Run your horde-night server on a Linux machine you already own — a spare PC, a home server or a VPS. NodeMesh installs the dedicated server, keeps it running and relays your friends' connections, so there is nothing to open on your router.
Free on your own PC — one host, no time limit.
Sign up, then paste one command from your dashboard on the PC that will run the server — PowerShell on Windows, a terminal on Linux. The agent installs as a service and pairs with your account.
Choose the game in the panel. NodeMesh downloads the dedicated server, sets it up and starts it, and you watch every step in the live console.
Switch on the traffic relay for the server and the panel gives you a public address. Send it to your friends: their traffic goes through the relay to your PC, so you never open a port on your router.
The memory figures are for the game server alone. If you also play on the same PC, the game itself needs its own memory on top.
7 Days to Die talks over both TCP and UDP. The relay forwards the server's ports to your host, so you make no changes to your router.
Upload a server-side modlet as a .zip on the Mods tab. Every folder with a ModInfo.xml goes into the server's Mods folder, and a zip without one is refused with nothing written. If a modlet stops the server from coming online, the panel names it and offers to switch it off.
One host — your own PC — is free with no time limit, for up to 5 game servers: the web panel and console, the config editor, the mod manager, auto-restart on crash and the traffic relay. Extra hosts cost credits.
See pricing →Beta: this game runs on NodeMesh today, but our full hardware test of it is not finished yet. We would rather say so than call it stable.
Our public server list shows the servers that are online right now, with player counts, uptime and game version.
Not yet. NodeMesh runs the 7 Days to Die server on Linux hosts only. If your gaming PC runs Windows, use a spare Linux PC, a home server or a Linux VPS as the host.
Yes, for one host. Running game servers on your own PC is free with no time limit — up to 5 servers, traffic relay included. You only pay, in credits, if you add more hosts.
No. The 7 Days to Die dedicated server is a free download on Steam. NodeMesh fetches it for you anonymously, so no Steam login is stored on the host.
Server-side modlets — the XML kind that only the server needs. A modlet with its own code or assets also has to be installed on every player's game, and the Mods tab says so.
The server goes offline too: it runs on your PC, not on ours. Leave the PC on while your friends play, or use a spare PC as the host.
Create an account, install the agent and pick the game. One host is free with no time limit.
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