Game stores sell currency in packs, and the bigger packs usually come with bonus currency. That makes it hard to know what an item really costs in money. This calculator takes the packs from your game, the price of the item you want, and the currency you already have, then finds the cheapest combination of packs that gets you there.
It also shows the price per 100 units of currency for every pack, so you can see which pack is the best value. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
Currency pack value calculator
| Pack | Currency you receive (bonus included) | Price |
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How to use it
- Enter the item cost in the game’s own currency, and how much of it you already have.
- Fill in the packs. Open the in-game store and type the total currency each pack gives you, with any bonus included, and its price. You can use up to six packs. Leave a row at zero to skip it.
- Press Calculate. The table shows the price per 100 currency for each pack, and the best value is highlighted. Below it you get the cheapest combination of packs and the total cost.
Why bigger packs are cheaper per unit, and why that can still cost you
Stores offer a better rate on larger packs to encourage bigger purchases. The price per unit really does fall as the pack grows, so the largest pack is almost always the best value per unit. The catch is that you only benefit from the discount on the currency you actually spend. If an item costs 1,600 and the pack that covers it gives 8,080, you pay for a large pack, and most of what you receive sits unused. The calculator compares the cheapest combination with buying only the best-value pack, so you can see how much that unused currency costs you.
This is one reason the real price of an item rarely matches its sticker price. We explain the wider design behind this in why in-game currency never matches real money.
How the calculation works
The calculator solves a classic problem: reach at least a target amount using any number of packs, at the lowest total price. It builds the answer step by step, starting from zero currency and working up to the amount you still need, always keeping the cheapest known way to reach each amount. Because it checks every pack at every step, the result is the true minimum for the packs you entered, not an estimate.
A worked example
With the example packs in the tool, an item that costs 1,600 currency while you already hold 250 means you still need 1,350. The cheapest way is five of the smallest pack and one of the third pack, for a total of 19.94. Buying only the largest pack would cost 99.99 and leave more than 6,000 currency unspent. The example prices are made up for illustration, so replace them with the numbers in your own game.
What the calculator does not include
- First-purchase bonuses and sales. Many stores double the currency on your first buy of a pack, or run time-limited deals. Enter the bonus-included amount if one applies to you.
- Free currency. Daily rewards and events are not modeled. Add what you expect to earn to the currency you already have.
- Taxes, fees and exchange rates. Use the final price you see at checkout, in a single currency.
- Future prices. Stores change packs and prices over time. Re-check before you buy.
If the item you want comes from a random draw instead of a fixed price, use our pity and drop rate calculator to estimate how many draws you need first, then come back here to price the currency.
A simple way to spend less
Decide the item and the budget before you open the store. Use the tool to see the real price, and compare it with what you would pay for the same item in a game that sells it directly. If the cheapest combination still leaves currency you will not use, waiting for a sale or a bonus event usually costs less than topping up with an oversized pack.