End-to-end Local Dev.
Run the platform locally for end-to-end development across the game client, game server, and backend. No opaque third party APIs or shared environment headaches.
Trusted by thousands of developers at leading game studios
Full control
Don't get trapped in a black box
Source Access
Full access to the engine source code: total control, visibility, and access to how your game's backend will run. Engine mod anything that doesn't work exactly how you want it to.
Extensible
Configure off-the-shelf features, modify existing services, and build game-specific microservices from scratch within the engine.
Everything players expect in a modern online game
Accounts
Accounts that just work on every platform. Fully GDPR and game platform compliant. Admin and customer support tools out-of-the-box.
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Player data
Configure progression systems like quests, missions, and battle passes, or build your own custom systems using our flexible toolkit.
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Monetization
Built-in monetization integration with major game platforms. Entitlements, fulfilments, content grants, consumables, permanents, and DLC.
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Inventory
Server-authoritative inventory and content management with monetization integration, secure APIs, and support for premium content and player workflows.
Matchmaking
Server-authoritative matchmaking with customizable features like skill-based ranking, drop-in/out, server switching, battle royale, and extraction modes.
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Live operations
Rest easy. We've got built-in monitoring, alerting, and a 24/7 live ops team for first-line response, triage, and remediation.
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Parties
Fully customizable party system with invites, private/shared player states, loadouts, game mode selection, and advanced workflows like late join, drop-in, and matchmaking.
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Telemetry & analytics
Out-of-the-box live service dashboards, custom metrics, health dashboards, large-scale analytics, and big data pipeline integration.
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Social
Cross-platform friends service with rich social presence and game platform integration.
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Player & operator portals
Built-in web portal for studios to manage accounts and game data, and for players to manage their accounts.
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Customization
Extend Pragma Engine with access to source and full engine customization.
Proven scalability
We've supported millions of players. No major outages.
Power any type of game
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for your game
Multiplayer battle arenas
MOBAs like League of Legends and Dota 2 style games
Shooters
Counterstrike, Valorant and Overwatch style games
MMO
Destiny 2 and World of Warcraft style games
Sandbox
Minecraft and Terraria style games
Social and casual
Among Us and Fall Guys style games
Survival games
Valheim and Rust style games
How it works
Pragma is built with the developer's experience at the core of everything we do. We believe in ruthless simplicity and simple architecture.
Get set up and build your first feature on the same day
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Integrate the Pragma SDK
Initialize a Pragma game project, set up the local backend dev environment, integrate the Pragma SDK into your game project and you're ready to start building.
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Get immediate value from pre-built features
Start with pre-built features to get the core of your game running on day 1: login & authentication, warm-body matchmaking, basic entitlements, and data persistence.
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Develop rich customized features
Build on top of the preliminary feature set by customizing matchmaking and building progression and meta-game systems tailored to fit your game's exact design. Integrate backend features end-to-end in local development and then deploy to managed test environments for playtesting across the studio.
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Prepare for launch
Have a stress-free launch by working with Pragma's services team to scale up to a production loadtest environment and author stress test scenarios with the engine's built-in load simulator. Prepare for worldwide launch by optimizing the backend, tuning the login queue, and defining your production topology.
Why customers
love Pragma Engine
"I just wanna build a great game that's fun. I don't want to worry about the backend."
CEO & Founder, Omeda Studios
"Pragma handles all the work that live service games live and die on, from accounts to matchmaking, allowing us to focus on creating a deeply engaging sandbox PvPvE experience."
Co-Founder, Raid Base
"The Pragma team have been incredible partners since day one. The Pragma Engine has enabled us to rapidly build and iterate on key features, enhancing the game experience while allowing our team to focus on delivering the best possible game for players."
CEO & Founder, Play by Play Studios
"Of course we're using Pragma, all the best studios use their engine. It just makes sense, they are the best in the world."
Head of Engineering, Gardens Interactive
"Live service games live and die by their ability to respond and iterate, and ultimately you can't do that unless you have full control, and you don’t have that unless all of the code is in your hands and you have the flexibility to make any changes you want. Pragma’s source code Engine offers the ability to take advantage of their experience and their direct support, while still allowing us to build everything we wanted to and write all the code ourselves."
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