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Room for every match
Pick the CPU and memory your server needs, on NVMe storage, and change them any time.
Deep Dark Forest Server Hosting
Run your own Deep Dark Forest match server for PvP with friends. Pick the CPU, memory and storage it runs on, and we keep it online.
- PvP matches for up to 8 players
- An empty room is replaced with a new one on its own
- Game updates on every restart
- Switch between 446 games for free, anytime*
- From, per month
- $5.49
- Player slots
- Unlimited
- Uptime
- 99.9%
- Money-back
- 3 days
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Tell us about your server and we'll recommend a plan.
Let's find your plan
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
Mass Bomb3 GB RAM, 150% CPU
$8.49/mo
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Secure Backups Included
Mass Bomb
$8.49/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- Mass Bomb plan $8.49
- Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox
Switch your Deep Dark Forest server to any of 445 other games, right from the panel, whenever you want!*
Included with
every plan
99.9%+ Uptime
Live Server Log
MySQL Database
(S)FTP Access
Secure Backups
Auto Restarts
DDoS Protected
No Per-Slot Fees
US & UK Locations
Automatic Install
Why host your Deep Dark Forest server with Physgun?
A match server of your own for PvP with friends, with a room open whenever your group wants to play.
99.9% uptime ยท DDoS protected
Always online, always protected
99.9% uptime, and every Deep Dark Forest server is protected from DDoS attacks.
Deploying server Installing Deep Dark Forest Server online
Online in minutes
Your server installs itself the moment you order, and picks up game updates each time it restarts.
Match room
Room openWaiting for players
Room emptyClosing the room
New room openReady for your group
Server onlinenew room in seconds
Ready when you are
Always a Room Ready
Each room runs in a server process of its own. When a room sits empty, the server closes it and opens a new one a few seconds later, all on its own, so a room is waiting whenever your group wants to play. Stop it from the panel and it shuts down cleanly.
- PvP matches for up to 8 players
- A new room opens on its own
server - Physgun VS Code main Explorer server.log
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DeepDarkForest_Data
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DeepDarkForest.exe
server.log
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
โ Connected, Deep Dark Forest container ready
$ ls
DeepDarkForest.exe DeepDarkForest_Data log server.log
For the power users
SSH Access & VSCode
Connect with real developer tools to read the server log and look through your server files. Or skip it entirely and use our simple panel.
- Full SSH access included
- Browse files live in VSCode
Startup
Update on Start
Restart checks for a new version
Updates on Every Start
Update on Start is on from the first day, so a restart brings the newest server version. Switch it off in the panel to stay on the one you have.
Join by IP
IP203.0.113.24Port27015
JoinJoin by IP
Players type your server's address in the game's join by IP box and land straight in your room.
Schedules3 active
Daily Backup
Nightly Restart
Weekly Backup
Scheduled Backups
Put backups and restarts on a schedule, and the panel runs them on time, whether or not anyone is online.
The panel every Deep Dark Forest server deserves.
One place for your match server: game updates on every start, the live server log, schedules you set for restarts and backups, subusers for your friends, a file manager with SSH and VS Code, and every other universal tool.
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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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Deep Dark Forest Server Hosting, Explained
New to Deep Dark Forest?
What is Deep Dark Forest?
Deep Dark Forest is a strategy game built on the "Dark Forest" law, where every civilization hides its traces. You build economic, research and military facilities, pass congressional bills, and send out exploration satellites to find the systems around you. Information is scarce, so each contact is a choice: stay silent in the shadows, risk your coordinates to talk, or broadcast a rival's coordinates and let others deal with them. Matches take 30 to 60 minutes on a randomly generated map.
Build Your Civilization.
Pick from 10 civilization trends and research across 35 types of technology, more than 500 in all.
Hide or Reveal.
Every civilization hides its coordinates. Exposing yours can mean destruction at any moment.
Why rent a server?
What is Deep Dark Forest Server Hosting?
A Deep Dark Forest dedicated server gives your group a match room of its own that does not depend on anyone's PC. Players join with the game's join by IP box, the server replaces an empty room with a new one on its own, and it checks for game updates each time it starts. With Physgun you pick the CPU, memory and storage it runs on, set schedules for restarts and backups, and get full file access over SFTP and SSH.
Always Online.
Your server stays up when you log off, so the group can start a match whenever they are ready.
Ready for PvP.
Up to 8 players per match, on a server that keeps a room open for them.
Questions, answered
Straight answers before you order. Still stuck? Real people are here around the clock.
Physgun
Up to 8 players can face each other in PvP. The room's host picks the game mode, which sets the player count, and we never charge per player slot.
Yes. They type your server's IP and port in the game's join by IP box and land straight in your room.
Yes. When a room sits empty, the server opens a new one on its own a few seconds later, so a room is waiting whenever your group wants to play.
Yes. The server checks for a new version each time it starts, so a restart brings the latest one.
Yes. You can set up a backup schedule in the panel, and secure backup storage is included in every Physgun server!
Yes, to another Gamebox game, as long as your server meets that game's minimum CPU, memory and storage. Switching wipes the old game's files, and the panel offers 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 Deep Dark Forest server?
Give your group a match server of its own, with a room open whenever you want to play.
- 3-day money-back guarantee
- Online in minutes
- Real people, around the clock
