What drives game server hosting cost
The monthly bill follows RAM, CPU and which game you run. More players, mods or a larger map need a bigger machine. You pay for that machine for the month, not a fee for each person who joins.
These three rows are WebJi® Cloud prices from the billing catalogue on 30 October 2026, before 18% GST. The catalogue image is Windows Server. Read them as a whole-server rental, not a Minecraft slot. A Linux game server is quoted by email before you pay.
| Configuration | Specs | Price before GST | Planning size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Entry | 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB storage | ₹5,900/month | Friend-group Minecraft, small CS2 lobby |
| Cloud Business | 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB storage | ₹7,900/month | Modded Minecraft, about 20 to 30 players |
| Cloud Pro | 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB storage | ₹11,900/month | Public server past about 50 players |
The same rows are on the cloud hosting page. Cloud Entry is the friend-group Minecraft or small CS2 size. Cloud Business covers modded Minecraft or about 20 to 30 players. Cloud Pro is the public server past about 50 players. These are planning sizes, not a promise that every modpack fits.
Game server hosting cost for Minecraft, CS2, Rust and ARK
Price the game you will actually run. Vanilla Minecraft and a small CS2 lobby sit on Cloud Entry. Modded Minecraft, Rust and ARK keep more of the world in memory, so they start at Cloud Business and move up only when that RAM fills.
| Game | WebJi cloud tier | Price before GST | Panel starting price, 30 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft Java, small group | Cloud Entry, 8 GB | ₹5,900/month | GigaNodes from ₹199/month |
| CS2, small lobby | Cloud Entry, 8 GB | ₹5,900/month | Not listed on the pages read |
| Modded Minecraft | Cloud Business, 16 GB | ₹7,900/month | GigaNodes from ₹735/month |
| Rust | Cloud Business or Cloud Pro | ₹7,900 or ₹11,900/month | GigaNodes from ₹1,563/month |
| ARK | Cloud Business to start | ₹7,900/month, or ₹11,900 if it will not fit | GigaNodes from ₹649/month |
GigaNodes, read on 30 October 2026, lists Minecraft Java and Bedrock from ₹199 a month, ARK from ₹649, modded Minecraft from ₹735 and Rust from ₹1,563. The same page lists Valheim from ₹249 and FiveM from ₹599. CS2 is not on that list. A closer Minecraft breakdown is on the Minecraft server cost page.
Do not subtract ₹199 from ₹5,900 and call it a saving. The smaller figure is one game instance on that host. The larger figure is an 8 GB server you administer yourself.
VPS versus a game panel: the monthly bill
A panel host rents you one game, with the panel and restarts already done. A VPS or cloud server rents you the machine. You install the game files and a free panel, then you own the updates.
- Panel slot — one game, vendor-run. GigaNodes starting prices on 30 October 2026 run from ₹199 a month for Minecraft Java to ₹1,563 for Rust.
- WebJi cloud server — ₹5,900, ₹7,900 or ₹11,900 a month before GST for 8, 16 or 32 GB. The published image is Windows Server. You install the game.
- Linux game build — the usual runtime for Minecraft, CS2, Rust and ARK. Sample sizes start at 2 vCPU and 4 GB RAM, and the price is quoted before you pay.
- GPU dedicated rental — Serverbasket, read the same day, starts at ₹24,999 a month before tax for two Xeon Gold 6226 CPUs, 128 GB RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000. That is not a friends' world.
Server rental cost, for this job, is that monthly fee. It is not the price of buying the hardware. Twelve months of Cloud Entry, with no tier change, is ₹70,800 before GST. Each invoice then adds 18% GST. The cloud catalogue has no published yearly discount.
Shared server cost is a different product. WebJi shared hosting starts at ₹300 a month before GST for a website, and that account is not where a Minecraft or CS2 process should run. A Linux VPS is the quote path when you want a game runtime instead of the Windows cloud image.
How much RAM Minecraft, CS2, Rust and ARK need
Match RAM to the game, then stop. RAM you never touch is still on the monthly bill. The bands below are the same planning sizes as the cloud table, not a lab benchmark.
- Minecraft, few friends, light plugins — 8 GB, Cloud Entry, ₹5,900 a month before GST.
- CS2, small lobby — 8 GB on the same tier. Tick rate wants CPU headroom as well as RAM.
- Modded Minecraft, or about 20 to 30 players — 16 GB, Cloud Business, ₹7,900 a month before GST.
- Rust, ARK, or a public server past about 50 players — start at 16 GB and move to 32 GB, Cloud Pro at ₹11,900 a month before GST, when the world will not fit.
Two games on one box work only when their RAM fits together and both are not full at once. Cloud Entry is one modest world. A second heavy game needs Cloud Business or its own server.
Latency and DDoS protection for an India game server
Put the server in India when the players are in India. The route stays inside the country instead of crossing to Europe or the US. The ping you see still depends on the player's city and ISP.
WebJi game server hosting filters DDoS on the game ports, so a flood is dropped before it fills the world. Filtering does not shrink a map that is too big for the RAM. A friends-only whitelist is a smaller target than an address posted in public.
Backups, GST and costs beside the game server
The server line is not the whole invoice. GST, backups and your own setup time sit beside it. Disk size is not what sets this bill.
- GST — 18% on top of every price on this page. Cloud Entry at ₹5,900 becomes ₹6,962 on the invoice.
- Backups — Backup.Help with 200 GB is ₹1,300 a month, ₹3,900 a quarter, or ₹13,000 a year, from the backup catalogue on 30 October 2026. A world with no copy is one bad update from a wipe.
- Panel labour — a free panel such as Pterodactyl has no licence fee. Your time to install it is the cost. Managed care with backup starts at ₹7,000 a month in that same catalogue.
- Storage — the cloud tiers publish 100 GB, 250 GB and 500 GB. There is no listed 1 TB game plan. A 1 TB server price is a storage quote, not these tiers.
A WebJi cloud server plus a free game panel
The setup with a published whole-server price is Cloud Entry at ₹5,900 a month before GST: 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM and 100 GB storage. Install a free panel once, then start the game from that panel. The one-time work is the install and the world import. The repeating bill is the cloud fee, GST, and any backup plan you add.
There is no per-slot fee on that server, and there is no free tier. Email support@webji.services with the game, the player count and whether you want Linux. The desk sends the figure before you pay. Average first reply is under 60 minutes, in Hindi or English.
What 1,000 concurrent players do to game server hosting cost
A friends' server and a live game with 1,000 people online are different bills. Amazon GameLift does not publish a 1,000-player row. Its pricing page, read on 30 October 2026, prices a light card game at 10,000 peak users at $3,237 a month on Linux in US East (Ohio).
The same table prices a 5v5 shooter at 50,000 peak concurrent users at $111,567 a month, on a c6a.4xlarge at $0.741 an hour, on-demand. A 100-player battle royale example at 100,000 peak users is $165,217 a month. Bandwidth on those generation-6 instances is listed at $0.
AWS states that Linux, autoscaling, Spot, Graviton and containers together can bring that style of hosting toward $1 per user per month. That is a studio fleet. WebJi does not sell that fleet. A private Minecraft, CS2, Rust or ARK server stays on the cloud tiers above, or on a quoted Linux build.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does game server hosting cost in India?
A friend-group Minecraft world or a small CS2 lobby fits WebJi® Cloud Entry at ₹5,900 a month before 18% GST (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB storage). Modded Minecraft, Rust and ARK start at Cloud Business, ₹7,900 a month, or Cloud Pro at ₹11,900. A Linux game server is quoted by email before you pay.
How much RAM do I need for a game server?
Use 8 GB for a small Minecraft world or a small CS2 lobby, which is Cloud Entry at ₹5,900 a month before GST. Use 16 GB for modded Minecraft or about 20 to 30 players, which is Cloud Business at ₹7,900. Use 32 GB for a public server past about 50 players, or when Rust or ARK will not fit in 16 GB, which is Cloud Pro at ₹11,900.
Is a VPS good for game hosting?
Yes, when you want the whole machine and you will install the game yourself. WebJi® Cloud Entry at ₹5,900 a month before GST is that machine, with a Windows Server image in the published catalogue. A panel slot is the other shape: one game, run for you, at a lower starting price and with less of the server. Pick the slot if you will not run the box.
Which costs more, Minecraft or Rust?
On a slot host read on 30 October 2026, GigaNodes lists Minecraft Java from ₹199 a month and Rust from ₹1,563 a month. On a WebJi cloud server you pay for the machine: vanilla Minecraft can stay on ₹5,900 a month before GST, while Rust usually needs ₹7,900 or ₹11,900. Those are different products, not a like-for-like saving.
Can I host a game server for free?
WebJi® has no free game server. A home PC can run a private world for friends, and you then pay for power and carry your own connection and any attack. A hosted server starts at the published cloud price, ₹5,900 a month before GST, or at a Linux build quoted before you pay.
How much is one year of game server hosting?
Twelve months of Cloud Entry is ₹70,800 before GST if you never change tier. GST at 18% is added on each invoice. The cloud catalogue read on 30 October 2026 has no yearly discount. A larger tier costs twelve times ₹7,900 or ₹11,900 before GST.
Do game servers need DDoS protection?
A public game port should have filtering, because floods are aimed at game servers. WebJi game servers filter DDoS on the game ports. A friends-only whitelist is a smaller target than an address posted in public. Filtering does not fix a world that has outgrown its RAM.
Can I host multiple games on one VPS?
Yes, if the games fit in the RAM at the same time. Cloud Entry, 8 GB at ₹5,900 a month before GST, is one modest world. A second heavy game, such as Rust beside a modded Minecraft world, needs Cloud Business at 16 GB or a second server. The cloud price has no extra per-game licence.