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Best GGPO Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from game networking middleware ranked against GGPO on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Photon Fusion Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $0.50/mo8.0
    GGPO vs Photon Fusion
  2. 2
    Photon Quantum Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb $0.50/mo8.0
    GGPO vs Photon Quantum
  3. 3
    Photon Realtime Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.29/mo8.0
    GGPO vs Photon Realtime
  4. 4
    Normcore Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $49/mo7.8
    GGPO vs Normcore
  5. 5
    Colyseus Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $15/mo7.7
    GGPO vs Colyseus
  6. 6
    FishNet Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.7
    GGPO vs FishNet
  7. 7
    Netick Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb Free7.7
    GGPO vs Netick
  8. 8
    Mirror Networking Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb Free7.6
    GGPO vs Mirror Networking
  9. 9
    SmartFoxServer Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSLinux €32.50/mo7.6
    GGPO vs SmartFoxServer
  10. 10
    Naia AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 7.4
    GGPO vs Naia
  11. 11
    LiteNetLib Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWin Free7.3
    GGPO vs LiteNetLib
  12. 12
    Amazon GameLift Servers AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1/mo7.2
    GGPO vs Amazon GameLift Servers
  13. 13
    coherence AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb $666.67/mo7.1
    GGPO vs coherence
  14. 14
    Steam Input apiLinuxMacWin 6.9
    GGPO vs Steam Input
  15. 15
    Netcode for GameObjects Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb Free6.5
    GGPO vs Netcode for GameObjects
  16. 16
    Riptide Networking Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    GGPO vs Riptide Networking
  17. 17
    GameNetworkingSockets Free plan apiiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.2
    GGPO vs GameNetworkingSockets
  18. 18
    Open Match Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.1
    GGPO vs Open Match
  19. 19
    Renet 6.1
    GGPO vs Renet
  20. 20
    netcode.io WinMacLinux 6.0
    GGPO vs netcode.io

GGPO alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Photon Fusion8.0Free plan$0.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Photon Quantum8.0Free plan$0.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Photon Realtime8.0Free plan$0.29/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Normcore7.8Free plan$49/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Colyseus7.7Free plan$15/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6FishNet7.7Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Netick7.7Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
8Mirror Networking7.6Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
9SmartFoxServer7.6Free plan€32.50/moAndroid, API, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Naia7.4No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11LiteNetLib7.3Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
12Amazon GameLift Servers7.2No$1/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13coherence7.1No$666.67/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
14Steam Input6.9No—API, Linux, Mac, Windows
15Netcode for GameObjects6.5Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
16Riptide Networking6.4Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17GameNetworkingSockets6.2Free planFreeAPI, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18Open Match6.1Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
19Renet6.1No——
20netcode.io6.0No—Windows, Mac, Linux
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Questions about GGPO alternatives

What is the best alternative to GGPO?

Photon Fusion, number 1 in game networking middleware with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Photon Quantum, Photon Realtime, Normcore and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to GGPO?

Photon Fusion is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.