The power behind the platform
A secure, scalable and flexible cloud dedicated to multiplayer.
Grow, adapt and stay secure
Go global
Using our global hosting locations, you can provide low-latency gameplay to players around the world.
Adapt and grow
You can scale your infrastructure fast and you only pay for what you use, so you can grow or adapt your game whenever you need.
Prioritise gameplay
SpatialOS makes it easy to deploy to the cloud whenever you need and, since we also handle your hosting, you can stay focused on gameplay.
Stay secure
SpatialOS uses best-in-class cloud servers with industry-leading security. We test regularly to ensure that both our platform and your data are safe.
Global hosting
We offer hosting throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific - with China coming soon.
Managed platform
Server management
As well as managing the servers for you, we monitor the stack 24/7, providing an uptime guarantee of 99.9%.
Elastic hosting
SpatialOS scales quickly and easily based on player demand, and can support thousands of concurrent game instances all over the globe.
Local development
Our free local development environment lets you iterate fast, then deploy your game to the cloud easily when ready.
Fast deployment
Using SpatialOS tooling, you can deploy your game to the cloud for testing in minutes with just a few CLI commands.
How we host your game
When using SpatialOS, we call each instance of your game a 'deployment'.
There are two main types of process that we start and manage for you: game servers (which we call server-workers) and the SpatialOS Runtime. Both run inside Dockerised Linux containers running on cloud machines we provision. Currently, we use Google Cloud Platform, but soon we’ll be providing more options.
Game clients
Deployment architecture
Players connect to the SpatialOS Runtime using a game client. In contrast to traditional dedicated server games, there is no direct link between game clients and the game server.
Worker hosting
Server-workers are any executables you want, either game engines or custom-built code. You upload them, and we run them inside containers for you.
SpatialOS Runtime
The SpatialOS Runtime is hosted separately to your game servers. It stores the state of every object in your world, and manages both the servers' and clients’ ability to change it.
Networking
Explore the heart of SpatialOS, including engine load balancer and distributed multiplayer architecture.