FlexMatch pricing

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https://aws.amazon.com/gamelift/pricing/

GameLift FlexMatch usage is included in the fees for GameLift if you host your games on GameLift servers.

Does this mean that FlexMatch is free if I let GameLift / GameLfit Realtime manage my server instances?

GameLift FlexMatch usage will be charged separately if you host your games on any other game server solution, including on-premises, peer-to-peer, cloud compute primitives, and GameLift FleetIQ. You are charged based on the number of Player Packages you submit and the number of Matchmaking Hours you consume.

Some rough analytics

  • Break into two groups
  • Short session game (mobile PVP): 2 mins game session, 1 min idle interval, 1v1 gameplay.
  • Long session game (PC PvP): 10 mins game session, 2 mins idle interval, 10v10 gameplay.
match requests (player packages) / sec = CCU / (game session length + player idle interval)
match hours = match requests / player-per-match * match window / 3600

Short session

CCUsession length (mins)idle time (mins)match requests/secmatch requests/momatch requests $players/matchmatch window (secs)match hoursmatch hours/mo $
50310.21540,0001025375370
600312.506,480,000129254,5004,495
2000318.3321,600,0004312515,00014,995
50003120.8354,000,0001,0792537,50037,495
100003141.67108,000,0002,1592575,00074,995

Long session

CCUsession length (mins)idle time (mins)match requests/secmatch requests/momatch requests $players/matchmatch window (secs)match hoursmatch hours/mo $
501020.07180,000320102520
6001020.832,160,000422010300295
20001022.787,200,00014320101,000995
50001026.9418,000,00035920102,5002,495
1000010213.8936,000,00071920105,0004,995
  • For the short session game, it doesn't make sense at all - way more expensive.
  • For the long session game, it may be affordable. Because this genre usually gains higher LTV.

Well, it's good to have FlexMatch as a free addition to Gamelift services (if it is). But as a standalone service, it's just too expensive.

The estimation is rough, it assumes the CCU is a constant for 7x24x30. But you can just half the CCU number to get the point. Please let me know if it's not good, or am I missing something obvious.

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