AccelByte Call Deck

Stop building
backend.
Start shipping
games.

Built by veterans who shipped Fortnite, Xbox Live, and PlayStation. Trusted by studios from indie to AAA.

Company Overview

AccelByte is the game backend purpose-built for developers. Designed by veterans who shipped Fortnite, Xbox Live, PlayStation, and EA's online systems. We give creators a production-proven, massively scalable foundation to ship games faster, so engineers stay focused on what really matters.

Trusted by 100+ studios from indie to AAA

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What we'll cover today.

30 minutes

Why backend is the hidden constraint

The structural forces making backend harder and what studios are actually spending time on.

How AccelByte solves it

The platform, the packages, and where your code lives versus ours.

What studios like yours have done

Real outcomes from studios that have shipped on AccelByte.

Before we dive in: what does your current backend situation look like?

You're probably
building the
wrong thing.

Every connected game now needs production-grade backend, not just AAA. The engineering complexity doesn't scale down with team size. A 25-person studio ships the same auth, matchmaking, and compliance requirements as a 250-person studio. That equation hasn't changed. The opportunity cost has.

10–20%

of engineering capacity spent on backend infrastructure, before a single gameplay feature ships

3–5 SDEs

dedicated to backend for 2–3 years at a 50-person studio

6–12 mo

faster to launch with AccelByte vs. building in-house

The game has changed.

Three structural forces making backend harder, and more critical, than five years ago.

Backend complexity now reaches every genre

Co-op survival, tactical shooters, VR, sports titles: any game with real-time sessions, accounts, or progression now faces the same infrastructure demands as a competitive multiplayer title. Cross-platform support compounds this, with each platform bringing its own SDK, auth flow, store integration, and certification requirements.

Every genre. Every scale. Same infrastructure demands.

There's no patch window for launch day

Early access and open beta collapsed the runway. Studios can't iterate on backend stability post-launch. Infrastructure must be production-ready the moment a game finds its audience. There is no version two of launch day.

No second chance at launch day.

Engineering capacity is the binding constraint

Studios aren't choosing to under-invest in backend. They're choosing where to apply finite hours. Every engineer-month on auth systems is one not spent on gameplay or content. And it doesn't stop at launch: post-launch monitoring, incident response, and infrastructure upkeep become a permanent tax on engineering capacity.

Finite hours. Make them count.

What do you actually
need control over?

The instinct to build everything is about control. The question worth asking is: control over what?

The commodity layer

Table stakes: no player notices unless it breaks

Authentication & player accounts

Matchmaking & session management

Lobby, chat & presence

Server provisioning & orchestration

GDPR/COPPA compliance & legal

Real-time monitoring & incident management

Your competitive edge

What makes your game worth playing

AGS-enabled: backend code you fully own

Economy design & monetization logic

Progression & reward systems

Custom matchmaking rules & meta

Player-driven game events

Pure game IP: focus on what matters

Gameplay loop & mechanics

Creative direction & world design

The platform map.

Four layers. Clear ownership at every level. AccelByte handles the infrastructure. Your game handles the game..

Your Game

Gameplay · Content · Art & Design · Game Systems · Creative Direction

Engine Support: Unity · Unreal · Godot · Custom C++

Platform Support: Steam · Epic Store · PlayStation · Xbox · Nintendo Switch · Apple iOS · Android

Your team owns this

Unreal · Unity · Godot · Custom C++ SDK

EXTEND: Customization Layer

Your code, running on our infrastructure. Build what AGS doesn't cover natively, without owning servers or accruing merge debt.

OverrideEvent HandlerService ExtensionApp UI

YOU WRITE IT · ACCELBYTE RUNS IT

AccelByte Gaming Services (AGS)

ACCELBYTE OPERATES THIS

Foundations

Identity & Access

Player auth and accounts across platforms

Legal & Privacy

Consent, age checks, and region compliance

Game Analytics

Capture in-game events and trace issues

Tools & Utilities

Built-in observability and debugging tools

Online

Store & Catalog

Offers, bundles, pricing and product data

Wallet & Payments

Virtual currencies, top-ups, and purchases

Cloud Save

Cross-device progress sync with conflict resolution

Inventory

Items, currencies, and entitlements per player

Friends & Presence

Cross-platform friend lists and live status

Achievements

Milestones and rewards for player progression

Leaderboards

Real-time global and seasonal rankings

Season Pass

Seasonal progression without custom logic

Multiplayer

Matchmaking

Fair, predictable player matching with your rules

Peer-to-peer

Direct player connections with relay fallback

Chat

Real-time comms across parties and lobbies

Game Sessions

Player flow from lobby to active session

Guilds & Clans

Communities with join rules and progression

Parties & Presence

Form groups and see live online status

Multiplayer Servers

Auto-provision on Cloud VMs and Bare Metal

ACCELBYTE INFRASTRUCTURE

Autoscaling · DDoS Protection · Multi-region Network · 63 PoPs · 7 Global Regions · SOC 2 Type II · ISO 27001 Certified

ACCELBYTE MANAGES THIS

Foundations Package

The floor every connected game needs. Auth, compliance, analytics, and admin out of the box.

Identity & Access

Player auth and accounts across platforms

Third-party login integration (link game accounts to major platforms + custom OIDC)

Headless account linking available, no forced UI, full API control

Role-Based Access Control (group permissions into admin/support/player roles)

Ban & suspension management (suspend users by behavior; restrict game or feature access)

Legal & Privacy

Consent, age checks, and region compliance

GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA consent flows

Age gate enforcement per region

Policy versioning: serve the right version to the right player

Data deletion and export workflows

Game Analytics

Capture in-game events and trace issues

Out-of-box dashboards (DAU/MAU, retention, revenue metrics visible immediately)

Scalable event telemetry (collect high-volume gameplay events; custom event support)

Data connectors & export (push raw telemetry to your data warehouse for custom analysis)

Your data, exportable to your warehouse. AccelByte does not own or lock your schema

Tools & Utilities

Built-in observability and debugging tools

Visual debugger (real-time client traffic visualization for fast issue identification)

MCP server (AI coding assistant integration with Claude, Cursor, VS Code Copilot)

Access & audit logs (full HTTP/API log access; track admin actions across systems)

Configuration migration (migrate game data and config across environments and namespaces)

Grafana Cloud observability (real-time operational insights across games and servers)

+ Extend: Add custom auth flows, event processors, or compliance hooks without touching AGS core.

Online Package

Economy, social, and progression: the services that keep players engaged after launch.

Store & Catalog

Offers, bundles, pricing, and product data

Flexible catalog with bundles, limited-time offers, and cross-region pricing

Platform store sync (Steam, PlayStation, Xbox entitlements)

Discount and coupon engine

AB test pricing without a redeploy

Wallet & Payments

Virtual currencies, top-ups, and purchases

Multi-currency virtual wallet with transaction ledger

Payment processor integrations (Stripe, Xsolla, PayPal, platform billing)

Receipt validation and refund handling

Revenue share and entitlement splits

Cloud Save

Cross-device progress sync with conflict resolution

Per-player key-value store with versioning

Automatic conflict resolution strategies (latest-write, custom merge)

Namespace isolation per game title

Bulk migration tooling for existing save data

Inventory

Items, currencies, and entitlements per player

Slot-based item management with quantity and durability

Loot table integration and drop-rate configuration

Cross-platform entitlement sync

Tradeable and non-tradeable item flags

Friends & Presence

Cross-platform friend lists and live status

Friend request flows with block/mute/report

Real-time presence with custom status strings

Platform-native friend import (Steam, Xbox, PlayStation)

Activity feeds and game invites

Achievements

Milestones and rewards for player progression

Configurable achievement triggers tied to in-game events

Tiered achievements with incremental unlock tracking

Platform achievement sync (Steam, Xbox, PlayStation)

Global unlock rate statistics

Leaderboards

Real-time global and seasonal rankings

Configurable scoring, tie-breaking, and time-window resets

Global, regional, and friends-only board scopes

Near-player rank queries for efficient display

Archived seasons with historical lookup

Season Pass

Seasonal progression without custom logic

Tier progression with premium and free track separation

Reward dispatch on tier completion

Pass expiry enforcement and grace period logic

Analytics on pass purchase and completion rates

+ Extend: Override pricing logic, add custom reward processors, or build on top of the economy without forking AGS.

Multiplayer Package

Matchmaking, sessions, servers, and social infrastructure for real-time play.

Matchmaking

Fair, predictable player matching with your rules

Rule-based matchmaking with latency, skill, and custom attribute weighting

Backfill for open sessions and lobby merging

Queue analytics and average wait time monitoring

Per-game-mode matchmaking profiles

Game Sessions

Player flow from lobby to active session

Session lifecycle management: create, join, leave, terminate

Custom session attributes and join codes

Session browser for community servers

P2P and dedicated server session modes

Multiplayer Servers

Auto-provision on Cloud VMs and Bare Metal

Dynamic server provisioning with scale-to-zero

Support for Docker containers and native binaries

Fleet management with region distribution

Usage dashboard with per-session metrics and fleet utilisation

Peer-to-Peer

Direct player connections with relay fallback

WebRTC-based direct connections for low-latency sessions

TURN relay fallback when direct connections fail

NAT traversal and firewall hole-punching

Latency reporting per player pair

Chat

Real-time comms across parties and lobbies

Party, lobby, and global channel chat

Message history with configurable retention

Profanity filter with custom word lists

Moderation tools: mute, ban, report

Parties & Presence

Form groups and see live online status

Party creation, invite, and kick flows

Party leader transfer and permission model

Rich presence with party and session context

Cross-platform party support

Guilds & Clans

Communities with join rules and progression

Guild creation with configurable capacity and join requirements

Member roles with permission tiers

Guild storage and shared bank

Guild leaderboards and season participation

+ Extend: Custom matchmaking rules, server-side authoritative code, and game-specific session behaviors are all Extend territory.

AccelByte Multiplayer Servers (AMS)

Stop Orchestrating Servers.
Start Building Your Game.

AMS handles provisioning, scaling, and observability for your dedicated game servers across cloud VMs, bare metal, or your own hardware.

Why Game Developers Use AMS

Developer-Friendly Setup

Get servers running in under 30 minutes. Direct image upload, no Kubernetes knowledge required.

Your binary, your config, our fleet.

Hybrid Infrastructure

Base load on bare metal for predictable cost, burst to cloud VMs during peak. AMS auto-bursts to cloud when bare metal capacity is reached, then scales back automatically.

Elastic Autoscaling & 63 PoPs

63 Points of Presence across 7 global regions. AMS pre-warms servers before players arrive and scales back automatically. Low latency, everywhere.

Built-In Observability

Real-time fleet health via Grafana dashboards. Session telemetry, server utilization, and player-side latency, visible without custom tooling.

Standalone or with AGS

Use AMS alone with any matchmaking layer, or plug directly into AGS matchmaking and session management for a fully unified backend.

AMS Architecture

Game Studio

DS uses AMS SDK

upload image

→

Admin Portal

fleet config & image store

provisions to

→

Fleet Manager

schedules & assigns hosts ↓

AccelByte Managed

Watchdog (per host)

pre-warms servers · auto-bursts when bare metal full

Infrastructure · 63 PoPs · 7 Regions

Primary

Bare Metal

burst →

Cloud

AWS

Cloud

GCP

Cloud

Azure

runtime

Players

→

Session Service

requests DS

→

queue if full

DS Instance

Watchdog-managed

Grafana Observability

Exportable to your stack

Fleet Health

Session Telemetry

Server Logs

CPU & Memory Usage

Network Traffic

Usage Costs

46%

server cost reduction

"I often forget that VAIL VR is powered by AccelByte because it just works."

Albert Ovadia · CTO, AEXLAB

AccelByte Extend

Your code. Our infrastructure.

Extend runs custom game code inside the AccelByte platform. Write it in any language, ship it as a container, and AccelByte operates it in production at scale.

Override

Replace default behavior

Swap any AGS function with your own gRPC handler. AGS calls your code instead of the default. Matchmaking rules, reward calculations, chat filtering, while AccelByte handles session management and infrastructure around it.

Examples

Ranked matchmaking Loot box probability Chat Moderation Rotating shop items

Service Extension

Ship net-new services

Build APIs that don't exist anywhere in the current stack. AccelByte hosts, auto-scales, and exposes them with a public URL and Swagger docs. Call from your game client, server, or other AGS services natively.

Examples

MMR calculator Vivox Voice Anti-cheat hooks Discord integration

Event Handler

React to game events

Subscribe to AGS lifecycle events and run async code when they fire. No polling, no blocked player flows, no manual triggers or separate event pipelines to maintain alongside your game infrastructure.

Examples

Go Python C#Java

AI-Accelerated Development

Describe it. Extend runs it. Ship in hours, not days.

AccelByte's MCP server exposes structured SDK and API knowledge directly to Cursor, Claude, or Copilot. Describe a login reward, matchmaking rule, or progression update and get a working Extend app scaffolded in your IDE. No doc-diving. No blank repos.

MCP server includedAI-scaffolded Extend appsSDK codegen in your IDE

Why developers choose Extend

Any languageGo, C#, Java, or Python. Write in what your team already knows.

Zero infra to manageAccelByte operates every Extend app: scaling, uptime, and deployments.

Observability includedGrafana dashboards, logs, and distributed traces out of the box.

Open-source App DirectoryFork a working matchmaking, MMR, or reward app. Start from running code, not a blank repo.

Works with mixed stacksConnect AGS to any external API, platform, or service your studio uses.

No merge debtSecurity patches, schema changes, and dependency upgrades on the core platform never require a code merge on your side.

Deployment Options

Start where you are.
Scale when you’re ready.

Free to start

AGS Public Cloud

A fully managed shared environment for quick setup with zero overhead.

Completely free during development
All platform services available from day one. No contracts, no minimums.
Scales to any player count with no infrastructure limits
Join 100+ studios already building on Public Cloud

Best for Small teams and studios getting started, zero commitment required

Full Isolation

AGS Private Cloud

A dedicated environment for studios that need full isolation.

Full LiveOps monitoring, 24/7 incident response
99.9% uptime SLA with AccelByte managing all infrastructure, scaling, and upgrades
Full observability: every event, metric, and log across every service, no third-party subscriptions required
Custom compliance posture: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, data residency
Your data never shares infrastructure with another studio

Best for Professional studios that need dedicated infrastructure, SLA guarantees, and full observability at any stage

Full Control

Bring Your Own Environment

Your cloud account, your VPC. AGS runs inside it.

AGS runs inside your own AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Your infra, our platform
Apply existing EDP credits and cloud commitments to your backend spend
Full network topology control and custom data residency
Dedicated AccelByte DevOps and SRE on call. You keep control, not the ops burden

Best for Studios with existing cloud spend commitments or non-negotiable data residency requirements

3v3 tag fighter · PlayStation · Xbox · Steam · 2026

1.5+ yrs

saved vs. 4+ yr in-house build

100%

uptime, 79-hr open beta

3 platforms

PS · Xbox · Steam at launch

The Challenge

Invincible VS is a 3v3 tag fighter, Skybound's first internally developed title. Shipping cross-platform on day one with full ranked matchmaking and custom lobbies required production-grade backend infrastructure that a small team couldn't build from scratch on the available timeline.

The Solution

Used AGS for all cross-platform infrastructure across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam
Built a custom ranked processing system with AccelByte Extend, without touching AGS internals
A small backend team delivered what would have taken years to build from scratch. Without AccelByte, it wasn't a viable path on the available timeline

The Results

Custom ranked processing system shipped without modifying core AGS, fully owned, zero merge debt
100% uptime during a 79-hour open beta with 4.5M matches played
Full ranked matchmaking and custom lobby infrastructure shipped on schedule

"It worked out of the box and we were able to extend it to build our unique Ranked infrastructure. The AccelByte team's help and knowledge has been invaluable."

Bill Merrill · Studio Technical Director, Skybound Entertainment

AEXLAB

Competitive VR Tactical Shooter · Steam · Meta Quest

46%

server cost reduction

50K

players migrated in 1.5 months

player-facing downtime

The Challenge

AEXLAB was running VAIL VR entirely on cloud VMs. The infrastructure was reliable, but as their live player base grew, server costs threatened margins. They needed to cut costs significantly while keeping 50,000 active players online and uninterrupted.

The Solution

Migration ran while the game stayed live: players never experienced a transition
Identified VAIL VR's consistent base load and migrated it to bare metal through AMS
Optimized dedicated server density: more concurrent matches per instance, lower cost per session

The Results

46% reduction in server costs
50,000 players migrated without a single rollback event
Zero player-facing downtime. Hybrid fleet: bare metal for base load, cloud for peak

"I often forget that VAIL VR is powered by AccelByte because it just works."

Albert Ovadia · CTO, AEXLAB

More studios. More proof.

Brand-new studio · Remote-first mandate · First AAA title from scratch

"AccelByte has exceeded our expectations for high quality quick iterations. With a new company and aggressive mandates for remote employees we would not have been able to achieve our goals without AccelByte."

Mark James · CTO, Striking Distance Studios

Mike Morhaime's studio · Two titles shipping in parallel · No margin for backend failure

"I've been in the industry for a long time and appreciate how difficult it is to create excellent backend technology that delivers a seamless player experience. We know AccelByte can deliver a world class experience that frees up our time to focus on making games."

Ray Yu · Head of Pub. Tech & Ops, Dreamhaven

Ten Trillion Triangles

Revolution

Indie studio · PvP card game · Evaluated every major platform

"Compared to all other backend solutions we considered, AccelByte ended up being by far the most robust, easiest to integrate, and stable of them all."

McCage Frushell · CTO, Ten Trillion Triangles

Get set up and build your first feature on the same day.

No DevOps sprint. No infra ticket. No waiting.

Create your free environment

Sign up at accelbyte.io. Your Public Cloud namespace is live in minutes. No infrastructure to configure, no expiration date, no player limits.

Install

Add the AccelByte AI plugin

Install the AccelByte AI plugin from your AI marketplace. Works with Cursor, Claude, or Copilot. Bring your own subscription.

Setup

SDK, MCP server, and CLI: ready to go

The plugin automatically installs and configures the AGS SDK, MCP server inside your editor, and AGS CLI. Your environment is wired to your live namespace before you write a line of code.

Build

One prompt. Agent handles the rest.

Describe your goal and the agent takes over. It plans the integration in stages from auth to matchmaking to sessions, and your team stays in their editor the entire time.

Ship

Prepare for a "boring" launch

Launch weekend War Room coverage, pre-launch readiness checklist, and loadtest scenarios. Backed by AccelByte 24/7 LiveOps monitoring and incident response. The goal is a launch weekend nobody talks about.

We don't just hand you the keys.
We run it with you.

Most backend vendors end at delivery. AccelByte embeds with your team from onboarding through live ops the same team that built the platform is on call when it matters

Support level:

ProfessionalEnterprise

Pre-launch

Ready before day one

Onboarding support

Guided integration from day one: SDK setup, architecture review, and go-live prep

Dedicated development support

Direct access to the AccelByte support team with SLA-backed response times

Load testing & capacity planning

Professional

We simulate peak concurrency, sign off on your architecture, and prepare runbooks before launch

Launch readiness review

Professional

Architecture sign-off, runbook prep, and escalation paths defined

Weekly status calls & QBRs

Professional

Regular touchpoints with your Account Manager and Solutions team

Product workshops & roadmap sessions

Enterprise

Direct access to AccelByte's product team and roadmap planning sessions

Post-launch & live ops

We stay on

24/7 monitoring & alerting

Real-time visibility across fleet health, CPU, memory, network, and costs

Incident response & 99.9% uptime SLA

Defined escalation paths, 15 to 30 min response times depending on tier

Launch war room coverage

Professional

AccelByte engineers on-call during your launch window, not a ticket queue

Private Slack channel

Professional

Dedicated Account Manager and Solutions Architect on your channel

Co-development & QA engineers

Enterprise

AccelByte engineers embedded in your team for custom development and QA

You pay for players, not promises.

Peak Concurrent Users (PCCU) You pay based on the peak number of players online simultaneously. Not seats, not API calls, not server hours.

Scales with your game Off-peak hours cost less. You never pay for idle infrastructure. The model follows your actual load.

Scoped together We walk through projections based on comparable launches. No surprise bills. We've scoped 100+ titles.

Public Cloud

Free forever during development · Usage-based after that

Private Cloud

Dedicated infrastructure, full isolation · Full observability: every event, metric, and log

How studios think about it: Studios on AccelByte typically spend 2.5 to 5% of title revenue on backend. Build in-house or assemble point solutions, and that number climbs significantly. We scope projections with you to confirm it before you commit.

Per-daily-PCCU consumption fees · All deployment tiers

Daily PCCU	Online	Multiplayer	Complete
First 30	FREE	FREE	FREE
31 – 5,000	$0.0248	$0.0770	$0.1100
5K – 25K	$0.0203	$0.0700	$0.1000
25K – 125K	$0.0192	$0.0630	$0.0900
125K – 250K	$0.0180	$0.0358	$0.0614
250K+	$0.0168	$0.0314	$0.0538

Support that grows with your game

Community

Free

Discord community access

Full docs & Byte Wars sample game

Standard

$1,000 / title / mo

24/7 LiveOps monitoring (15-min response)

Dedicated support (8-hr response SLA)

Quarterly SA engagements

No dedicated AM, no launch coverage

Professional

$5,500 / title / mo

Everything in Standard, plus:

2-hr response · Private Slack channel

Dedicated AM + SA · Weekly status calls

Launch planning & readiness review

Enterprise

Custom

30-min response · War Room coverage

Source code access & BYOE support

Co-development / QA engineers

Product workshops & roadmap access

One question before we close.

What's the biggest risk to hitting your launch date?

Next step: Technical Deep-Dive

60 minutes with our Solutions Engineering team. We map your requirements, walk your architecture, and scope the integration. You'll leave with a clear integration plan and a scoped environment ready to build in.

→ Book your technical deep-dive

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100+ studios. 20M+ gamers. We've built this before. Let's build it for you.

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