DarkRift Networking Alternatives

DarkRift Networking is described as 'High performance, multithreaded networking system for Unity designed for speed and flexibility. It aims to be the ideal solution for every type of game, be it a First Person Shooter, a Trading card game or a Massively Multiplayer Online game' and is an game in the games category. There are six games similar to DarkRift Networking for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, SaaS and Mac apps. The best DarkRift Networking alternative is PlayFab, which is free. Other DarkRift Networking like games are Unity Multiplayer, Photon Engine, Reactor Multiplayer Engine and SocketWeaver.

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  1. PlayFab icon
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    PlayFab is a powerful backend platform for your game.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
     
    • PlayFab is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • PlayFab is the most popular free alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • PlayFab is Freemium and ProprietaryDarkRift Networking is Free and Proprietary
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    Unity Multiplayer is the way to create multiplayer games for Unity. Unity-provided servers ensure that your players can find and play with each other.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Unity Multiplayer is the most popular commercial alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • Unity Multiplayer is Paid and ProprietaryDarkRift Networking is Free and Proprietary
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    Global cross platform multiplayer game backend as a service (SaaS, Cloud) for synchronous and asynchronous games and applications. SDKs are available for android, iOS, .NET., Mac OS, Unity 3D, Windows, Unreal Engine, HTML5 and others.

    11 Photon Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Photon Engine is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • Photon Engine is Freemium and ProprietaryDarkRift Networking is Free and Proprietary
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    Reactor is a fully server-authoritative multiplayer system which includes integrated hosting and orchestration as well as the most efficient networking stack available.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Reactor Multiplayer Engine is the most popular SaaS alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • Reactor Multiplayer Engine is Paid and ProprietaryDarkRift Networking is Free and Proprietary
  5. SocketWeaver icon
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    Multiplayer gaming cloud designed for Unity game developers.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • SocketWeaver is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to DarkRift Networking.

    • SocketWeaver is Paid and ProprietaryDarkRift Networking is Free and Proprietary
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    SmartFoxServer is a comprehensive SDK for rapidly developing multiplayer games and applications with Adobe Flash/Flex/Air, Unity, HTML5, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Android, Java, Windows 8, C++ and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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