Galaxy
Galaxy is a B2B company based in San Francisco, CA, specializing in a Social SDK for mobile games, offering features like leaderboards, multiplayer, and AI-driven insights to enhance game engagement and monetization.
Services
Galaxy offers a Social SDK for games, providing features like leaderboards, clans, and multiplayer options specifically for mobile games. Their tools facilitate social competition by including teams, matches, and tournaments, thereby driving higher engagement and revenue. Additionally, the platform supports serverless matchmaking, join match links, and contact sync for matches between players. With the integration of AI models, Galaxy provides insights and predictions on players' behavior, helping developers address issues such as client errors, crashes, and factors affecting user churn.
Products
Galaxy's Social SDK includes several customizable features such as leaderboards, which offer progression and advancement mechanics, geo-specific cohorts, and hassle-free prize awards. Developers can also create teams within games, allowing players to form groups, contribute to team scores, and compete against other teams. The company enables monetization through avatar skins and integrates leaderboard stores with in-app purchases. Upcoming tools under development include regional and tier leaderboards, ad-free subscription options, cross-promotion capabilities, voice chat, and live competition features.
Industry and Focus
Galaxy operates within the B2B industry, specifically focusing on the consumer gaming sub-industry. Their primary offerings are geared towards enhancing social interaction and competition within mobile games, which in turn aims to increase player engagement and generate additional revenue for developers.
History and Growth
Galaxy, previously known by several names including Lucky Card, Blade, and GalaxySDK, is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch, indicating its early recognition and support within the startup community. Over time, Galaxy has been integrated into 93 games, serving over 50,000 daily active users globally. The company prides itself on an average response time of less than 30 minutes to feedback and questions.
Pricing and User Base
Galaxy offers special pricing for over 100,000 monthly active users (MAU) and provides all features with no usage limits up to 100k MAU for $29/month. The company has committed to maintaining its pricing for existing partners and offers them access to all future features for free when they sign up early. This competitive pricing model aims to attract a broad user base while ensuring long-term partnerships.