โ๏ธ Backend-as-a-Service (BAAS)
You can roll out your own web server, authentication, and websocket solution (or use an external service just for websockets), but if you want to focus on client development or prefer a batteries-included paid service, you can look into these options:
General-purpose
These include at least a database, authentication, and object storage.
- Firebase (opens in a new tab)
- AWS Amplify (opens in a new tab)
- Supabase (opens in a new tab)
- Parse (opens in a new tab)
- AppWrite (opens in a new tab)
Game-specific
- Colyseus Cloud (opens in a new tab)
- Nakama (opens in a new tab)
- Photon (opens in a new tab)
- Hathora (opens in a new tab)
- PlayerIO (opens in a new tab)
- AWS Gamelift (opens in a new tab)
- Azure Playfab (opens in a new tab)
- GCP Game Servers (opens in a new tab)
- PlayFlow (opens in a new tab)
- Playroom (opens in a new tab)
- Edgegap (opens in a new tab)