We all know the classics, Mine Craft, Rust, Stardew Valley, etc. What are some one’s you see people less aware of are self hostable?
Night of the dead. Might be a bit jank but it’s pretty fun if you enjoy the game-loop.
What are some unique Games to host server's of?
Submitted 5 months ago by weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world@lemmy.world
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Fierro@piefed.social 4 months ago
kalpol@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Not quite a server, but Total Annihilation. Awesome times. Not sure if supreme commander does it too.
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I ran a 7 days to die server for a few years, fun to do missions with a lot of friends, and build bases and stuff.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Two that I run for our little group outside the ones you mention are Space Engineers and Valheim
clarth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
My two most popular public game servers are Necesse and Rimworld Together. Neither have many public servers.
Willdrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We’ve spent last few months playing Enshrouded. The dedicated server is a resource hog tho, even on an empty server it’d use a ton of CPU time. Still lots of fun with a few friends exploring and building stuff
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 months ago Bit old, but pretty much everything Source Engine is self-hostable isn’t it? Most of them even come with a pre-configured SRCDS (SouRCe Dedicated Server) you can download and run right from the steam launcher.
I know I ran a GarrysMod server for quite a while; piling a shit ton of mods on it. Plus any source game you’ve got installed, Garrys Mod can and will use the resources/assets from.
bmcgonag@lemmy.world 5 months ago
piyuv@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This looks intriguing! How does it compare to Minecraft?
bmcgonag@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Sorry for the delayed reply. Haven’t really played Minecraft, so can’t say, but I’ll say I run my own server and the family and I play for while til we get to a point we’ve done what we want, and I then go in and change the world sees and we get a new world and start all over.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
Space Station 14 is a blast. If you’re really interested in hosting it though you might need a larger friend group. I think you’d need maybe 10 or so people before it actually feels interesting.
popekingjoe@lemmy.world 5 months ago Palworld and Terraria, particularly with Tmodloader, are fun options.
wersooth@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Vintage Story with mods. Vintage Story is a minecraft-like wilderness survivor game focusing on long term survival, not just “eat berries”. it’s under active development. mods.vintagestory.at/vsds the server docker image if interested.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Project Zomboid is a blast, especially when you really dig into the options for changing game rules. You can basically craft your own custom zombie apocalypse. You can decide how the virus works, whether zombies are slow or fast, whether they have good eyesight, good hearing, how strong they are, where they spawn. You can change loot rarities, how long it’s been since the outbreak started, when the power gets shut off, etc, etc.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 5 months ago Im kinda confused there. On steam the devs recently posted an update, that MP is now available, but it seems that it has been for a while?
Was it in beta up until now or was it fan made?
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
So, they had multiplayer, and it worked very well, but then they went through a whole bunch of major reworks to underlying systems that broke multiplayer, and they basically went “Yeah, that’s gonna stay broken for a while until we get all this shit done, please be patient.”
the_flying_pig@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The devs typically take a long time between releases, and the latest version, build 42 came out this year (4 years after build 41), and initially this new version didn’t have MP support. So the recent announcement is about adding MP for build 42, but MP was already available in previous versions.
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 5 months ago They are between builds.
B41 stable has been out for ages with multiplayer support. It’s the current version and what you get if you don’t opt in to experiential builds.
On unstable builds, the devs remove multiplayer initially until they think it’s good enough. B42 unstable is in active development and just recently added multiplayer support.
B42 is still a bug-ridden crapshoot though, stick with 41 if you want to play online.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 months ago Factorio
philpo@feddit.org 5 months ago
Absolutely the best.
- irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It was a load of fun.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 5 months ago
Heroes of Umbra (maple-story-like)
jsnfwlr@lemmy.ml 5 months ago UT2004
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I need to do this, good memories!
hoppolito@mander.xyz 5 months ago
It might get a little simpler to host and busier to play again in the not too distant future if the announced free fanmade re-release works out!
msage@programming.dev 5 months ago
I’ve had a blast with AssaultCube couple of years back.
Spun up a server, played with some friends, then random people started showing up and we played with full server for hours.
It was so much fun, I hope I find free time to do that again.
piyuv@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Looks like old school counter strike 1.5!
msage@programming.dev 5 months ago
It feels more like Quake, but with less guns.
Still lots of fun, and maps go from neat arenas to absolute bonker creations. One of them is a soccer field… pure bloodbath that one. Another has one gigantic tower, one team spawns up, other down… It has a lot to offer.
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart or Doctor Robotniks Ring Racers. It’s a good time if you have friends and there are still regular players online.
LievitoPadre@feddit.it 5 months ago
Project zomboid
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 5 months ago
V-rising
A sort of diablo-style game where you are the bad guy vampire. Very fun, but the damn server doesn’t pause time when it is empty, so I can only spin it up when I plan to play, not have it on all the time like valheim if my friends want to jump in without me and play
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 5 months ago It would be nice if we could disable the decay mechanic entirely for singleplayer and small servers where we don’t need to worry about real estate squatting.
Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago Valhiem
Im_old@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Mindustry
Cyber@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Still going…
coolie4@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Final Fantasy XI is still a beautiful game and is self hostable, but as with most MMORPGs, you need lots of people to get the full experience. Luckily if you’re hosting your own, you can always mod settings to make yourself lvl 99, turn off enemy AI, teleport anywhere, or whatever.
weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 5 months ago
To add my own two cents into this mix.
RuneScape classic with the fan made OepnRSC
And Final Fantasy XI … kiinnddaa. Not sure if that one’s feature complete yet or ever will be. But there’s a fan server effort for it like RuneScape.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 months ago
2009scape
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I ran a fairly popular RTCW server back in the day… Insta-gib and sniper rifles only. Good times.
pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I set up roller coaster tycoon 2 using the OpenRCT2 docker container , pretty cool.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Starseige tribes? Trackmania?
Willdrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Trackmania can be self hosted? I’d love a friends-only score board and custom track rotations
kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Space Engineers?
Oth@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
In the style of those games, self hosting a Vintage Story server is extremely easy to do. Extremely easy to customize, well documented wiki.
I’ve been running mine for over a year with zero hassle on a tiny server.
I'm amenable to luanti with voxelibre.
Though I don't like the rebranding. Luanti sounds like a product you'd hear about in a drug commercial. "Side effects of luanti may include chronic flatulence, erectile dysfunction, and death"
Oh this one here will keep you from having a seizure everyday, but you’ll shit your pants every 30 minutes. So the choice is, do you want to roll around on the ground looking like you’re trying out a weird pop-lock break dance, trying to eat your tongue, or do you just want to crap your pants on a regular basis. You pick.