Playroom

On the web, Playroom handles the multiplayer side of browser games so you do not have to run servers yourself.

Playroom is a multiplayer backend and developer tool for web games that needs zero server setup, which suits solo developers, game jam teams and small studios who would rather spend their time on gameplay than networking code.

It also sits in the no-code and low-code space, and it is exposed as an API.

Pricing is freemium and scales by monthly active users.

The Hobby plan is free but non commercial, with no API key and no credit card needed.

Starter costs $10 and covers 15,000 MAU, with extra users at $0.003 each and 10,000 MAU in bonus credits.

Studio is $150 for 200,000 MAU, extra users at $0.002, priority support and 150,000 bonus MAU.

Enterprise is custom, starting at 1M+ MAU with volume pricing, a team dashboard, an onboarding call and dedicated Slack support.

Every paid tier has unlimited concurrent users and automatic global scaling.

The free plan rules out commercial releases, so you will need Starter to ship a paid game.