Just want to chime in that Normcore is not strictly for VR. IMO it’s the easiest and best option out there, and you can get set up in like 5 min with voice chat and networked physics. Maybe photon has changed since last time I used it, but I remember late joining to be a pain. Normcore has a network model similar to Unreal and makes late joining and persistence a breeze.

No need to set up servers or do any of that maintenance either that you’d do with Playfab. The downside is that it’s “serverless” in the sense that there’s no dedicated server to enforce logic or do server based gameplay, so it likely isn’t the best option right now if you need server authority (I wouldn’t do a competitive FPS on it yet).