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?
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.
Not quite a server, but Total Annihilation. Awesome times. Not sure if supreme commander does it too.
Two that I run for our little group outside the ones you mention are Space Engineers and Valheim
Edit: Space Engineers is a little annoying though, you either have to use some emulated / translated setup, (I think I saw some being cobbled together by others), or you have to run a Windows Server VM.
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.
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?
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 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.
Aaah, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining
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.
Yeah, the Steam update got me thinking MP was totally new, so I was planning to try that with some friends. Guess I’ll set up an B41 Server then, thanks!
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.
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.
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
UT2004
I need to do this, good memories!
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!
Factorio
Absolutely the best.
It was a load of fun.
Could try hosting a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD). I tried to host an Evennia server last year but could never get it to work properly. Wasn’t a big deal though cause it’s not like I had any friends who wanted to play, lol.
I set up a BBS with legend of the Red Dragon! Only runs locally right now but pretty cool to see running.
Haven’t heard Red Dragon referenced in a very long time. Loved that game.
Every now and then I will jump back into whatever flavor of MUD seems interesting for a few weeks. They’re so much fun but like you say, nobody plays them.
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. https://mods.vintagestory.at/vsds the server docker image if interested.
Veloren has been a blast on my family’s self hosted system.
This looks intriguing! How does it compare to Minecraft?
I’ve been thinking about hosting a Quake II server, lately.
EDIT: Or Unreal Tournament. Both were my jam back in the day.
Palworld and Terraria, particularly with Tmodloader, are fun options.
