Glossary
What is a game subscription?
A subscription is a fee you pay every month, or for a set number of days, to keep playing a game or to unlock all of it.
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How it works
Online role-playing games are the classic case: you buy game time in blocks of 30 days or more, and access stops when it runs out. Some free games use a subscription as a paid tier instead, and some services bundle a game's battle pass or a library of games into one monthly fee.
A longer plan usually costs less per month, so our pages show the price per 30 days where the publisher sells several lengths.
In the games we track
- Final Fantasy XIV: Square Enix lists the Standard subscription at £8.99 for 30 days, £25.17 for 90 and £46.14 for 180.
- EVE Online: Omega costs £16 a month on Steam UK, or £8.80 a month on a 24-month plan.
- World of Warcraft Classic: played on the same subscription as World of Warcraft.
- Old School RuneScape: free, with a paid membership that unlocks more of the game.
- Fortnite: the Fortnite Crew subscription includes the Battle Pass.
Sources
- Wikidata – Subscription (Q4054833), published by wikidata.org
More terms
- Action RPG
- Battle pass
- Battle royale
- Co-op
- Collectible card game
- Concurrent players
- Cosmetic item
- DLC
- Drop rate
- Early access
- ESRB rating
- Expansion
- Expected value
- First-person shooter
- Free-to-play
- Gacha game
- Hero shooter
- In-game purchases
- Loot box
- Looter shooter
- MMORPG
- MOBA
- Open world
- PEGI rating
- Pity
- Premium currency
- Real-time strategy
- Remaster
- Role-playing game
- Season
- Season pass
- Survival horror
- Tactical shooter
- USK rating