Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag Server Hosting

Run your own Rebels vs. Combine server for your clan or community, with the start map, match rules and game variants set from the panel.

  • Time limits, capture limits and runes in the panel
  • Instagib, Arena and Excessive modes
  • Up to 16 players, no per-slot fees
  • Switch between 511 games for free, anytime*
From, per month
$2.99
Player slots
Unlimited
Uptime
99.9%
Money-back
3 days

Powering

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Find your plan

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!

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Best fit

Combine Rifle1 GB RAM, 150% CPU

$3.49/mo

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Or build your own. Then choose where it runs and deploy.

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CustomChoose your own plan!
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Billing

Secure Backups Included

Combine Rifle

$3.49/mo

Billed monthly. Cancel any time.

  • Combine Rifle plan $3.49
  • Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox

Switch your Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag server to any of 510 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 HL2CTF server with Physgun?

Your maps, your match rules and a server that is always there for the next game, run from one panel.

ctf_floodzone ยท flag taken

Pick the power you need

Choose the CPU, memory and NVMe storage your server runs on, and add more when your matches grow.

Online ยท DDoS protected

Always online, always protected

Your server stays up when you log off, so your team can play any time, and it is protected from DDoS attacks.

Deploying server Installing HL2CTF Server online

Installs itself

Order and the server installs the Source dedicated server and the full mod on its own, ready to start.

Config Editorserver.cfg
Match RulesGame VariantsServer
RunesOn
Arena modeOff
Excessive modeOff
InstagibOff On
Saved to server.cfgapplies on the next map

server.cfg, without the typing

Match Rules in the Config Editor

Time and capture limits, overtime, a mercy rule, respawn delay and team head starts, with Instagib, Arena and Excessive modes a toggle away.

  • Match Rules, Game Variants and Server groups
  • Runes, floor turrets and weapons stay, on or off
VS Codeserver.cfg - Physgun VS Code main
server.cfg motd.txt
1234
// first to five wins
hostname "Lambda Fort"
mp_timelimit 20
ctf_capturelimit 5
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
โœ“ Connected, HL2CTF container ready
$ physgun status
โ— running ยท ctf_floodzone

For the power users

SSH Access & VSCode

Connect with real developer tools and edit server.cfg or your map files directly. Or skip it and use the panel.

  • Full SSH access included
  • Edit files live in VSCode
Server Name
server nameLambda Fort
Restart
Back online as Lambda Fort

Your Server, Your Name

Set the server name, password, max players and start map in the startup settings, and restart to apply them.

Capture the FlagGrab theirs, defend yours
One-FlagOne flag, two teams
Dominationand four more modes

Seven Game Modes

Capture the Flag, One-Flag, Domination, Football, Territorial Control, Capture Point and Attackers versus Defenders.

Console
> status
hostname: Lambda Fort
map : ctf_floodzone
players : 12 active
>

Server Console

Send commands from the panel's console and read the reply right there.

The panel every HL2CTF server deserves.

One place for your whole server: name, password, max players and start map in the startup settings, a config editor for match rules and game variants, a console that answers your commands, schedules you set for restarts and backups, subusers for your admins, a file manager with SSH and VS Code, and every other universal tool.

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True Console & SSH Access - Physgun Panel

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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Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag Server Hosting, Explained

What is Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag?

New to HL2CTF?

What is Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag?

Half-Life 2: Capture the Flag is a free multiplayer mod for the Source engine. It pits the Rebels against the Combine in a fast-paced battle over the flags, in the run-and-gun style of Quake and Unreal Tournament. Grab weapons and runes on the map, wall jump, pass the flag to a teammate, and use the Gravity Gun. Besides Capture the Flag there are six more modes, from One-Flag and Domination to Football.

Rebels vs. Combine.

Two teams, two flags, and a match that ends at the capture or time limit.

Runes and 13 Weapons.

Grab power-ups like Double Damage and Cloak, and fight with the Gravity Gun.

What is HL2CTF Server Hosting?

Why rent a server?

What is HL2CTF Server Hosting?

Public HL2CTF servers are few, so for most groups their own server is the way to play. A dedicated server keeps yours online around the clock, without a PC left on at home. With us you set the server name, password, max players and start map in the panel, tune match rules and game variants in the config editor, send commands from the console, and get full file access over SFTP and SSH.

Always Online.

Your server stays up when you log off, so your team can play any time.

Your Rules.

Set limits, respawns and head starts, and turn variants on or off.

Questions, answered

Straight answers before you order. Still stuck? Real people are here around the clock.

Physgun

Up to 16 at once, the most the mod allows, and we never charge per player slot.

Yes. Each is a switch in the panel, and so are runes, floor turrets and your time and capture limits.

Yes. The mod is free, and players only need Steam and the free Source SDK Base 2006. They do not need to own Half-Life 2.

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 HL2CTF server?

Run your maps and match rules on a server that stays up when you log off.

  • 3-day money-back guarantee
  • Online in minutes
  • Real people, around the clock