I am pretty new to game development, I am thinking about making a simple multiplayer game with a friend or two, nothing huge scale, maybe 5 v 5 in each game.
I am just curious how much it costs to host… I understand the more players the more pricey the server cost will be but does anyone know how much?
Are we talking hundreds, thousands?
And does it have to be a dedicated server or is p2p still a thing these days?
If you’re letting one of the players be the host then it’s free, depends on the gameplay you want and if it’s possible for a player to host the game, for example a battle royale type would not be suitable as the host might die and leave the game
Another thing you can do is to let people host their own dedicated servers