aid: heroiclabs
name: Heroic Labs
description: 'Heroic Labs is the company behind Nakama, a leading open-source game
  backend server providing a comprehensive REST, WebSocket, and gRPC API for building
  scalable multiplayer and social games. The platform delivers essential backend services
  including real-time matchmaking, leaderboards, tournaments, chat, friend systems,
  and presence tracking. Nakama exposes its functionality via RESTful HTTP endpoints,
  real-time WebSocket connections, and gRPC, with server runtime support for custom
  logic in Go, TypeScript, and Lua. Heroic Labs also offers Heroic Cloud as a fully
  managed deployment platform and Satori as a LiveOps product for feature flags, A/B
  experiments, and live events.

  '
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/heroiclabs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Game Backend
- Multiplayer
- Real-Time
- WebSocket
- Matchmaking
- Leaderboards
- Social Gaming
- Open Source
- LiveOps
- gRPC
apis:
- aid: heroiclabs:nakama-api
  name: Nakama API
  description: 'The Nakama API is the core REST and WebSocket API for Heroic Labs''
    open-source game backend server. It provides endpoints for user authentication
    (social, device, email, and custom), account management, multiplayer matchmaking,
    real-time gameplay via WebSocket, leaderboards, tournaments, group and friend
    management, in-app notifications, storage, and remote procedure calls (RPC). The
    gRPC interface mirrors the HTTP API and is suited for server-to-server integrations.
    Client SDKs are available for Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, JavaScript, Dart, Java,
    Swift, C++, and Defold.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://heroiclabs.com/nakama/
  baseURL: https://127.0.0.1:7350
  tags:
  - Game Backend
  - Multiplayer
  - Matchmaking
  - Leaderboards
  - WebSocket
  - gRPC
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/nakama/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://heroiclabs.github.io/nakama-docs/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heroiclabs-nakama-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heroiclabs-nakama-console-api-openapi.yml
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama
  - url: graphql/heroiclabs-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: heroiclabs:hiro-api
  name: Hiro RPC API
  description: 'The Hiro RPC API is Heroic Labs'' game framework server interface
    exposing economy, progression, achievements, inventory, and social graph RPCs
    that run on the Nakama server runtime. It is available as an OAS 3.0 specification
    and is designed for authoritative server-to-server calls from game clients and
    backend services.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/nakama/
  baseURL: https://127.0.0.1:7350
  tags:
  - Game Framework
  - Economy
  - Progression
  - Achievements
  - Inventory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heroiclabs-hiro-rpc-api-openapi.yml
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/heroiclabs/hiro
- aid: heroiclabs:satori-api
  name: Satori API
  description: 'The Satori API is Heroic Labs'' LiveOps platform API enabling game
    developers to manage live operations including feature flags, A/B experiments,
    audiences, and scheduled events without redeploying game code. It integrates tightly
    with Nakama and exposes REST endpoints for event ingestion, experiment assignment,
    audience segmentation, and flag evaluation. Satori is available as a fully managed
    service on Heroic Cloud starting at $600 per month.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/satori/
  baseURL: https://api.heroiclabs.com
  tags:
  - LiveOps
  - Feature Flags
  - A/B Testing
  - Experiments
  - Game Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/satori/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://heroiclabs.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/nakama/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/heroiclabs
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heroic-labs
- type: Blog
  url: https://heroiclabs.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://heroiclabs.com/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/nakama/getting-started/console/status/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/heroicdev
- type: Forum
  url: https://forum.heroiclabs.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/heroiclabs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/heroiclabs-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/heroiclabs-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/heroiclabs-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/heroiclabs-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com