Game Dev Tools: Networking & Multiplayer
Multiplayer frameworks and game servers.
| Software | Description | License | Tags | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Online Services | Free multiplayer, matchmaking, voice chat. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Free | Free EOS · Matchmaking/Voice | Free multiplayer services |
| Nakama | Open-source game server (social, matchmaking, leaderboards). See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Open Source | Social Server · Matchmaking | Social game server |
| Photon Engine | Cloud multiplayer (PUN, Fusion, Quantum SDKs). See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Freemium | Cloud Multiplayer · Unity/Unreal | Cloud multiplayer |
| SmartFoxServer 2X | A SDK for rapidly developing multiplayer games and applications with Adobe Flash/Flex/Air, Unity, HTML5, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Android, Java, Windows 8, C++. See also: Software Reference → Pipeline & Production Management Software |
Freemium |
Related:
- Basic Multiplayer Unity. Fast-Paced UDP Client-Server implementation.
- Bomber. Open-source Bomberman multiplayer game made in Unreal Engine 5.
- Colyseus. Node.js multiplayer framework.
- Colyseus Unreal. Colyseus Multiplayer SDK for Unreal Engine
- Fish Net. High-performance Unity networking.
- Forge Networking Remastered. Free open-source multiplayer networking system with good Unity integration.
- Gambetta_Networked Demo. Fast-Paced Multiplayer: Sample Code and Live Demo - Gabriel Gambetta's Multiplayer Network Demo in Unity C# as Networked using Lidgren Network.
- GameDev.tv Unreal Multiplayer Master: Video Game Dev In C++ Course Paid. Course on building Unreal Engine multiplayer games in C++.
- Mirror (GitHub). A community replacement for Unity's abandoned UNET Networking System.
- Mirror (site). Open-source Unity networking.
- Unity Multiplayer Packages. Unity multiplayer packages and samples.