Read about Google Cloud's strategy for live games.

Databases for games

Build global, live games that deliver exceptional user experiences with Google Cloud databases. Serve millions of players at any scale with fast, reliable, and accurate data processing.

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Benefits

How Google Cloud databases can help you scale to the next level of games

Unmatched scale and availability with Spanner

Scale up and down seamlessly to tackle special events and sudden changes in game loads. Offer a consistent experience to millions of players across geographic locations.

Spanner helps you lower cost and build faster

Remove operational toil, improve developer productivity with a self-tuning NoSQL-style horizontally scalable database that supports open standards and relational semantics.

Elevate in-game experiences with AI

Accurately predict skill levels and match players. Identify and remove toxic players to create a more positive community.

Key features

See how Spanner compares to other databases

Spanner is an ideal database for your games backend

    

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Learn more about what makes our databases unique

Harness world-class technology, performance, and scale from the same underlying architecture that powers Google’s most popular, billion-user products.

Documentation

Explore common use cases for games

Build transformative game experiences with a platform built to address your most complex challenges.

Tutorial

Develop a scalable player profile service with Spanner

In this codelab, you will be creating two Go services that interact with a regional Spanner database to enable players to sign up and start playing.

Tutorial

Develop a game inventory management service with Spanner

In this codelab, you will be creating two Go services that interact with a regional Spanner database to enable a sample game trade post.

Tutorial

Develop a persistent game leaderboard with Spanner

In this video, you will learn how to implement a persistent game leaderboard with Spanner.

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