Price of Servers?

[Jimmt]

I don't have much experience in networking, but for my upcoming game, I hope to incorporate multiplayer through servers. What I want to know is:
How much would a server that can handle, say, 32 players on an fps game cost
And the cost for more high end or low end servers.

[Riven]

It depends. A server can handle anything between 0 and 1,000,000,000 concurrent players.

As for how much a server would cost that would handle 32 players: anything between $0 and $100,000, I presume.



Without any meaningful information, nobody can answer your question. It depends on your code, what you do and don't simulate on the server, and the algorithms that are used.

[cubemaster21]

It really would depends on what you want to do with it. I personally run a dedicated minecraft server which runs on a computer with less than 1 gig of RAM from circa 2001. Mine would probably go for about $100.

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[concerto49]

I don't have much experience in networking, but for my upcoming game, I hope to incorporate multiplayer through servers. What I want to know is:
How much would a server that can handle, say, 32 players on an fps game cost
And the cost for more high end or low end servers.

I would start off running on a virtual private server to test and save money. Otherwise as others have said it depends on how much resources your game uses. Try to optimize.

You would need to find a good data center that has good network connectivity to your players. This will require some research.

You will need to see what is important for your game - memory, cpu, io or all and decide on a budget. I'd say $100-$500 per month would do the job for now.

If you were thinking of hosting this on your own computer at home, I'd refrain from doing so.

[KittenKoder]

You can rent space on servers, a good one that I use is:

https://www.webfaction.com/

Very reasonable prices, full access to your server or directories, it's great for testing things.