RimWorld Together Server Hosting

No. RimWorld ships as a single-player colony sim, and multiplayer comes from community projects such as RimWorld Together. We host the server side on enterprise hardware with full file access, but the mod itself is maintained by its community, so consult its documentation for supported features and current setup steps.

The server component is light compared with the RimWorld client, which runs on each player's own machine. Most groups are fine on 2 GB at $5.00 a month, and 3 GB covers a larger roster with more stored colony data. Memory is a flat $2.50 per gigabyte if you want more headroom later.

In practice yes. Everyone should run the same RimWorld Together version plus a matching supporting mod list and load order, and the server build must line up with the clients. Agree on a list before you start, then coordinate updates as a group so nobody is locked out after a release lands mid-week.

RimWorld Together is built around each player running their own colony, so bringing an established save into a group is usually possible, but behavior depends on the mod version and on your mod list matching everyone else's. Read the mod's current notes first, and keep a local copy of the save before converting anything.

Create a manual backup, stop the server from the live console, replace the server files through the file manager or SFTP, then start it again and read the console output for load errors. With 10 rolling backup slots you always have a recent restore point, so a release that misbehaves costs minutes rather than the group's progress.