IVK SKILL

Accurate skill ratings players can understand

A player-facing MMR system designed for games. Accurate, configurable, and stable over time, so your team can support better matchmaking and a healthier competitive experience.

Documentation

Pricing

{
  "match_id": "xU883f93j",
  "player_sessions": [
    {
      "player_id": "PSN.tgrave",
      "team_id": "A",
      "party_id": "PSN.snndi229",
      "player_score": 478,
      "prior_games_played": 80,
      "prior_mmr": 0.6262
    },
    {
      "player_id": "PSN.gigiti",
      "team_id": "A",
      "player_score": 410,
      "prior_games_played": 90,
      "prior_mmr": 0.5430
    }
  ],
  "teams": [
    {
      "team_id": "A",
      "team_score": 850
    },
    {
      "team_id": "B",
      "team_score": 825
    }
  ]
}

MULTIPLAYER FIRST

Built for modern multiplayer

Most rating systems were not built for modern games, where matchmaking, progression, and player perception all matter at once. IVK Skill is designed to keep ratings stable, progression intuitive, and system behavior under your control.

Accurate ratings

IVK Skill combines performance and progression into a single configurable, player-facing value that directly powers matchmaking.

Intuitive changes

Give players rating movement that feels fair and easy to understand. Wins should move skill up, losses should move it down, and progress should feel consistent.

30+ configurable inputs

Tune how the system behaves with clear parameters for convergence speed, placement matches, team weighting, distribution shape, and more.

TAKE CONTROL

Shape progression with intent

IVK Skill gives your team control over how players move through the system, how quickly ratings stabilize, and how the broader distribution evolves over time.

See why

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Features to make MMR simple

Pre or post match updates

Run traditional post-match skill calculations or calculate all possible MMR changes pre-match.

Controlled streak breaking

Unusual performance patterns are detected quickly. MMR adjustments are applied smoothly to avoid the whiplash effect common in other systems.

Simple inputs

Built for developers, not mathematicians. No need to learn sigma, mu, or other statistical variables.

Stateless solution

A single match result is enough to update ratings. No need for large data syncs or long histories.

Team dynamics

Per-game mode configuration allows fine-tuning of how individual versus team performance impacts rating adjustments.

Placement matches

Configure how placement matches behave, including how many are played, how volatile early ratings are, and how quickly players converge to their true MMR.

Partial and match rejoins

Support full or partial MMR updates for players who quit, drop and rejoin, or even switch teams mid-match.

Retries and fallback

Configurable retry and fallback logic is built into the SDKs. Handle failures automatically without writing your own error recovery.

Game mode agnostic

Works out of the box for 1v1, 5v5, FFA, battle royale, objective-based modes, and anything in between.

{
"match_id": "xU883f93j",
"player_sessions": [
    {
      "player_id": "PSN.tgrave",
      "player_score": 478,
      "prior_games_played": 80,
      "prior_mmr": 0.6265
    },
    {
      "player_id": "PSN.Gigiti",
      "player_score": 410,
      "prior_games_played": 90,
      "prior_mmr": 0.5430
    }
  ],
}

SIMPLE IMPLEMENTATION

A few lines of code to start rating players

Send match data in, get updated ratings back. IVK Skill keeps implementation straightforward while giving your team a sophisticated MMR system behind the API. Share richer match data when available to improve precision even further.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Let's talk matchmaking

Skill, match quality, and live operations are easier to shape early than fix later. Let’s talk before complexity sets in.

Let's talk

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Let's talk matchmaking

Skill, match quality, and live operations are easier to shape early than fix later. Let’s talk before complexity sets in.

Let's Talk

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Let's talk matchmaking

Skill, match quality, and live operations are easier to shape early than fix later. Let’s talk before complexity sets in.

Let's Talk