No subscription · pay by the hour

Your game server. €0 when nobody's playing.

Minecraft, Valheim, Palworld, Factorio, Project Zomboid, Core Keeper, Terraria, Minecraft Bedrock, OpenTTD, Avorion, Necesse, Enshrouded, Barotrauma, Vintage Story, Rust, Satisfactory, 7 Days to Die, Icarus, Sons of the Forest, Mindustry, Unturned, The Forest, Veloren, Mordhau, Holdfast, Xonotic, OpenRA and DDNet: ready in minutes, billed by the started hour. Your world is kept between sessions.

Ready in minutes · stop in one click · first hour of play free, no card required

🎁 Your first hour of play is on us

No card required: create your server, play, and the first hour is on us. After that you only pay for the hours it actually runs. And by referring your friends, you each earn €2.00 each.

Create my server

How it works

Step 1

Choose your game

Minecraft, Valheim… name your server and launch it.

Step 2

We start the machine

A dedicated machine is provisioned and your world restored in minutes.

Step 3

Play, then stop

You get the connection address. We bill by the started hour, and shut down when you're done.

The console

You see what you're spending, while you play

No opaque dashboard: session time, running cost and hourly rate are shown live, next to the address you give your friends.

  • Live counter: elapsed time, session cost, rate applied
  • Permanent address: the same every session, your friends keep it
  • Console, logs, files, backups and access sharing from the card
  • One button to switch off, and billing stops there
A running Minecraft server card in the TickServ console: connection address, session timer, running cost and hourly rate

Games & pricing

Price per started hour. You only pay while your server is running.

How much does a month of gaming really cost you?

Compare pay-as-you-play against a monthly subscription billed 24/7.

Play rhythm:2 evenings per week (26h/mo)
1 night/wk2 nights3 nights4 nights5 nights/wk
With TickServ (pay as you play)
€0.78 / month

€5 top-up = 6 months of game nights at this pace!

Traditional monthly plan
€15.20 / month

(billed 24/7 even while you sleep)

You save €14.42 / month (-95%)
Peace of mind guarantee

Zero-Waste Shield Guaranteed

Automatic shutdown as soon as the server is empty. Not a single cent wasted while you sleep.

Automatic shutdown when players leave
Zero subscriptions: your prepaid balance never expires
A €5 top-up covers between 35 and 50 full game evenings

Pricing follows the RAM, not the game

Pick the power, run whatever game you like. Billed by the started hour, server off = €0.

Eco
shared vCPU
  • 4 GB · 2 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Core Keeper, Terraria, Minecraft Bedrock, OpenTTD, Mindustry, Necesse, Avorion, Barotrauma, Vintage Story, Unturned, Veloren, Xonotic, OpenRA, DDNet
    €0.02/h
  • 8 GB · 4 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Valheim, Factorio, Project Zomboid, Avorion, 7 Days to Die, The Forest, Mordhau, Holdfast
    €0.03/h
  • 16 GB · 8 vCPU
    Recommended: Palworld, Project Zomboid, Enshrouded, Rust, Satisfactory, Icarus, Sons of the Forest
    €0.06/h
  • 32 GB · 16 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Factorio
    €0.10/h
Dedicated CPU
dedicated vCPU
  • 8 GB · 2 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Factorio, Core Keeper, Terraria, Minecraft Bedrock, OpenTTD, Mindustry, Necesse, Avorion, Barotrauma, Vintage Story, Unturned, Veloren, Xonotic, OpenRA, DDNet, Mordhau
    €0.10/h
  • 16 GB · 2 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Valheim, Palworld, Project Zomboid, Enshrouded, Rust, Satisfactory, 7 Days to Die, Icarus, Sons of the Forest, The Forest, Holdfast
    €0.13/h
  • 32 GB · 4 vCPU
    Recommended: Minecraft, Factorio
    €0.26/h

Top up in fixed amounts (€5 / €10 / €20 / €50). VAT included. Free world storage.

Secure payment by StripeVAT included, no hidden fees Failed start = €0First hour of play free, no card required
TickServ server creation form: performance tier, RAM tiers with their hourly price, game and location

Creating a server

You pick the RAM, the price follows

The rate comes from the power, not the game: every RAM tier shows its hourly price before you confirm. Location, modpack and settings are chosen in the same place.

Do the maths before you pay

Tell us how much you play per week: we compare it with what a monthly host would charge you, billed even when nobody logs in.

How much does it cost?

You only pay for the hours you play. Server off = €0.

Presets:
Players:4 players
I play3 h / week

Swipe to see the comparison

ConfigurationHourly rateOn TickServ(3 h / week)Elsewherefixed monthly sub
4 GB· 2 vCPU

for Minecraft, Core Keeper, Terraria +12

€0.02/h
≈ €0.26 /month
or ~€0.07 / player
from €8.00/month
−97 %
8 GB· 4 vCPU

for Minecraft, Valheim, Factorio +6

€0.03/h
≈ €0.39 /month
or ~€0.10 / player
from €15.20/month
−97 %
16 GB· 8 vCPU

for Palworld, Project Zomboid, Enshrouded +4

€0.06/h
≈ €0.78 /month
or ~€0.20 / player
from €27.20/month
−97 %
32 GB· 16 vCPU

for Minecraft, Factorio

€0.10/h
≈ €1.30 /month
or ~€0.33 / player
from €48.00/month
−97 %

Estimate (3 h/wk × 4.33 wks). A stopped server costs nothing. “Elsewhere” = the monthly plan of a fixed-price host at the same RAM, taken from the low end of what we surveyed in September 2026. It is not our price, and it is not a quote from them.

Why TickServ

Pay-as-you-go

No subscription. You top up a wallet and only pay for the hours you play.

World saved

Automatic save on every shutdown, restore on startup. Your game stays intact.

Auto-shutdown

Nobody playing? The server stops on its own so you're not billed for nothing.

Dedicated server

A machine all to yourself for the session: no shared hosting, no player slots shared with strangers.

No catch

No mandatory subscription. No surprise charge. No nasty surprises.

€0 when it's off, €0 if the start fails, cancel instantly, your world kept for free, and not cut off mid-game once your account has topped up once. You see exactly what you spend.

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Frequently asked questions

Ready to launch your game?

Create your server in minutes. Pay by the hour, stop whenever you want.

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