Team Fortress 2 Server Hosting

You get a dedicated TF2 server on Ryzen 9 hardware with instant setup and full FTP access to tf/cfg, tf/maps and tf/addons, so your server.cfg, custom maps and SourceMod plugins are yours to change. Source runs the game on a single CPU thread, so clock speed does more for your tickrate than extra memory. Manage it all from our [control panel](/gamepanel), with DDoS protection and 24/7 support.

Yes. Upload MetaMod:Source and SourceMod into the tf/addons folder over FTP or the panel file manager, then drop your .smx plugin files into addons/sourcemod/plugins and restart. That is how community servers run Versus Saxton Hale, MapChooser, Rock The Vote and admin menus. We do not preinstall them, so you stay free to pick the versions and the plugin set yourself.

Almost always the Steam Game Server Login Token. Create one on Steam's game server account page under App ID 440, which is the game, not the dedicated server app. Paste it into the Steam Account Token field on the panel's Startup tab and restart. Use one token per server, and remember Steam revokes a token left unused for 30 days. Players can add your IP and port under Favourites meanwhile.

Team Fortress 2 defaults to 24 players and supports up to 32, which is what almost every community server runs. Valve did add an unsupported flag that raises the cap to 100 and told people not to use it, so we do not sell it as a feature. You set the slot count yourself, because we charge for RAM rather than per player slot.

Yes. Upload .bsp files into tf/maps over FTP or the file manager, then list the map names in tf/cfg/mapcycle.txt in the order you want them played. For joining players to download a custom map quickly you need sv_downloadurl pointing at a web host you control, otherwise they fall back to the slow in-game transfer. MapChooser adds end-of-round map voting.

Yes. You can raise or lower your server's RAM from the panel whenever you like, and the change applies after a short restart, so a private six-player server can grow into a 32-slot community server without a migration. New orders are covered by our money-back guarantee if the server turns out not to be the right fit.