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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Xbox Live Creators Program Alternatives
Apps similar to Xbox Live Creators Program include Steamworks. Other options are Unity Multiplayer, Photon Engine, Reactor Multiplayer Engine and SmartFoxServer. In total there are six Game Development Tools like Xbox Live Creators Program for Windows, Linux, the web, Mac and Android.
Alternatives list
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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Self-Hosted
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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)
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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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