Business of Games: Server Calculator

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
3. 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
3. Cost: ~150$ per month + Tax (When the document was created, please check the current price in the below link). Estimate

WIKI note, game server calculator

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

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