local server for local development. Starter costs €195 a month. Managed Metaplay Cloud supports single-region deployments; multi-region deployments are supported on self-hosted infrastructure.