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Host a s&box sandbox for your own gamemode work, with console access, automatic daily backups and quick redeploys for a project that still changes week to week.
from $5.00/mo · unlimited slots
Enterprise hardware and every feature you need, at a fraction of the price. Not feeling it? We offer a no-questions-asked 7-day refund window.
Need more than 50 GB of NVMe? Just ask.
Keep up to ten backups at once.
Split your server into more than one.
Switch to any supported game, any time.
Modpacks, worlds, mods and plugins.
Every version, mod, and modpack.
We'll tell you when and why it crashed.
No AI or bots here. Only humans.
3 GB is plenty for a private test sandbox, 8 GB with 4 cores is our most popular tier and suits a public gamemode with a regular crowd, and 16 GB leaves headroom for asset-heavy maps.
Every plan: Unlimited Slots · Unmetered Allocations/Ports · Unmetered Databases · Enterprise Hardware · Unmetered NVMe Storage
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s&box gamemodes are code and assets you rebuild often, so fast NVMe storage, high Ryzen 9 clocks and a panel that lets you swap builds and files on demand matter more than any fixed spec sheet.
Push new gamemode files, restart from the console and be back in the sandbox in seconds instead of waiting on a support ticket.
Instant setup · Console restarts
The panel file manager and SFTP both reach your addon and configuration directories, so iterating on a gamemode is a drag and drop away.
File manager · SFTP access · Scheduler
Ryzen 9 processors, DDR5 ECC memory and NVMe SSD storage give a Source 2 sandbox room for physics props and large asset loads.
Ryzen 9 · DDR5 ECC · NVMe SSD
Every plan includes unlimited player slots and subuser accounts, so co-developers and testers can share panel access without extra fees.
Unlimited slots · Subusers
Included DDoS filtering keeps a public sandbox reachable when someone decides your playtest is a target worth attacking.
No extra cost · Every server
Nine locations across North America and Europe, from San Jose and Miami to Brussels and Frankfurt, keep testers close to the host.
9 locations · Low ping
s&box is Facepunch's successor to Garry's Mod and is still in active development, which shapes how you should host it. Builds change, APIs shift and gamemodes need rebuilding, so the useful traits in a host are file access, quick restarts and cheap rollbacks rather than a locked-down managed setup. Every plan here gives you a live console, full file access and automatic daily backups with 10 rolling slots.
Because a sandbox is only as interesting as the content loaded into it, the panel keeps content work self-service. Upload gamemode and addon folders through the file manager, or mount the server over SFTP and sync from your development machine. Use the one-click version changer to line the server build up with your client, the task scheduler for nightly restarts, and network tools to add extra ports from the 10 allocations included on every plan.
Sandbox load is unpredictable by nature, since a room full of spawned props costs far more than an empty map. A private development server is happy on 2 GB or 3 GB, at $5.00 and $7.50 a month respectively, while a public gamemode with a dozen regulars is better on the 8 GB tier and its 4 cores. RAM is flat rate at $2.50 per gigabyte, so scaling up later is predictable.
Compare all 9 game server locations for node hardware and the regions each one covers.
Common questions about running a s&box server with us.
s&box is still in development, so feature support and networking behavior change between builds. We give you the tools that matter for that situation: full file access, a live console, the one-click version changer and daily backups. Check the current build's server documentation for what is supported, and our 24/7 support can help with configuration questions.
Use the one-click version changer in the panel, then restart from the console and watch the output for load errors. Take a manual backup first so a broken build is a two-minute rollback. Because the game updates often, the task scheduler is useful for automating restarts around your own release cadence.
For solo or small-group development work, 3 GB at $7.50 a month is a sensible start. Public sandboxes fill with spawned entities and physics objects, which is where the 8 GB tier and its 4 cores earn their keep. Every plan bills RAM at a flat $2.50 per gigabyte, and upgrades keep your existing files.
Yes. The panel file manager handles browser uploads and in-place editing, and SFTP access is included for syncing larger asset folders from your workstation. Unmetered NVMe storage means you are not counting megabytes while iterating, and subuser accounts let collaborators deploy without sharing your billing login.
Automatic daily backups run on every plan with 10 rolling slots, and you can create extra restore points by hand before testing a risky build. Backups cover the server files you can see in the file manager, so a broken addon or a bad configuration change is recoverable without recreating the sandbox from scratch.
