Backend that scales with your game
Deploy open-source game infrastructure — accounts, matchmaking, real-time multiplayer, voice chat — without becoming a DevOps engineer. Built for indie developers who want to ship games, not manage servers.
Free trial available · No credit card required · Hobby tier from $5/mo
Why Scalehog
One-click deploy
Deploy a full game backend in minutes. No Docker, no Kubernetes, no Postgres config.
Services that talk to each other
Unified player identity and an event mesh that wires your services together automatically.
Built for game developers
A dashboard that shows your game world, not just CPU charts and container logs.
Scales when you do
Start free. Upgrade when your player count grows. No surprise bills.
The Stack
Nakama
accounts, matchmaking, leaderboards, economy, chat, live ops. Replaces PlayFab.
Colyseus
real-time state sync and room-based multiplayer. Replaces Photon.
Agones
dedicated game server orchestration without Kubernetes. Replaces GameLift.
LiveKit
in-game voice and video chat. Replaces Vivox.
Open Match
flexible skill-based matchmaking framework.
Pricing
Free
$0
shared instance, sleeps on inactivity, up to 3 concurrent users.
Prototyping.
- Shared instance
- Sleeps on inactivity
- Up to 3 concurrent users
Hobby
$5/mo per service
always on, up to 100 MAU.
Launched games.
- $5/mo per service
- Always on
- Up to 100 MAU
Pro
$29/mo per service
dedicated instance, daily backups.
Growing games.
- Dedicated instance
- Daily backups
Scale
$99/mo per service
4GB RAM, hourly backups, multi-region.
Successful live games.
- 4GB RAM
- Hourly backups
- Multi-region
Ship your game, not your servers.
Deploy a full game backend in minutes. Start free.