Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Steamworks

Product categories

2D Game Engine 3D Game Engine Analytics App Development Cloud Computing Cloud Infrastructure Developer Tools Development Game Development Game Engine IDE Mobile Push Messaging

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Steamworks are Nakama, Colyseus, and Godot Engine. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Nakama Landing Page
1

Nakama

Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Development 14 social mentions
Colyseus Landing Page
2

Colyseus

Multiplayer Game Server for Node.js. Focus on the gameplay instead of networking.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Game Development 4 social mentions
Godot Engine Landing Page
3

Godot Engine

Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 446 social mentions
Unity Landing Page
4

Unity

The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions
Pusher Landing Page
5

Pusher

Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality via WebSockets to web and mobile apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mobile Push Messaging #Developer Tools #App Development 50 social mentions
GDevelop Landing Page
6

GDevelop

GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 75 social mentions
RenPy Landing Page
7

RenPy

Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Visual Novel Engine #IDE #Text Editors 16 social mentions
Socket.io Landing Page
8

Socket.io

Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 717 social mentions
SocketCluster Landing Page
9

SocketCluster

An open, scalable realtime engine for Node.js
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 8 social mentions
PocketBase.io Landing Page
10

PocketBase.io

Open Source backend with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard, all compiled in 1 portable executable.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Realtime Backend / API #Web Frameworks #Open Source 76 social mentions