Run a Necesse dedicated server on the Windows or Linux PC you already have. NodeMesh installs it, sets the launch options and keeps it running. Necesse 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 Necesse, choose Multiplayer, then Add Server, enter a name, the address and the port the panel shows you, and click Add. We don't know yet whether a join through the NodeMesh relay works: if it does not, forward UDP port 14159 on your router and share your own address.
The server is a small download, about 0.3 GB, and Steam ships its own Java runtime with it, so there is nothing to install on your PC first. Worlds, the settings file and the logs are kept inside the server folder, so your backups include them. Necesse has no remote console: admin commands are typed in the server console or, by the owner, in game chat, so set Owner Name on the Config tab to your in-game name. The server uses one UDP port, 14159 by default. NodeMesh does not install mods for Necesse yet.
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.
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.
No. The server download from Steam includes its own Java runtime, and NodeMesh starts the server with that one.
The Necesse wiki's Linux guide shows a running server using about 1 GB. We ask for 1 GB, suggest 2 GB and 2 CPU cores as our own starting point, and the game allows between 1 and 250 player slots.
Steam lists the dedicated server for both, and the Necesse wiki documents both. NodeMesh has not run it on either 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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