Xbox Live Creators Program Alternatives

Xbox Live Creators Program is described as 'With the Xbox Live Creators Program, anyone can integrate Xbox Live into their title and publish to Xbox One and Windows 10' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Xbox Live Creators Program for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and SaaS apps. The best Xbox Live Creators Program alternative is Steamworks. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Photon Engine. Other great apps like Xbox Live Creators Program are Unity Multiplayer, Reactor Multiplayer Engine, SmartFoxServer and SocketWeaver.

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  1. Steamworks icon

    Steamworks

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    Steamworks is a free suite of tools available to any developer to use in their game or software on Steam. Here is a small sampling of the available features:

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     

    • Steamworks is the most popular Web-based alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • Steamworks is the most popular commercial alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • Steamworks is Paid and ProprietaryXbox Live Creators Program is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Unity Multiplayer

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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
     

  4. Photon Engine

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Photon Engine is the most popular Windows & Self-Hosted alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • Photon Engine is the most popular free alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • Photon Engine is Freemium and ProprietaryXbox Live Creators Program is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Reactor Multiplayer Engine icon

    Reactor Multiplayer Engine

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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 Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • Reactor Multiplayer Engine is Paid and ProprietaryXbox Live Creators Program is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. SmartFoxServer icon

    SmartFoxServer

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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
     

    • SmartFoxServer is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • SmartFoxServer is Paid and ProprietaryXbox Live Creators Program is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. SocketWeaver icon

    SocketWeaver

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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)
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    • SocketWeaver is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Xbox Live Creators Program.

    • SocketWeaver is Paid and ProprietaryXbox Live Creators Program is also Paid and Proprietary
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