Host your Project Zomboid server — Build 41 or Build 42 — with up to 32-player co-op, Steam Workshop mod auto-sync, and the NVMe disk speed this save-heavy survival sim actually rewards.
Transparent pricing for Project Zomboid server hosting. All plans include NVMe storage, DDoS protection, and our modern panel.
Our modified Pterodactyl panel gives you everything you need to manage a dedicated game server from any device.
Every server you run, on one screen. Live CPU, RAM, network, and player counts update in real time — no refresh, no terminal, no hunting through tabs. Start, stop, or restart any instance with a single click.
13 data centers across 5 continents. Pick the location closest to your players at checkout — switch anytime.
Project Zomboid is The Indie Stone's isometric zombie survival sim — the 'how did you die?' roguelike with a cult following that releases patches slowly and perfectly. Build 41 is the long-stable branch with full multiplayer; Build 42, released in late 2024, introduced new crafting depth, basements, animals, and NPC foundations. Both branches support dedicated servers; we provision either with one-click switching from the panel.
Project Zomboid's multiplayer cap depends on server hardware more than the game itself. Official guidance is 32 players as the practical upper limit for a smooth experience, though community servers have pushed higher with careful tuning. Our Standard plan handles 10-player friend groups comfortably; Pro is sized for 32-player communities with heavy mod loads. Mod support via Steam Workshop is first-class — paste a Workshop URL, we resolve the mod ID and auto-sync on restart.
Zomboid is a surprising disk I/O hog — every zombie death, item pickup, and door open gets persisted. Budget hosts running SATA SSDs visibly hitch during save writes; our NVMe nodes don't. RAM requirements are modest: 4 GB for 10-player vanilla, 6–8 GB for Build 42 or modded setups. CPU single-thread performance matters a lot — zombie pathfinding and erosion simulation both run on the main thread.
“Setup was instant. I was uploading my world within two minutes of checkout.”
“Latency from the EU node is under 30ms for my whole squad. Zero rubber-banding even on intense sessions.”
“Support actually knows the games. Had a config issue resolved in 20 minutes at 2am.”
“Backups saved a 200-hour save after a mod broke it. One-click restore, worth the plan by itself.”
“Panel is miles better than what I was on before. I don't even miss SFTP.”
“Switching between games without paying again is the feature I didn't know I needed.”
Yes. Each is a separate server template in the panel. You can switch between them at any time — worlds are build-locked, so you'd start fresh in the other branch, but the plan stays the same.
Paste a Workshop URL into the panel; we resolve the mod ID and Workshop ID, write them into servertest.ini, and auto-sync on restart. Client mods download automatically on join.
PC-only on Steam. No console versions exist.
Officially 32 is the practical upper limit for a smooth experience, though the config allows higher. Our Pro plan (16 GB RAM) handles full 32-player modded communities.
Zomboid writes to the save file constantly — every zombie death, every item pickup, every door open. Slower storage shows up as tick hitches during gameplay, not just slow loads. Every plan ships with NVMe as standard.
Yes. Any Steam Workshop mod installs via the panel. Heavier stacks push memory use to 8 GB+, which is why we recommend Pro for heavily modded setups.
