TF2 Server Hosting

Run your own Team Fortress 2 community server with your maps, your rules and your admins, set up from one panel.

  • SourceMod plugins, one click away in the panel
  • Workshop maps by ID
  • Up to 32 players, no per-slot fees
  • Switch between 535 games for free, anytime*
From, per month
$5.49
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

Refined Metal3 GB RAM, 150% CPU

$8.49/mo

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Pick your plan

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

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CustomChoose your own plan!
150%

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3 GB

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Billing

Secure Backups Included

Refined Metal

$8.49/mo

Billed monthly. Cancel any time.

  • Refined Metal plan $8.49
  • Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox

Switch your Team Fortress 2 server to any of 534 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 TF2 server with Physgun?

Your maps, your rules and your plugins, on a server you run from one panel.

ctf_2fort Β· match live

Pick the power you need

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

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 Team Fortress 2 Server online

Installs itself

Order and the server downloads and installs Team Fortress 2 on its own. Nothing to set up on your side.

Config Editorserver.cfg
GameplayRoundsTeamsSourceTV
Friendly FireOff
Random CritsOff
Fixed Weapon SpreadOn
Instant RespawnOff On
Saved to server.cfgno file editing needed

server.cfg, without the typing

Your Rules in the Config Editor

Time and win limits, team balance, random crits, friendly fire, instant respawn, all talk and player votes, grouped and labelled in the panel.

  • Server Browser, Rounds, Teams, Gameplay, Custom Content and SourceTV groups
  • Time and win limits, crits and team balance
VS Codeserver.cfg - Physgun VS Code main
server.cfg mapcycle.txt
1234
// your server, your rules
tf_weapon_criticals 0
sv_alltalk 1
mp_timelimit 30
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
βœ“ Connected, TF2 container ready
$ physgun status
● running Β· ctf_2fort

For the power users

SSH Access & VSCode

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

  • Full SSH access included
  • Edit files live in VSCode
Start Map
map namecp_dustbowl
Restart
Now starting on cp_dustbowl

Start Map and Players

Set the start map, max players and passwords, and pick the 64-bit server or 32-bit for older plugins.

Team Fortress 2Vanilla
Team Fortress 2 (SourceMod)Pluginsready

SourceMod Plugins

Switch to Team Fortress 2 (SourceMod) to run plugins for admin tools, custom modes and more.

Start Mapworkshop/ and a map ID
Workshop mapLoaded on startready
SourceTVSpectators watch liveon

Workshop Maps and SourceTV

Start on a Steam Workshop map by its ID, and turn on SourceTV so spectators can watch live.

The panel every TF2 server deserves.

One place for your whole community: start map, max players, passwords and SourceTV in the startup settings, a config editor for rounds, teams and gameplay, 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 - 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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TF2 Server Hosting, Explained

What is Team Fortress 2?

New to Team Fortress 2?

What is Team Fortress 2?

Team Fortress 2 is Valve's class-based team shooter. Two teams, RED and BLU, fight over objectives as one of nine classes, from the Scout and Soldier to the Medic, Engineer and Spy, each with a clear role. Rounds are played on Capture the Flag, Control Point, Payload, Arena and King of the Hill maps, and there are hundreds of weapons and hats to collect, craft and trade. It is free to play.

Nine Classes.

Switch class mid-round to counter the other team, and win with teamwork like the Medic's ÜberCharge.

Many Game Modes.

Capture the Flag on 2Fort, attack and defend on Dustbowl, Payload, Arena and more.

What is TF2 Server Hosting?

Why rent a server?

What is TF2 Server Hosting?

A TF2 community server is where regulars meet the same players every night, under your rules and your admins. With Physgun you set the start map, max players, passwords and SourceTV in the panel, tune rounds, teams and gameplay in the config editor, start on Workshop maps, switch to SourceMod when you want plugins, and get full file access over SFTP and SSH for your maps and configs.

Always Online.

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

Your Rules.

Pick your maps and settings, set an RCON password for admin commands, and run plugins with SourceMod.

Questions, answered

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

Physgun

A standard TF2 server holds 24 players, and you can set up to 32. We never charge per player slot.

Yes, just switch to Team Fortress 2 (SourceMod) in the panel's "Switch Game" tab!

Yes. Set a Steam Workshop map as your start map and the server loads it.

Yes. Set a server password, and only players who have it can join.

Yes. Turn on SourceTV and spectators can watch your matches live.

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 TF2 server?

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

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