apparatus and method for providing game image based on streaming

Provided are an apparatus and a method to provide a game image based on streaming, capable of effectively sharing a game play image which is exclusive to a single gamer, with not only a game player, but also a user who wants to watch a game. The suggested apparatus comprises: an image capturing unit to capture an image; an image distributing unit to distribute pixels, which constitute the image captured by the image capturing unit, in accordance to a resolution determined by the game player and an observer, wherein the image of an original resolution is distributed into images of a plurality of resolutions in accordance to a resolution desired by the game player and the observer; an image encoder unit to include a plurality of image encoders which are enabled in accordance to the number of the images distributed by the image distribution unit to compress the images from the image distribution unit; and a network communications unit to transmit the compressed image from the image encoder unit to a terminal of the game player or a terminal of the observer in accordance to the determined resolution.