About Backend Study Games

Short browser games for practicing the decisions behind backend engineering.

What this site is

Backend Study Games is the interactive game subsite for Backend Study Lab. It focuses on educational backend scenarios, not generic arcade mechanics.

The game set covers APIs, CORS, webhooks, SQL indexes, transactions, schema migrations, caching, auth, rate limiting, load balancing, observability, resilience, idempotency, and message queues. Each game gives feedback, study notes, local progress, and optional leaderboard submission.

Who it is for

  • CS students learning backend concepts.
  • New-grad engineers preparing for backend interviews.
  • Self-taught developers turning articles into practice.