Windows host required
Keep Embervale going on a Windows PC you already own. NodeMesh installs the dedicated server, keeps it running and relays your friends' connections — nothing to open on your router. Enshrouded is in Beta on NodeMesh.
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.
Enshrouded uses one UDP port, and the relay forwards it to your PC, so you make no changes to your router. Players pick a user group (Admin, Friends or Guest) and enter its password. Joining through the relay from Steam Favorites or the in-game server browser is the part we still have to try with a real game client.
The Enshrouded dedicated server only exists for Windows, so it needs a Windows host. On a real Windows 11 PC we installed and booted it (about 9 GB), checked that the world saves land inside the server's own folder so backups include them, and that your Config-tab settings survive the server's own restarts. One honest caveat: Enshrouded has no remote console and autosaves on its own fixed 5-minute timer, so a Stop can lose up to 5 minutes of progress. Gameplay rules only apply once the preset is set to Custom.
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.
Not yet. The Enshrouded dedicated server is only released for Windows, so NodeMesh offers it on Windows hosts only.
No. The dedicated server is a free download on Steam, about 9 GB. NodeMesh fetches it for you anonymously, so no Steam login is stored on your PC.
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.
Enshrouded autosaves every 5 minutes on a timer you can't change, and it has no remote console NodeMesh could use to save first. A Stop can therefore lose up to 5 minutes of progress. Stop right after an autosave, or leave the server running.
Enshrouded has no allowlist: each of its three user groups (Admin, Friends and Guest) has a password, and that password is the permission. NodeMesh generates all three when it installs the server; you can see and change them in the Config tab.
Create an account, install the agent and pick the game. One host is free with no time limit.
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