Project ZomboidServer Hosting

Project Zomboid is far more CPU-bound than most survival games, because every zombie in a loaded cell is individually simulated. For a handful of friends, 4GB is comfortable. A public server around 16 survivors wants 6GB, and a heavily modded 32 player server should sit on 8GB or more. Mods are the real driver here: a large pack like Brita's can double your memory footprint on its own.

This is the single most common Project Zomboid server problem, and it's almost never your fault. Zomboid needs your mods listed twice in servertest.ini: once as WorkshopItems= (the numeric Steam Workshop IDs) and once as Mods= (the internal mod IDs, which are completely different strings). Miss one, mix the two up, or list a Workshop ID where a mod ID belongs, and the server boots cleanly with no mods loaded and no error message. Check each mod's Workshop page for its mod ID, keep both lists in the same order, and watch out for packs that contain several mod IDs which all need listing. Every Physgun plan includes full file access and an in-browser file manager, so you can edit both lines directly and restart in seconds while you get it right.

From the main menu choose Join, then Internet to find your server in the public browser, or Favorites to add it by IP and port directly. Your IP and port are shown in the Physgun panel the moment your server deploys. If your server is passworded, enter it in the Password field before connecting.

Either, and anything else. Enter any beta branch Steam offers in the panel, hit re-install, and your server switches to it. Build 41 lives on the legacy41 branch, so you can sit there while your mod list catches up, run the default for Build 42, or opt into an unstable branch to test something early. Always take a backup before switching branches, since save formats are not guaranteed to be compatible in both directions.

Yes, we provide automatic backups to ensure your world data is safe and recoverable if needed, and you can restore any save in a single click. This matters more in Zomboid than almost anywhere else, since a corrupted save can wipe hundreds of hours of survival in one go.

We don't cap your player slots, so the real limit is your hardware and your mod list. A vanilla server on our mid tier comfortably runs a busy 16 to 32 player community. Heavily modded servers are hungrier, and because Zomboid loads map cells around each player, a group spread across the whole map costs more than the same group in one town. You can upgrade your plan at any time with no world wipe.

Yes. Custom maps are installed the same way as any other Workshop content, and you set the load order in your server's map setting so custom towns layer over the base Knox County map correctly. Full file access means you can also drop in maps that aren't on the Workshop at all.

Physgun has been around for many years now, with tons of experience primarily in the Game Hosting sector. At Physgun you will get access to real features such as automatic restarts, Bullet Proof DDoS Protection, and so much more with no compromise. Every Project Zomboid plan runs on an Overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 or better, one of the fastest chips available for game servers, which is exactly what Zomboid's single-threaded zombie simulation wants when a horde descends on a full server.

Yep! Every Physgun server is protected from brute force attacks and even small advanced game-specific attacks. We specialize in DDoS Protection and Network Security, your server has never been in better hands than ours.

Yes, we provide servers in the US and UK to ensure low-latency gameplay for players around the world.