Business of Games: Server Calculator

WIKI note, Ballpark server fees for different game genres

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Server set-up and estimate for a simple REST API-based server with traditional cloud server setup

Purpose: Simple games like running games, casual games (fruit chop, knife hit), quiz games (except realtime), and others

1. CCU: 1000

2. Resources involved: EC2, RDS, ELB

Cost: ~125$ per month + Tax  (When the document was created, please check the current price in the below link). Estimate

Purpose: Moderate socket-intensive turn-based games like Ludo, rummy, and other card and board-based games.

1. CCU: 1000

2. Resources involved: EC2, RDS, ELB, Redis

Cost: ~150$ per month + Tax (When the document was created, please check the current price in the below link) Estimate

More estimate:

1. Estimate for REST API (Serverless approach) - 1000 CCU

2. Estimate for Socket-based games (turn-based games) - 250 rooms, 4 users per room

3. Estimate Real-time games (REST API + smart fox)

   1. https://www.smartfoxserver.com/buy/sfs2x#p=elastic + hosting

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