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Alternatives to Amazon Luna
20 gaming tools sit alongside Amazon Luna in this directory. Below is what separates each from Amazon Luna on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Amazon Luna starts at
- $9.99/month
Why people look past Amazon Luna
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Amazon Luna entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Amazon Luna carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 15 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Cloud gaming that streams games you bought elsewhere, when the publisher allows it
- Can be used without paying; Amazon Luna cannot.
Play together with friends, new games and classic favorites
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
A full Windows machine in a datacentre, rented by the month
- Starts $20 a month dearer, at $29.99/month.
AI match predictions and analytics for Dota 2 and CS2
- Can be used without paying; Amazon Luna cannot.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 4 tiers to Amazon Luna's 3.
A user-generated games platform running on Robux, not a single game, with a developer payout system and a marketplace cut
- Can be used without paying; Amazon Luna cannot.
- Sold on a Free to play, Robux currency packs and a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
Free to play battle royale and creative platform funded by V-Bucks, skins and a seasonal battle pass
- Can be used without paying; Amazon Luna cannot.
- Sold on a Free to play with in-app purchases model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Amazon Luna's 3.
Every Amazon Luna alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Luna (this page) | $9.99/month | Per user per month | 3 | |
| Nvidia GeForce NowStreams a much larger portion of an existing Steam, Epic and Ubisoft library, which is the stronger option if you already own games | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Xbox Game PassCloud streaming attached to a far larger catalogue, though the games remain rentals rather than purchases | On request | Subscription | - | vs Amazon Luna |
| Shadow PCA full Windows machine in the cloud rather than a curated catalogue, so anything you can install will run | $29.99/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Winio | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Roblox | Free | Free to play, Robux currency packs and a subscription | 3 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Fortnite | Free | Free to play with in-app purchases | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Lutris | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Heroic Games Launcher | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| RetroArch | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Battle.net | Free | One-time purchase | 2 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Fanatical | Free | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| GOG Galaxy | Free | Free, no licence fee | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Playnite | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Ubisoft Connect | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Green Man Gaming | Free | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| itch.io | Free | Free to publish; creator-set revenue share on sales | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Epic Games Store | Free | Free to use; individual games purchased separately | 1 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Minecraft | $29.99/one-time | One-time purchase, optional Realms subscription | 4 | vs Amazon Luna |
| Humble Bundle | $11.99/month | Pay what you want per bundle, or a monthly subscription | 2 | vs Amazon Luna |
| EA Play | $5.99/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Amazon Luna |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Amazon Luna badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Nvidia GeForce Now , Free, then $9.99/month
- Winio , Free
- Roblox , Free
- Fortnite , Free
- Lutris , Free
- Heroic Games Launcher , Free
- RetroArch , Free
- Battle.net , Free
Cheaper than Amazon Luna (1)
Entry price under Amazon Luna's $9.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- EA Play , $5.99/month
What you would be giving up
Amazon Luna is most often brought in for playing on a television through a fire tv stick without buying a console, playing on a work laptop or a low powered machine that could not run the title locally, trying a game on a phone or tablet with a controller while away from the main machine, playing selected titles you already own on epic, gog or ubisoft connect without a gaming pc to install them on. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Amazon Luna is broadly right and the question is cost, the Amazon Luna pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Gaming category lists everything the directory holds, and best gaming tools ranks them.
Amazon Luna runs on web, fire tv, ios, android, windows, macos. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Amazon Luna alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Amazon Luna?
- 20 other gaming tools are listed in this directory, led by Nvidia GeForce Now, Xbox Game Pass, Shadow PC, Winio. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Amazon Luna?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Nvidia GeForce Now, Winio, Roblox, Fortnite, Lutris.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Amazon Luna?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Amazon Luna's $9.99/month: EA Play at $5.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Amazon Luna?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Amazon Luna?
- Amazon Luna is most often brought in for playing on a television through a fire tv stick without buying a console, playing on a work laptop or a low powered machine that could not run the title locally, trying a game on a phone or tablet with a controller while away from the main machine, playing selected titles you already own on epic, gog or ubisoft connect without a gaming pc to install them on. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Amazon Luna?
- None of the gaming tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Amazon Luna alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Gaming, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Amazon Luna against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Amazon Luna covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every gaming tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Gaming category, 20 tools beside Amazon Luna. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.