Run a Eco dedicated server on the Windows or Linux PC you already have. NodeMesh installs it, sets the launch options and keeps it running. Eco is in Beta on NodeMesh, and we haven't run it on our own hardware yet.
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.
In Eco, choose Play, then Direct Connect, and enter the address and port the panel shows you, or find the server in the browser if you switched on Public Server. We don't know yet whether a join through the NodeMesh relay works, or whether players also need the web port: if the relay does not work, forward port 3000 (UDP and TCP) and port 3001 (TCP) on your router and share your own address.
The download is under 0.5 GB, but the world and its backups grow, so NodeMesh asks for 4 GB of free disk. Eco is memory-hungry: 4 GB at minimum and 8 GB suggested. On Linux the server needs the libgdiplus library on your PC; the console tells you if it is missing. NodeMesh writes the network settings with this server's own ports at install; the difficulty settings appear after the first start. The world is kept in the Storage folder, so your backups include it. NodeMesh knows no Eco console command for saving, so on Windows a stop can lose the progress since the last autosave. The live player count is not shown.
One host — your own PC — is free with no time limit, for as many game servers as your hardware can run: 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: you can create this server today, but we have not run it on our own hardware yet. Expect rough edges, and tell us what you find.
Attach it with one line and players join it directly, next to every other game on the same machine.
No. The dedicated server is a separate free Steam tool and NodeMesh downloads it anonymously, so no Steam login is stored on your PC. Your players need the game.
A public Eco server lists the address the game itself finds, which is your PC's, not the relay's. Set Remote Address on the Config tab to the address players should use. We have not checked how the browser entry behaves through the relay.
More than most games: we ask for 4 GB at minimum and suggest 8 GB with 4 CPU cores as our own starting point, not a measured figure. A bigger world and more players need more.
Steam lists the dedicated server for both. On Linux you need the libgdiplus system library, which NodeMesh cannot install for you. NodeMesh has not run it on either system yet.
Yes, for one host. Running game servers on your own PC is free with no time limit — as many servers as your hardware can run, traffic relay included. You only pay, in credits, if you add more hosts.
Create an account, install the agent and pick the game. One host is free with no time limit.
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