Game server pricing
Interactive estimator below
Uncapped player slots
transparent pricing

Pay for the size. Not the seat.

Every game server runs on its own dedicated VM with no artificial player cap. Standard or Premium SSD, any region, any billing cycle — price it below, deploy in five minutes.

72-hour refundfirst month, via Support
No contractscancel any time
Prorated upgradespay the delta, not the full tier
DDoS includedevery tier, no incident billing
price it yourself

Build your server, see the number.

No login, no modal, no email capture. Pick a game, a size, a region, and a tier.

Estimated monthly
$16.00 /mo
Large · Standard VM · Minecraft · monthly Deploy this build
No player caps at any size. Every tier — Standard or Premium — runs uncapped. Slot count is limited only by hardware.
Billing cycle

Prices shown for Minecraft · switch to yearly billing plan billing for 2 months free

pick your size

Which tier fits your community?

The "right" tier tracks how many players are actively online — not how many are in your Discord server.

Friend groups

5–10 players

Start on Free or Small. Weeknight sessions, no drama, zero config overhead.

Tier: Free · Small
Growing communities

20–40 players

Medium or Large. Room to scale without reprovisioning; mod support scales with you.

Tier: Medium · Large
Heavy builds / mods

Big pack, big builds

X-Large or Premium SSD. Generous RAM, fast disk, automatic world backups.

Tier: X-Large · Premium SSD
Public / persistent

100+ players · 24/7

XX-Large or a Dedicated Server. Full-machine isolation, white-glove onboarding.

Tier: XX-Large · Dedicated
the hardware

What actually runs your server.

We own and operate every piece of hardware your server lives on — no whitelabeling, no noisy neighbors.

VirtualizationDedicated VM per server
CPUIntel Xeon Gold
MemoryECC DDR4 registered
Storage (Standard VM)NAS + redundancy
Storage (Premium VM)SSD + redundancy
Network1 Gbps + DDoS mitigation
Regions2 US live
Uptime SLA99.99% platform
add-ons · support plans

Every support plan, side by side.

Every customer gets Discord, live chat, and tickets. Paid plans guarantee response windows and queue priority.

Basic Support Included Standard Support +$3.00/mo Premium Support +$8.00/mo
Ticket SLA 8 hours 2 hours
Emergency SLA 2 hours 30 minutes
Live chat Mon - Fri All Days All Days
Uptime SLA 99% 99.9% 99.9%
Discord
Notes Included on every plan. Email + Discord access with best-effort response — no guaranteed reply window, but you're always talking to a real engineer when we get to your ticket. Lower-priced paid plans default to Basic; upgrade to Standard or Premium for response SLAs. Default support plan on most paid servers. Tickets are answered within 8 business hours and routed to a higher-priority queue than Basic. Live chat available during business hours. Top of the support queue with the fastest response SLAs we offer: 2-hour ticket response, 30-minute live chat response, and 24/7 coverage including weekends and holidays.
add-ons · backup plans

Pick how often we back up.

Backups go to cold storage in the same region. Frequency and retention vary by plan.

Bi-Weekly Backups Included Weekly Backups +$5.00/mo Nightly Backups +$25.00/mo
Frequency Every 2 weeks Every week Every day
Retention 2 backups retained 4 backups retained 14 backups retained
Notes Backups taken every 14 days on Sunday at 11pm Backups taken every 7 days on Thursday at 11pm Backups taken every night at 3am
add-ons · ftp access

File-level access, when you need it.

FTP access is an optional add-on. Toggle it on at checkout or later from the dashboard.

No FTP Access Included Standard FTP Access +$5.00/mo
Creates FTP account
Notes No file level access to your game server. Only modifications allowed are those through the dashboard File level access to your game server to install datapacks, mods, import world files, missions, and more in addition to the functions available in the dashboard
regions

Deploy where your players actually are.

Pick the region closest to your community for the lowest ping. Move regions later with one click from the dashboard.

US - TN - 01

TN01 · Owned hardware · DDoS-protected · 1 Gbps backbone.

US - WA - 01

WA01 · Owned hardware · DDoS-protected · 1 Gbps backbone.

More regions

Drop us a line if latency matters to you — we're always evaluating where to land next.

zero to hosting

Four steps. Five minutes.

From checkout to endpoint. Every step engineered to be fast and recoverable.

01

Pick a tier

Estimator above or the full table below. Standard or Premium SSD, any size.

02

Configure

Game, region, add-on plans. Every choice shows its price delta inline.

03

Deploy

Dedicated VM provisioned, game installed, config applied — all scripted.

04

Play

Endpoint shows up in your dashboard. Share the IP, start your session.

outgrowing a game server?

Move to a Dedicated Server.

When XX-Large stops cutting it — or you want multiple game servers under one roof — Dedicated Servers give you a whole machine. Same dashboard, same mod support, full-machine isolation. See the full Dedicated Servers pricing page for the tier matrix and interactive estimator.

IsolationWhole machine
Game serversMultiple per host
OnboardingWhite-glove
PricingFrom $39/mo
versus everyone else

Why our pricing reads differently.

Most hosts hide player caps, DDoS billing, and SLA tiers in the fine print. Ours is on the tier card.

Revelation Shockbyte GGServers
Free tier with real hardware
Dedicated VM per server
Uncapped player slots per tier
Premium SSD option at every size
Prorated upgrade/downgrade
DDoS protection included
72-hour refund window
★★★★★

“Had a free Minecraft server that consistently had 3 people on it. Server never had any lag issues, ran perfectly fine the whole time, and the virtual machine was a blessing to have.”

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Delta1245 · Free-tier customer
questions

Before you deploy.

Can I change plans later?
Yes — upgrade in the dashboard any time and you only pay the price difference. Downgrade and we credit the unused portion back to your account.
What does Basic Support include?
Every customer gets live chat, ticket submission, and our community Discord. Basic Support means best-effort response with no guaranteed SLA — paid Standard/Premium tiers jump the queue.
What's the difference between Standard and Premium SSD tiers?
Same CPU and RAM — different storage. Standard uses iSCSI-backed HDD with redundancy; Premium uses NVMe SSD with redundancy. SSD pays off most for world saves, mod startup, and backup restores.
Is there really a free tier?
Yes. The Free tier is a real server on real hardware — no credit card required. It's sized for 5-10 player friend groups; upgrade when you outgrow it.
Do prices include DDoS protection?
Yes. Network-edge DDoS mitigation is included on every tier — Free through XX-Large — with no per-incident billing.
How does the 72-hour refund work?
72-hour refund window on the first month of any paid tier. Reach out via Support or Discord and we’ll process it — no sales-retention gauntlet, no hold music. Free tier servers don’t need a refund (there’s nothing to refund).
How does billing cycle pricing work?
Available cycles: monthly billing plan, yearly billing plan (2 mo free). Cancel or downgrade any time — we credit unused periods back.
When should I move to a Dedicated Server?
Two triggers: (1) XX-Large isn't cutting it for one server, or (2) you want to host multiple game servers on one bill. Dedicated gets you a whole machine with white-glove onboarding.
Can I install mods and plugins?
Yes, with mod support varying by title. Minecraft supports Paper, Fabric, NeoForge, and vanilla out of the box. Arma 3 and Arma Reforger have Workshop-driven mod management; Project Zomboid uses a config-driven Workshop integration. Games that load mods from disk — such as Valheim, Palworld, and 7 Days to Die — can be modded by sideloading files via the optional FTP add-on. Other titles may not expose a documented modding path.
Can I pay with crypto / wire / invoice?
Today: PayPal and major credit cards. Crypto and invoicing are roadmap. For wire or invoice terms over ~$500/mo, contact us directly.
Do I own my data?
Yes. World saves, mod configs, backups — everything is yours. You can pull your files off a running server at any time through the optional FTP add-on, and our support team can assist with a packaged copy on request before you cancel. Delete service from the dashboard and your data is purged from our storage within 14 days.
Can I talk to an engineer before I buy?
Absolutely — every sales conversation is with an engineer, not a salesperson. Hit the Contact button, tell us what you're planning, and we'll spec it with you.

Ready to host?

Pick a tier, deploy in minutes. No contracts, no commitments, 72-hour refund.