dm_bounce Β· match live
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Choose the CPU, memory and NVMe storage your server runs on, and add more when it grows.
Black Mesa Server Hosting
Run your own server for deathmatch on the classic maps, the campaign in co-op, or Workshop maps of your own, set up from one panel.
- Play deathmatch, or the campaign in co-op
- Workshop maps downloaded on start
- Up to 32 players, no per-slot fees
- Switch between 446 games for free, anytime*
- From, per month
- $2.99
- Player slots
- Unlimited
- Uptime
- 99.9%
- Money-back
- 3 days
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No per-slot fees. Choose your own slot limit. To help us recommend the right plan for you, tell us how many friends are joining you!
Best fit
Lambda Core2 GB RAM, 200% CPU
$6.49/mo
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Secure Backups Included
Lambda Core
$6.49/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- Lambda Core plan $6.49
- Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox
Switch your Black Mesa server to any of 445 other games, right from the panel, whenever you want!*
Included with
every plan
99.9%+ Uptime
Server Console
MySQL Database
(S)FTP Access
Secure Backups
Auto Restarts
DDoS Protected
No Per-Slot Fees
US & UK Locations
Automatic Install
Why host your Black Mesa server with Physgun?
Deathmatch, co-op and your own maps, on a server you run from one panel.
Online Β· DDoS protected
Always online, always protected
Your server stays up when you log off, and it is protected from DDoS attacks.
Deploying server Installing Black Mesa Server online
Installs itself
Order and the server downloads and installs Black Mesa on its own. Nothing to set up on your side.
Config Editorserver.cfg
MatchChat and VoiceDownloadsServer Browser
Time Limit20 min
Frag Limit50
Warmup Time30 sec
Team Deathmatch
Saved to server.cfg
server.cfg, without the typing
Match Rules in the Config Editor
Time and frag limits, warmup, team deathmatch, friendly fire, weapons stay, fall damage, voice chat and all talk, grouped and labelled in the panel.
- Match, Chat and Voice, Downloads and Server Browser groups
- A fast download link for your custom maps
server.cfg - Physgun VS Code main server.cfg mapcycle.txt
1234
// your server, your rules
mp_teamplay 0
sv_alltalk 1
mp_fraglimit 50
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
β Connected, Black Mesa container ready
$ physgun status
β running Β· dm_bounce
For the power users
SSH Access & VSCode
Connect with real developer tools and edit server.cfg, your map cycle or your custom maps directly. Or skip it and use the panel.
- Full SSH access included
- Edit files live in VSCode
Start Map
map namedm_gasworks
Restart
Now starting on dm_gasworks
Start Map and Version
Set the start map, max players and passwords, and pick the latest build, the Definitive Edition, the April 2024 rollback or 1.0.
Co-op and SourceMod
Switch to Black Mesa (SourceCoop) to play the campaign together, or to Black Mesa (SourceMod) for plugins.
ready
ready
Workshop Maps
List Steam Workshop maps by ID or link, and the server downloads them each time it starts.
The panel every Black Mesa server deserves.
One place for your whole server: start map, max players, passwords and Workshop maps in the startup settings, a config editor for your match rules, schedules you set for restarts and backups, subusers for your admins, a file manager with SSH and VS Code for your maps, and every other universal tool.
gamecp.physgun.com/true-console-ssh-access
True Console & SSH Access
Accurate, blazing-fast output piped directly from the container. Paired with complete SSH access inside the Panel!
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Black Mesa Server Hosting, Explained
New to Black Mesa?
What is Black Mesa?
Black Mesa is the fan-made reimagining of Valve's Half-Life, built on the Source engine by Crowbar Collective. You are Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When a routine experiment goes horribly wrong, you fight through an alien invasion and a military clean-up crew, across 19 chapters of labs, desert and railways, and on into the reworked and expanded Xen levels.
Classic Deathmatch.
Frag your friends on maps like Bounce, Gasworks, Stalkyard and Undertow.
The Campaign in Co-op.
SourceCoop lets a group play the campaign maps together on one server.
Why rent a server?
What is Black Mesa Server Hosting?
A Black Mesa dedicated server keeps your deathmatch or co-op game online around the clock, without a PC left on at home or ports to forward. With Physgun you set the start map, max players, passwords and game version in the panel, match rules in the config editor, list Workshop maps to download on start, switch to SourceCoop or SourceMod when you want them, and get full file access over SFTP and SSH for your own maps.
Always Online.
Your server stays up when you log off, so your group can play any time.
Full Control.
Set your map, rules and passwords, add Workshop maps, and play deathmatch or co-op.
Questions, answered
Straight answers before you order. Still stuck? Real people are here around the clock.
Physgun
Up to 32 at once, and we never charge per player slot.
Yes, just switch to Black Mesa (SourceCoop) in the panel's "Switch Game" tab! Your friends join from the normal multiplayer menu, with no mods to install.
Yes, just switch to Black Mesa (SourceMod) in the panel's "Switch Game" tab!
Yes. Players on Windows and Linux can join the same server.
Yes. The server downloads the Workshop maps you list each time it starts, and full file access lets you upload maps of your own.
Yes. Run the latest build, or pick the Definitive Edition, the April 2024 rollback or 1.0 in the panel.
Yes. The server downloads game updates each time it starts, so a restart brings the latest version.
Yes. You can set up a backup schedule in the panel, and secure backup storage is included in every Physgun server!
Yes, to any Gamebox game your server can run. Switching wipes the old game's files, and the panel offers to take a backup first.
Yes. Every Physgun server is protected from DDoS attacks.
Chicago, USA and London, UK. Pick the one closest to most of your players.
Yes. Every server has a 3 day refund guarantee.
Still stuck?
Ready to launch your Black Mesa server?
Run deathmatch, co-op or your own maps on a server that stays up when you log off.
- 3-day money-back guarantee
- Online in minutes
- Real people, around the clock
