diff --git a/lib/services/firebase_analytics_backend.dart b/lib/services/firebase_analytics_backend.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d48777f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/services/firebase_analytics_backend.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:firebase_analytics/firebase_analytics.dart';
+
+import 'analytics_service.dart';
+
+/// Routes typed events to Firebase / GA4. Wired in main() for release builds
+/// only; debug builds keep the console logger so development traffic never
+/// pollutes production analytics.
+///
+/// Lives in its own file so [AnalyticsService] and [DebugAnalyticsBackend]
+/// stay free of the firebase_analytics dependency (and so unit tests of the
+/// typed event surface never pull in platform channels).
+class FirebaseAnalyticsBackend implements AnalyticsBackend {
+  FirebaseAnalyticsBackend([FirebaseAnalytics? analytics])
+      : _analytics = analytics ?? FirebaseAnalytics.instance;
+
+  final FirebaseAnalytics _analytics;
+
+  @override
+  void logEvent(String name, Map<String, Object> params) {
+    // Fire-and-forget: analytics must never block or break gameplay, and a
+    // logging failure (offline, quota) is swallowed rather than surfaced.
+    unawaited(
+      _analytics
+          .logEvent(
+            name: name,
+            parameters: params.isEmpty ? null : params,
+          )
+          .catchError((Object _) {}),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index cf6931a..ee4d828 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "85.0.0"
+  _flutterfire_internals:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: _flutterfire_internals
+      sha256: "0d1f0adfabbab9f46a1a80ce84a4d8b852b6e4dbf53ce413b30e0cf7d3631b71"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.3.72"
   analyzer:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -185,6 +193,54 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "7.0.1"
+  firebase_analytics:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: firebase_analytics
+      sha256: "1f68d8a30265149035e9bb0b73962e43f3bf2debef4a7ae2d1d588361d5858a9"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "12.4.2"
+  firebase_analytics_platform_interface:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: firebase_analytics_platform_interface
+      sha256: "65f97fb923f036d487aa95be99eab90e0f8f636e4783c94deeb52c0e6f5dbae7"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.0.2"
+  firebase_analytics_web:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: firebase_analytics_web
+      sha256: ec49a95c6abaadbd6a4327cc2680d911f86e62fdf6f2c96a3a326603410e2abf
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.6.1+8"
+  firebase_core:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: firebase_core
+      sha256: ec46a100a560d3bd5f97f2d89ba7492cb09b6dd0a4a28753d1258f360d6bd9f9
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.10.0"
+  firebase_core_platform_interface:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: firebase_core_platform_interface
+      sha256: "4a120366dbf7d5a8ee9438978530b664b855728fb8dcc3a201017660817e555b"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "7.0.1"
+  firebase_core_web:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: firebase_core_web
+      sha256: "5ad1be848692ec148f2d6a8ad2a3838cb852ea5f3c9e6479a7afce479e1854f8"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.8.0"
   fixnum:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index d120b03..cd828c2 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ dependencies:
   http: ^1.6.0
   crypto: ^3.0.7
   path_provider: ^2.1.5
+  firebase_core: ^4.10.0
+  firebase_analytics: ^12.4.2
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: