Creating game, currently using SQL Server to store data, looking for better alternatives : <p>I have been using SQL Server 2014 to store a DB for the game to use with multiple tables...it's a football game so there are quite a few tables...players, coaches, owners, GMs, scouts, teams, etc...</p>

<p>The question I have is will end users need to have SQL server installed to utilize the DBs in the game? If so, I need to switch to a different option and am wondering what the best option would be for storing large amounts of data which will not require end users to have something special installed to utilize them? </p>

<p>CSV seems the obvious easy answer but I think that would be too much data for a CSV file to handle well.</p>
