How many people can be on the server in the game?

Question

Game development

I would like to know how many people can be on one server. I understand that it depends on the server itself, how powerful it is. But I'd like to know roughly.
I want to make a game like Blackwake and similar. But with open worlds like in GTA. Himself in Sea of ​​Thieves, Blackwake did not play.
I wish the game was in 1st person. There are 50 people on an average ship, there is an idea to hire bots that will perform narrowly focused tasks, such as shooting from cannons, etc. Graphics are realistic. I would like to make a destruction system.
In GTA, for example, a lot of people play, and all the same, all the rules.

In general, if any information is still needed, I will tell you.
Thanks in advance for your reply!

Answer 1

Depends on the game, its architecture , its mechanics (how many resources they eat), network optimization and selected technologies .
For example, in popular MMOs, servers are usually pulled by about 5,000 people, give or take. It uses a tricky zoning technology where each zone is served by a separate server. That is, if in theory all players gather in one city, then problems will begin (lags, friezes). Although there are solutions that provide for this too, defining the boundaries of new zones on the fly. But it's kind of not quite a "server", because behind the name of a particular server, where players can intersect and interact, there are several servers hiding.
EVE uses a solution where the game time slows down if the servers can't keep up. That is, in theory, there are no restrictions for this game.
Conventionally, we can assume that 1 server of a simple toy pulls about 1000 people . But again, it depends on the game. And if you have super smart NPCs there with advanced AI that eats a lot of resources, or if you have super realistic physics calculation there (on the server), then the limit can be 4-5 players, for example.

Answer 2

How many people can fit in the vehicle?
I want to make a transport, something like a car, so that one would drive, the other would tell how to drive? In the same car, on average, 4 people, but the train already fits much more?
The question is not at all. there are 100 reasons, from language, optimization, the server itself...

Answer 3

depending on what server. oh so much