Is a 200 max player per server possible?

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I’m a solo developer planning to create a World War II simulator. I’m here seeking advice or thoughts from experienced developers on this game design / concept.

  2. What is the issue? Include enough details if possible!
    A WWII simulator with just a few players can be somewhat boring. So I wondered if it is possible to allow the game to have a maximum of 200 players in a single server. The main issue is performance; if there are 200 players in a single server, it would be totally chaotic, but fun! This project might only be playable on PC because I highly doubt mobile players could even handle a 200-player server. It also seems there are no experiences on Roblox currently offering a 200-player server, so I thought maybe having 200 players is kind of impossible.

  3. What solutions have you thought of so far?
    The solutions I have thought of so far involve optimizing everything. Enable the streaming property in the workspace to avoid loading all of the game assets at once. Create simple buildings only, use low-poly guns, tanks, etc.; ensure there are no memory leaks, and don’t use an excessive amount of VFX particles since there will be 200 players.

#2

200 player servers are only useful to a very small handful of games, if any. It’s more of a test of roblox’s capabilities. Yes, while it can be fun to have a lot of players in a game like yours, I think that you are overestimating the amount of players needed to have that effect. Depending on your game’s size, 50 - 100 players would be more adequate.

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#3

64 is probably about the max you could do, 200 is definitely too much for roblox servers to handle. Also your game would have to be pretty popular to even fill up all those 200 player servers

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