Frequently asked questions

Game servers that only run while you play. Start one when your group is online, it shuts itself off once everyone leaves, and you pay just for the hours it ran. Built and run by me, Marek, a solo dev from Gdańsk.

Valheim (BepInEx mods optional), Factorio, Palworld, Satisfactory, Project Zomboid, Enshrouded and Windrose. Regions: US East, US West and EU Central (Frankfurt). The create screen always has the current list.

Not to create a server. Pressing Start asks you to sign in with Google, and that’s when your free hours show up. Friends never need one: the link plus the password gets them in.

Hit “create server”, pick a game, region and size (Chill, Perf, Ultra or Max), then set a name and a password. Creating is free. Press Start when the crew is ready.

About 3 minutes, a bit longer after game updates or with big worlds. The server page walks you through it: finding a machine, booting it, preparing the system, loading your world. When it says “game is up”, jump in. Leave the tab open and it chimes when ready.

Looks stuck? Check Discord for outage notes.

You top up a prepaid balance (USD, through Stripe). A running server bills its size’s hourly rate per started hour, from the moment you press Start until it stops.

On Perf ($0.10/h): play 20 minutes, pay $0.10. Play 2 hours 40 minutes, pay $0.30.

A stopped server costs $0. No subscription. You need at least one hour’s worth of credit to start.

Nope. They wait for you, even if your group vanishes for a year.

Two cents. Stopping before the game is up cancels the start and costs $0.02 instead of an hour (same if a start ever fails on its own). Most starts finish in about 3 minutes, so usually it’s worth letting it cook.

Your friend, if they’re signed in and their balance covers an hour. Otherwise you do, as the owner.

Yep. Anyone with the link and password can hit “top up server” in the server page’s gear menu. The money lands in the owner’s balance, so it works for all of the owner’s servers.

Nobody gets kicked. The session keeps going and the balance dips below zero. Top up before the next start.

New accounts get 3 free hours on Chill. Your referral link lives on the Credits page: when a friend signs up through it and tops up for the first time, you both get 6 Chill hours. Coupon codes go on the Credits page too.

With the address and port on the server page. Server just started and the address won’t resolve yet? Use the IP for a few minutes while DNS catches up.

Hit “invite friends” on the server page. It copies a ready-to-paste message with the link and the password. Drop it in your group chat.

Pretty much everything. In most games it’s the in-game join password, and it also opens the server page. Anyone who has it can start, stop, suspend and resume the server, edit its files and download the world.

Only you, the owner, can change settings, duplicate or destroy the server. So share it with people you’d trust not to grief your base. Someone shouldn’t have it anymore? Change the password in settings; the game picks it up on the next start.

Depends on the game. Valheim (“Crossplay with XBox Gamepass”) and Palworld (“Crossplay / public lobby”) have a toggle in the server settings. It’s off by default: flip it on and restart.

Xbox and PS5 Palworld players can’t type an IP. They find the server by name in the in-game Community server list.

Project Zomboid is PC-only. Its “Crossplay (-nosteam)” toggle runs the server in non-Steam mode, for copies that aren’t from Steam.

Yes. About 10 minutes after the last player leaves, it saves and shuts down. Right after a start it waits about 45 minutes, so slowpokes have time to install the game. A server left suspended stops after about 15 minutes.

Stop saves your world, turns the machine off and stops the meter.

Suspend only stops the game. The machine stays on (and keeps billing) so you can safely mess with files. Hit “resume game” to load your world back with the changes.

Yes: region, size, password and game options, applied on the next start. Chill is only for Valheim and Factorio.

Two things are locked at creation: the game itself and Valheim’s BepInEx. Want another game? Make another server. Stopped ones cost nothing.

As many as you like; only running ones bill. To copy a world, pick “duplicate server” in the gear menu.

It disappears from your list and the app can’t bring it back. The files stay in storage, though. Want them truly gone? Ask me on Discord or by email and I’ll delete them.

Yes. For Valheim, tick “bepinex (mods/experimental)” when creating the server. It can’t be switched on later, so tick it if there’s any chance you’ll want mods.

Then: start the server → “suspend game” → upload your mods in the files tab → “resume game”.

Yes, same dance: start the server → “suspend game” → upload your save (plus mods or configs) in the files tab → “resume game”. Swapping saves later works the same way.

Palworld local co-op save? The save converter tab sorts out your world and character for you.

Stop the server, then hit “download” on the server page for a zip of your world. Stash it somewhere safe.

Usually. Each server keeps one spare copy of your world from before your latest play day (a new “day” starts after 16 hours with no play). Its date is on the server page as “last snapshot”.

If a session wrecks your world: stop the server, don’t start it again, and ping me on Discord or by email. I’ll put the spare copy back. For worlds you love, keep your own downloads too.

Try the IP instead of the address and double-check the port on the server page. Just started? Give DNS a few minutes. Palworld on console? Use the Community server list, not the IP.

Ping me on Discord or by email. Unused credits are refundable on request, no questions asked, and so is a session that failed you.

Not currently. If that ever changes, it’ll be announced on Discord well ahead of time, with time to download your worlds.

Your email and name from Google sign-in, your payment and usage history, plus game saves and server logs. Analytics are anonymous and there are no ads. The details are in the terms.

No per-slot pricing. You pay for uptime; how many players fit depends on the game and the size you pick.