Alternatives and competitors

Sites like NC

The 20 closest video game publishing alternatives to NC, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to NC? The closest matches are plaync.com, Inven and Ruliweb. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About NC

NC nc.com

NC - Welcome to a New world Connected Through Joy

From MMORPGs like Lineage, AION, Blade & Soul, and THRONE AND LIBERTY to casual, shooting, and action titles, NC connects the world through play.

Top 10K · #5,457 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit NC

Summary by Claude

Corporate and portal site of NCSoft (NC), a South Korean video game developer and publisher known for MMORPGs such as Lineage, AION, Blade & Soul, and Throne and Liberty, plus casual, shooter and action titles.

Who it’s for
PC and mobile gamers
Business model
Game sales, in-game purchases and subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to NC’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

MicrosoftRiot GamesMy.GamesDC InsideNexonactivision.comRuliwebInven

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to NC

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NC, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    plaync.com Top 10K Korean

    일시적으로 페이지를 불러올 수 없습니다.

  2. 02
    Inven inven.co.kr Top 10K

    South Korean webzine

  3. 03
    Ruliweb ruliweb.com Top 10K Korean

    루리웹

    들어올 땐 마음대로인 루리웹 메인으로 들어오도록 해

  4. 04

    American video game publisher

  5. 05
    Nexon nexon.com Top 10K English

    Nexon Home

    2014 video game

  6. 06
    DC Inside dcinside.com Top 10K Korean

    ## CONNECTING HEARTS! 디시인사이드입니다. ##

    국내 최대 인터넷 커뮤니티 포털이자 인터넷 트렌드의 중심, 디시인사이드입니다. 실시간 베스트 등의 갤러리 커뮤니티 서비스를 제공합니다.

  7. 07
    lilithgame.com Top 10K Chinese

    莉莉丝游戏

    莉莉丝游戏是中国中生代游戏公司代表,在中国游戏市场保持领先地位。莉莉丝游戏自主研发运营多款精品游戏,包括《远光84》、《战火勋章》、《剑与远征》、《万国觉醒》、《剑与家园》、《艾彼》、《迷失岛2:时间的灰烬》、《小冰冰传奇》、《南瓜先生2九龙城寨》等。简单真诚是莉莉丝游戏的价值观,期待你加入莉莉丝,一起做好玩的游戏,一起为了游戏行业美好的未来贡献自己的力量!

  8. 08
    My.Games my.games Top 10K

    Dutch video game publisher and developer

  9. 09
    Riot Games riotgames.com Top 10K English

    Riot Games. Developer of League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Wild Rift. Creators of Arcane. Home of LOL and VALORANT Esports. | Riot Games

    Riot Games. Developer of League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Wild Rift. Creators of Arcane. Home of LOL and VALORANT Esports.

  10. 10
    Jagex jagex.com Top 10K English

    Jagex - The RuneScape Company

    Jagex creates living, player-shaped worlds. Home of RuneScape, we build games that evolve for decades - grounded in integrity, creativity, and community.

  11. 11
    Gameloft gameloft.com Top 10K English

    Gameloft Official: We create gaming experiences

    Gameloft welcomes you to amazing gaming experiences, with hits like Asphalt Legends Unite and Disney Dreamlight Valley. Discover our 25-year legacy in PC, console and mobile gaming!

  12. 12
    King king.com Top 10K English

    King.com - Play the Most Popular & Fun Games Online!

    Join millions of other players and enjoy the most popular and fun games online at King.com. Enter the Kingdom and make new friends in our player community!

  13. 13
    Newgrounds newgrounds.com Top 10K English

    NG Guard

    American entertainment and social media website

  14. 14
    Arcalive arca.live Top 10K English

    Korean language website in Paraguay

  15. 15
    ign.com Top 10K German

    IGN Deutschland

    IGN Deutschland: Eure Anlaufstelle für aktuelle Tests, Reviews und Specials zu Videospielen, Games, Kino und Serien. Von Playstation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch und PC bis zu Marvel und Co.

  16. 16
    farlightgames.com Top 10K English

    None

    None

  17. 17
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

  18. 18
    dogdrip.net Top 10K Korean

    DogDrip.Net 개드립

    유머, 이슈, 정보 커뮤니티. 개드립

  19. 19
    Scopely withbuddies.com Top 10K English

    Scopely | Global interactive Mobile-first video game company

    Scopely is expanding the possibilities of play through game experiences that aim to inspire community, connection and competition. Inspire play, every day.

  20. 20
    Microsoft microsoft.com Top 100 English

    Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps

    Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nc.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones NC uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What NC is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js header x-powered-by: Next.js
  • React implied by Next.js (header x-powered-by: Next.js)
Fonts
CDN
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/
Hosting
Web servers
  • Envoy header server: envoy
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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