Identify players and verify their identity

👻Anonymous by default

On first launch, each device gets a random token and an anonymous player. The conversation is kept on that device (Keychain on iOS, localStorage on the web).

🏷️Unverified identity

You can pass your own user id, name or email. Your team sees them, but without proof they are only labels: history is not merged across devices.

✅Verified identity with a JWT

1. On your server, sign a short-lived JWT with the app's identity secret (Settings → Apps → your app). Algorithm HS256, claims user_id and exp (optional name, email).
2. Pass it to the SDK: Inngame.IdentifyWithToken(jwt) in Unity, identify(userId:token:) on iOS, Inngame.identify({ token }) on the web.

jwt.sign({ user_id: user.id, name: user.name },
  process.env.INNGAME_IDENTITY_SECRET, { algorithm: "HS256", expiresIn: "10m" });

The player is now verified: their conversation is the same on every device.

🎮Verified identity with Steam

On Steam builds (Unity), connect Steam in Integrations → Steam with your App ID and a publisher Web API key, then call Inngame.IdentifySteam(...). The server checks the ticket with Steam.

🔐Verified players only

In Settings → Apps → Identity you can require a verified identity: unverified players can read the chat but not send messages.

Details: Player identity docs.