Game servers: low pings, full control
Minecraft, CS2, ARK or your own multiplayer backends: game servers on dedicated resources with German peering – for pings that win matches. Cost-efficient, scalable game server hosting that lets you build your game quickly and expand as your game and business grow – you focus on growth while centron takes care of the infrastructure.
- Simple game server hosting for lean teams – a simple user interface and API for a quick start without complex infrastructure tools.
- Predictable, low prices for scaling – a transparent pricing model and free traffic for network-intensive games with no unexpected costs.
- Robust products to support your growth – from Power Pool VMs for constant performance to load balancing, VPCs and scalable Kubernetes.
- Resources to remove development blockers – tutorials, documentation and personal support during the test, development and scaling phases.
What game servers really need
Latency determines how enjoyable the game is – which is why CPU clock speed, network performance and reliability are so important for gaming servers.
Tact for Ticks
A guaranteed 3.5 GHz in the Power Pool keeps clock speeds stable – even when the server is under heavy load.
German peering
A central location and redundant carrier connections ensure low ping times for gamers in the DACH region and across Europe.
Worlds secured
Snapshots taken before mod updates and hourly cBacks save your game progress – a griefing incident is just a rollback, not a disaster.
Protection against saboteurs
Cloud firewalls filter out unwanted traffic before it reaches the server.
Game server tools that help you build and scale your game
All the game server cloud products game developers need – from CPU-optimised VMs to load balancing, VPCs and scalable Kubernetes.
VMs
Premium CPU-optimised virtual machines in the Power Pool for fast, constant performance – ccloud³ VMs with a guaranteed 3.5 GHz per core.
Networking solutions
Access to load balancing, virtual private clouds, managed servers and Kubernetes – from a community server to a network with lobby, game and database instances.
Storage options
Flexible storage with S3 Object Storage for mods, maps and downloads, plus volumes block storage for save games and databases.
Scaling as the community grows
A server for a group of friends becomes a network comprising a lobby, game and database instances within a VPC. Event servers are launched via snapshot clones and are decommissioned once the tournament is over – you only pay for the time they are running.
- All games – Root access for any server software
- Event server – via cloning in minutes
- Score Protection – Snapshots & hourly backups
- Community networks – VPC-connected instances
The right centron products
Customers typically implement this use case using these building blocks – which can be combined and expanded at any time.
- Deployment in seconds
- Linux & Windows
- Billed by the hour
- Can be expanded whilst in operation
- Snapshot-compatible
- Independent of the VM
- Every hour to every day
- Up to 10 per VM
- No retention period
Which cloud infrastructure is best suited for game server hosting?
Game Server Hosting: Game servers with low latency and cloud firewalls – full root access, fair prices, German data centres. The cornerstone of the service is ccloud³ VMs from €3.12 per month – billed by the hour, with no minimum contract term. This is supplemented as required by Volumes and cBacks. The infrastructure runs in our own German data centres, which are certified to ISO 27001 on the basis of IT-Grundschutz and hold an unrestricted BSI C5:2020 Type 1 certificate. New accounts receive a €200 starting credit.
| Building block | Price |
|---|---|
| ccloud³ VMs | from €3.12 per month |
| Volumes | from €0.05 per month |
| cBacks | 0,00 € |
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