Primary store revenue
Let players resell and trade in game items
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THE GAME ECONOMY ENGINE
Sell an item once. Earn from every resale.
Set your economy rules and add a studio-run player marketplace in an evening, on any game engine.
Reach players across the Solana ecosystem.
Royalties on player resales
Earn a share every time an item is resold
Access to Solana liquidity
Connect your item market to more buyers and liquidity
Integration time
Connect your game to Aether's infrastructure
A NEW MODEL FOR GAME REVENUE
When items can be resold, primary store sales can grow 2–5×.
In closed game economies, 95% of players never buy: $30 spent on a skin or sword stays locked in their account.
More confidence to buy
Players are 2–5× more likely to buy, including $50 item sets. They can resell items and recover value when they change builds.
Controlled scarcity (item sinks): durability loss and 5-to-1 crafting
Weapons wear out in combat. Crafting one legendary sword for a new season consumes five older swords bought on the market, creating demand for new releases.
Fast sellouts and day-90+ retention
Fixed-edition drops—say, 500 swords per server—can sell out in minutes. Hunting rare loot gives players a reason to keep returning for years.
One batch.
Two economies.
1,000 swords · worked example
One cycle = 1,000 trades at $25 each.
Closed in-game store
1,000 swords × $10
- Primary sales
- $10,000
- Resales: 0
- $0
Studio revenue$10,000
Players cannot recover their spending
Open economy with Aether
1,000 swords × $25
- Primary sales
- $25,000
- 6 resale cycles · 15% royalty
- +$22,500
Studio revenue
+375%
Primary sales + resale royalties
400
swords consumed in crafting
After all resales: 400 old swords → 80 legendary swords. Circulating supply falls from 1,000 to 680 items. Crafting adds no revenue to this calculation.KEEP ITEM TRADING INSIDE YOUR GAME
Players already trade your items. Bring the $14B gray market into your studio's economy.
Bring off-platform trades from Discord, Telegram and gray markets into your game. Avoid stolen-card chargebacks and closed-platform fees.
| What matters | Aether | Gray markets (FunPay / Discord) | Steam marketplace (30%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resale royalties | Up to 20% on every resale, paid in USDC/USDT | 0% (resellers keep 100% of the profit) | Proceeds stay in Steam Wallet |
| Fees and chargebacks | 0.5–5% fees · 0% chargebacks (final settlement) | $15 per chargeback + risk of suspension by Stripe/Xsolla | 30% platform fee on each transaction |
| Player experience | Native in-game UI · no crypto setup for players | Chat scams, stolen accounts and support tickets | 7–15-day trade holds and Steam Guard |
| Item duplication protection | 100% rule-based verification (item passport) | None (duplicated items can be sold immediately for cash) | Manual database rollbacks and reactive ban waves |
INTEGRATE IN AN EVENING • NO RUST REQUIRED
Add a server-side economy, crafting and player trading—without rewriting your networking code or learning smart contracts.
For game studios
Track A · Indie / Mid-core / AA
- Plugins for UE5, Unity and Godot
- Run a lightweight Docker Sidecar alongside your game server (C++ / C# / Go). Connect over gRPC or REST in 15 minutes.
- A browser-based LiveOps console
- Tune drop tables, edition limits, durability rules and resale royalties without patching your game server.
- Built for Steam and game storefronts
- Use OAuth sign-in and a native client SDK—no browser extensions or crypto-specific player onboarding.
For solo AI-assisted developers
Track B · Cursor / Claude Code / Windsurf
- Skip 3 months of backend development
- Get a ready-made backend for inventory, item duplication checks and a player-to-player marketplace.
- Aether MCP: one prompt, 15 minutes
- Connect the Aether MCP server to your IDE. Set up your game economy by describing it in your AI coding assistant.
- Zero lines of Rust
- Item creation, crafting that consumes ingredients, and royalty calculations are already implemented and tested. Call them from your game.
Integration examples
Prompt in Cursor / Claude (Aether MCP)
// .cursor/mcp.json -> connect https://mcp.aether-games.xyz/sse> Prompt: "Use Aether MCP to create the Ashbringer sword (edition of 500, boss drop chance 0.4%, durability loss 2 per battle), craftable from 3 shards. Enable a P2P market with a 12% studio royalty."Example response—not a live deployment
Aether MCP: Drop, durability, crafting and marketplace modules deployed to the project (14 sec).Server Sidecar call (Unity C# / UE5 C++ / gRPC)
// The sidecar batches and signs events asynchronously, off the game tick
await AetherSidecar.RecordCombatDropAsync(new DropEvent {
MatchId = "raid_88412", PlayerId = "steam_765611980", ItemTemplate = "ashbringer_01"
});THE REVENUE UPSIDE FOR YOUR GAME
Estimate your studio's additional revenue in 5 seconds.
1,000100,000
Step: 1,000 MAU
$0 / mo$1,000,000 / mo
Your current store revenue. The Aether scenario assumes 2× sales.
$10 / mo$500 / mo
1%20%
Royalties = MAU × resale volume per player × royalty rate
25,000 × $50 × 10% ≈ $125,000
Current primary store revenue:≈ $50,000 / mo
Primary store increase (2× scenario):From $50,000 to $100,000 / mo≈ +$50,000 / mo
Resale royalties:10% of $1,250,000 in resale trading volume≈ +$125,000 / mo
Total revenue:≈ $225,000 / mo
Aether Engine subscription:Billed annually≈ -$4,000 / mo
Enterprise · estimated starting price; custom terms apply
Revenue after subscription:
Additional revenue vs. your current store, after subscription:
≈ +$171,000 / mo+342%
≈ +$2,052,000 / yearPrimary sales ×2 + resale royalties − subscription.
Illustrative estimate, not a binding offer.
STRAIGHTFORWARD PRICING. NO HIDDEN FEES.
Free up to 2,000 MAU. Pay a fixed subscription as your game grows.
Every plugin, SDK and MCP integration is available from day one. No setup fees or credit card required.
$0/ month
FREE SANDBOX
For indie studios, AI-assisted developers and first launches
Up to 2,000 monthly active players (MAU) and up to 1,000,000 verified actions per month — free, with no time limit. Includes every plugin (UE5, Unity, Godot), Docker Sidecar, Aether MCP and a player resale marketplace. No credit card required.
Plans for a growing player base
Starter
$199/ month
For solo developers and early prototypes
- Up to 3,000 MAU
- Up to 36,000,000 actions per month
- Marketplace fee: 5% per trade
What's included
Full stack + access to Solana markets (USDC/USDT)
Annual payment: $2,388
Growth
$499/ month
For growing studiosFor games with up to 8,000 MAU
- Up to 8,000 MAU
- Up to 100,000,000 actions per month
- Marketplace fee: 3.5% per trade
What's included
+ LiveOps economy analytics and item duplication monitoring
Annual payment: $5,988
Scale
$999/ month
For multiplayer games at scale
- Up to 20,000 MAU
- Up to 240,000,000 actions per month
- Marketplace fee: 2.5% per trade
What's included
+ Priority access and 24/7 engineering support
Annual payment: $11,988
Enterprise
from $4,000/ month
For major publishers and titles with millions of players
- From 80,000+ MAU
- Unlimited monthly actions under custom terms
- Negotiated marketplace fee
What's included
Dedicated cluster + 99.99% SLA
Annual payment: from $48,000
20,001–79,999 MAU: custom terms. The calculator uses the Enterprise starting price as an estimate.
One action is a verified combat or economy event: a boss hit, item drop, durability change, craft or trade. Starter's 36 million actions ($199) comfortably cover 3,000 players spending 2–3 hours in combat each day.
Build an open economy for your game today.
For developers and AI-assisted creators
For producers and studio founders
For CTOs and engineers
Open the live Match ExplorerDocumentation — coming soon
Sandbox access, demo booking and documentation are in progress. The Sandbox and demo buttons let you send an enquiry to the Aether team; access and meeting times are confirmed separately.