Escalation Β· mission running
Pick the power you need
Choose the CPU, memory and NVMe storage your server runs on, and add more when your battles get bigger.
Nuclear Option Server Hosting
Run your own Nuclear Option server for co-op and PvP. It stays up without a host, plays your mission rotation, and you size it yourself.
- Online without a player hosting
- Your own mission rotation
- Pick your CPU, memory and storage
- 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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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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A-19 Brawler6 GB RAM, 200% CPU
$16.49/mo
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Secure Backups Included
A-19 Brawler
$16.49/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- A-19 Brawler plan $16.49
- Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox
Switch your Nuclear Option server to any of 445 other games, right from the panel, whenever you want!*
Included with
every plan
99.9%+ Uptime
Subuser Access
MySQL Database
(S)FTP Access
Secure Backups
Auto Restarts
DDoS Protected
NVMe Storage
US & UK Locations
Instant Setup
Why host your Nuclear Option server with Physgun?
Your missions, your rotation and your rules, on a server that stays up without a host.
Online Β· DDoS protected
Stays up when the host leaves
No more missions that end when the host quits. Your server keeps running, and it is protected from DDoS attacks.
Deploying server Installing Nuclear Option Server online
Online in minutes
Your server deploys itself the moment you order, and fetches game updates each time it starts.
Config EditorDedicatedServerConfig.json
ServerMissionsVote Kick
Votes needed to pass0.6
Minimum votes3
Kicks before a ban3
Allow vote kicks
Saved to the server's config
Your rules, without the JSON
Missions, Vote Kicks and the Server List
Set the mission order, how long an empty mission keeps running, vote kick rules and whether the server shows in the list, all labelled in the panel.
- Server, Missions and Vote Kick settings
- Saved straight to the server's config
DedicatedServerConfig.json - Physgun VS Code main DedicatedServerConfig.json ban_list.txt
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"MissionRotation": [
{ "Key": { "Group": "BuiltIn", "Name": "Escalation" },
"MaxTime": 7200 },
{ "Key": { "Group": "BuiltIn", "Name": "Breakout"
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
β Connected, Nuclear Option container ready
$ physgun status
β running Β· Waiting for players
For the power users
SSH Access & VSCode
Connect with real developer tools to edit your mission rotation, ban list and custom missions directly. Or skip it and use the panel.
- Full SSH access included
- Edit files live in VSCode
Mission Rotation
EscalationTerminal ControlBreakoutDomination
Mission order
In orderRandomShuffled, no repeats
Your Mission Rotation
Line up built-in missions, Workshop missions and ones you made in the mission editor, and play them in order or shuffled.
Server Name
Nuclear Option ServerNight Owls Squad
Restart
New name from the next start
Name It, Lock It
Pick the name players see in the server list, set a password, or hide the server so only friends can join.
Server Frame Rate3060
20120
Higher is smoother, uses more CPU
Set the Frame Rate
Choose how many times per second the server updates. Higher is smoother, and you have the CPU for it.
The panel every Nuclear Option server deserves.
One place for your whole server: name, password, player limit and frame rate in the startup settings, a config editor for your mission order and vote kicks, scheduled restarts and backups, subusers for your admins, a file manager with SSH and VS Code for your custom missions, 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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Nuclear Option Server Hosting, Explained
New to Nuclear Option?
What is Nuclear Option?
Nuclear Option is a combat flight game from Shockfront Studios, set on a dynamic battlefield of the near future. Pick a side, take off from an airbase or a carrier, and fly interceptions, close air support, bombing runs or electronic warfare while AI ground, air and naval units fight around you. Every aircraft is built from dozens of simulated parts, so damage changes how it flies, and the biggest battles end with tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.
Thirteen Aircraft.
From the T/A-30 Compass trainer to the KR-67 Ifrit and the SFB-81 Darkreach strategic bomber.
Escalation.
Points earned in the fight unlock bigger assets, all the way up to thermonuclear weapons.
Why rent a server?
What is Nuclear Option Server Hosting?
A Nuclear Option dedicated server is a battlefield your group controls, online whether or not anyone is hosting. When a player hosts from the game, the mission ends the moment they leave. A dedicated server keeps your squadron's home in the server list, plays your mission rotation, and frees every pilot to just fly. You pick the missions, the order they play in, the player limit and the vote kick rules. With Physgun it deploys in minutes, and you size the CPU, memory and storage yourself.
Always-On Server.
Your server stays up around the clock, so pilots can join without a host in the game.
Your Missions, Your Rules.
Run built-in, Workshop and custom missions, with your own password, player limit and vote kicks.
Questions, answered
Straight answers before you order. Still stuck? Real people are here around the clock.
Physgun
You set the player limit yourself. Servers start at 16 players, and you can raise it for bigger battles.
Yes. Your server stays online without anyone hosting it, so missions no longer end when the host leaves, and your squadron can join whenever they like.
Yes. Upload missions you made in the mission editor, or add Workshop missions, and put them in your mission rotation next to built-in ones like Escalation and Terminal Control.
Yes. Set a password, or hide the server from the server list so players join through a friend or direct connect.
Yes. Your server downloads game updates each time it starts, so a restart brings it up to date.
Yes. You can change your CPU, memory and storage any time, so the server grows with your squadron.
Yes. You can set up a backup schedule in the panel, and secure backup storage is included in every Physgun server!
Yes. Your server is part of the Gamebox, so you can switch it to another game your box has the resources for. A switch reinstalls the server, so the panel offers a backup first.
Yes. Every Physgun server is protected from DDoS attacks.
In Chicago in the US and London in the UK. You pick the location when you order.
Still stuck?
Ready to launch your Nuclear Option server?
Keep your missions running for your squadron, whether or not anyone is hosting.
- 3-day money-back guarantee
- Online in minutes
- Real people, around the clock
