Stores, consoles and regulators expect games with chat to moderate it. Chat Guard does it for you: it checks every message before other players see it, in about 300 ms, and tells trash talk from real abuse.
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nova: gg, that last round was close
Decision: allow212 ms
brakk: ez game, your team is trash lol
Decision: allowinsult 0.27264 ms
slayer_x: you're a worthless idiot, uninstall
Decision: hideinsult 0.98287 ms
mira: anyone trading an ice sword? paying 2k gold
Decision: allow241 ms
g0ldshop: cheap accounts with all skins, $20 paypal, dm me
Decision: hidetrading 0.99305 ms
slayer_x: you're a worthless idiot, uninstall
Decision: hiderepeat3 ms
slayer_x: I know where you live
Decision: blockthreat 0.99298 ms
nova: anyway, rematch?
Decision: allow198 ms
nova: gg, that last round was close
brakk: ez game, your team is trash lol
mira: anyone trading an ice sword? paying 2k gold
nova: anyway, rematch?
4 of 8 lines are kept from other players.
Stores, consoles and laws each put it their own way, but most of what they ask of chat comes down to a few things. Here they are, and what Chat Guard does for each.
channel.age_rating), and sexual content is judged against it.POST /v1/feedback). It shows up next to the decision in your dashboard, and a threshold or rule change fixes it from the next message.Chat Guard does the moderation work. Your game still decides what to show, and it still needs its own report and mute buttons for players. The details on player data are in our privacy notes and data processing agreement.
A fresh check takes about 300 ms; repeats and your own block rules answer in a few milliseconds. Each message is judged with the lines before it, its channel and its age rating, so banter about the match and an attack on a player get different answers.
slayer_x: you're a worthless idiot, uninstall
hideInsults hide at 0.80 by default, so other players never see this line.
{
"action": "hide",
"severity": 1.72,
"verdicts": {
"insult": { "p": 0.98 },
"threat": { "p": 0.02 },
"hate": { "p": 0.03 },
"sexual": { "p": 0.02 },
"spam": { "p": 0.02 },
"trading": { "p": 0.01 }
},
"target": {
"choice": "other_user",
"confidence": 0.84
},
"latency_ms": 287
}It reads leetspeak, look-alike letters and stretched words for what they are, and it works in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Serbian, each with its own word lists and slang.
Thresholds and rules live in your dashboard, not in your game. Save a change and the next message uses it: no new build, no store review, no waiting for players to update.
Drag to choose the score at which an insult is hidden. Flagging stays at 0.55, the default.
Hide at 0.80: 1 hidden, 2 flagged, 1 allowed.
In the dashboard, a saved change applies from the next message.
Thresholds are on every plan; custom rules come with Indie and up.
Call Chat Guard before you show a message. In Unity that's a few lines with our package; any other server sends one HTTP request.
using ChatGuard.Core;
using ChatGuard.Unity;
// Settings come from Assets/Resources/ChatGuardConfig.asset,
// or from code: ChatGuardSdk.Configure(apiKey, baseUrl);
void OnPlayerMessage(string playerId, string text)
{
ChatGuardSdk.Moderate(text, playerId, result =>
{
if (result.ShouldDeliver) // allow or flag
ShowInChat(playerId, text);
else if (result.Action == ModerationAction.Hide)
ShowToSenderOnly(playerId, text); // others never see it
else // block
TellSender(playerId, "Message not delivered");
});
}using System.Collections;
using ChatGuard.Unity;
IEnumerator SendChat(string playerId, string text)
{
ModerationOperation op = ChatGuardSdk.Moderate(text, playerId);
yield return op; // waits for the answer; op.Cancel() aborts it
if (op.Result != null && op.Result.ShouldDeliver)
ShowInChat(playerId, text);
}using ChatGuard.Unity;
// Moderate returns an operation you can await directly.
async void OnPlayerMessage(string playerId, string text)
{
ModerationResult result = await ChatGuardSdk.Moderate(text, playerId);
if (result.ShouldDeliver)
ShowInChat(playerId, text);
}In Package Manager, choose Add package from git URL and paste:
https://github.com/chatguard-dev/chat-guard-unity.gitEach plan is a number of chat messages we check for you every 30 days. We've turned those numbers into players, so you can see where your game fits.
Co-op or competitive. Most talk happens on voice. About 10 chat messages per player a day.
Social, roleplay or MMO-style. Text chat is the hangout. About 33 messages per player a day.
A plan's messages, divided by 30 days and by messages per player, then rounded.
For building, testing and a playtest.
$0 a month
10,000
messages every 30 days
About 333 a day.
Daily players it fits
Over 10,000? Chat keeps working. A basic word filter takes over until your 30-day window frees up.
Suits most indie studios.
$29 a month
150,000
messages every 30 days
About 5,000 a day.
Daily players it fits
Game took off? Extra messages cost $0.25 per 1,000.
For games with a busy daily crowd.
$199 a month
1,000,000
messages every 30 days
About 33,000 a day.
Daily players it fits
Game took off? Extra messages cost $0.25 per 1,000.
Customby contract
Bigger than Studio, or need a contract? We agree the volume with you. You get everything in Studio, and extra messages are priced in your contract.
Tell us roughly how many people play each day and how much they chat. We'll do the maths.
About 300,000messages a month
1,000 players × 10 a day × 30 days
Indie fits. $29 + $37.50 extra = about $66.50 a month.
Free10,000 checked by the model
Indie150,000 included + 150,000 extra
Studio1,000,000 included
Enterprisecustom volume
Priced with youTalk to us
Picked on price alone. Need evidence export or priority support? That's Studio at any volume.
Every organization starts on Free and upgrades in the dashboard.
Only messages our model checks count, so your real number may be lower.
Extra messages are $0.25 per 1,000, added to your bill automatically. No cap, no cut-off. A good problem to have.
| 10,000 extra messages | $2.50 |
|---|---|
| 100,000 extra messages | $25 |
| 500,000 extra messages | $125 |
What counts? Only messages our model checks. Messages your block rules catch, test keys and retries of the same request are free.
Indie or Studio? Indie plus extra costs less than Studio up to about 830,000 messages a month. Above that, Studio is cheaper.
Write to support@chatguard.dev and we'll work something out.
Payments and invoices are handled by Polar.sh, our merchant of record.Upgrades start right away. Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the current period.A data processing agreement (DPA) is available on every plan.
Install the package, create a key and call it before you show a message. Free for 10,000 messages every 30 days.