Clipper 8
$ 49 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 200 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 20 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Solution
VPS for game servers (Minecraft, CS2, Rust, Palworld)
Clipper 8 · $49/moClipper 16 · $92/mo
Short answer
Game servers are single-thread bound, so clock speed beats core count. For Minecraft with 10–20 players, 4 GB of RAM on a high-frequency core is the practical floor; CS2 and Rust want 8–16 GB. Pick the Clipper line for its 5.0 GHz turbo, and place the instance within about 60 ms of the majority of your players — latency matters far more than raw hardware.
What you need
| Resource | What you actually need |
|---|---|
| CPU | High single-thread clock. 4 dedicated cores for a 20-slot server |
| RAM | 4 GB (Minecraft vanilla) / 8 GB (modded, CS2) / 16 GB (Rust) |
| Disk | NVMe — chunk and map loading is IO-bound |
| Transfer | 10 TB covers a busy 40-slot server |
| Protection | Always-on DDoS filtering; game servers are attacked constantly |
Recommended plans
Clipper 16
$ 92 /month
- vCPU
- 8 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 30 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Cutter 16
$ 62 /month
- vCPU
- 6 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 320 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 15 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Recommended locations
Location is usually the decision that matters most for this workload — either because latency dominates, or because jurisdiction does.
Why OnionVPS for this
- Clipper instances run dedicated cores with 5.0 GHz turbo, which is what tick rate actually depends on.
- Up to 12 Tbps of DDoS scrubbing is included rather than sold as an upgrade.
- Full root means you can run Pterodactyl, Docker, or raw server binaries without a control panel in the way.
- Locations on every continent let you put the server where the players are.
How to set it up
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Choose a location near your player base
Use the latency table on the location page; aim for under 60 ms for the majority.
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Deploy a Clipper instance with Ubuntu 24.04
Four dedicated cores and 8 GB is the sensible starting point for most games.
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Install a panel or run the binary directly
Pterodactyl gives you a web UI; a systemd unit is simpler if you run one server.
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Open only the ports the game needs
Minecraft 25565/tcp, CS2 27015/udp, Rust 28015/udp. Leave everything else closed.
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Schedule automatic world backups
Enable nightly encrypted backups, or rsync the world directory to a Hold instance.
Frequently asked questions
How much RAM does a Minecraft server need?
Vanilla with 10 players runs comfortably in 4 GB. Add roughly 100 MB per additional player, and double the total for a heavily modded pack.
Does a game server need a dedicated CPU core?
Yes for anything with real-time physics. Shared cores introduce steal time, which shows up as tick lag exactly when the server is busiest.
Can I pay for game hosting anonymously?
Yes. Checkout is crypto-only and requires nothing but an email address you control.