What are some of the best games you can self-host a server for?

I don't mean obvious ones like Minecraft. I'm looking for interesting ones like Runescape for instance

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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 3y

There's always Valheim...

But I host Titanfall servers. People are able to play on them using the Northstar client, a mod for the game that lets you connect to community servers, as well as mod the game in general.

lodion@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I've not played it in years, but Soldat was always great fun. Server requirements are pretty much: potato.

Anissem@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Jesus I had forgotten about Soldat

CordanWraith@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y

I adore Soldat, that game was a large part of my childhoot. They recently released it for free on Steam and have also come out with a sequel

drifty@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Minecraft, Veloren, Valheim, Core Keeper

drifty@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y

Also Bombsquad

ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Skyrim together, if you're particularly into jank.

Roman0@versalife.duckdns.org · 2 pts · 3y

There's also TES3MP for Morrowind. It uses the OpenMW source re-implementation. To play it just needs access to some Morrowind files.

RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja · 5 pts · 3y

Tradewars fucking 2002.

Yes, I said it. I stand by it.

ulu_mulu@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Terraria. It's a sort of hybrid between a minecraft 2d and an action RPG, really fun game with lots of content.

You can play it as standalone or as co-op and the server component is included in the game for you to host it if you want.

Tho If by interesting you mean MMOs, there are emulators for a few of them, WoW is my favorite (TrinityCore, AzerothCore), but know that opening them up to public use is illegal (copyright violation).

Edit: added github links to wow emulators.

atfergs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Core Keeper

ThreeHalflings@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Project Zomboid is worth looking at. It's not my kind of game, but it's great at what it is (top down zombie survival crafring)

Xanvial@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y

There's some reverse engineering port of WoW server, for example TrinityCore

wgs@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y

Maybe I'm old, but I loved hosting Open Arena, Teeworlds and Cube 2: Sauerbraten.

BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

If you don't like minecradt you probably won't like these 2 much either but I'll leave it here for anyone who might be interested anyways

Gmod and brickrigs (basically a sandbox Lego game but you have access to a massive community made workshop)

Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

To further my little mention about Runescape though I meant classic I believe there are efforts with the modern-day one: https://github.com/Open-RSC/Core-Framework

You can also host final fantasy 11 servers: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server

Estinos@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
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dko1905@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y

Garry's mod. Doesn't use a lot of resources (compared to newer games like Satisfactory), and you have an almost unlimited amount of content and things to do because of the Community Workshop.

HadManySons@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Space Engineers is really fun. Kind of a cross between Minecraft and Factorio, but in space.

plasticus@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y

These are ones I keep coming back to: Farming Simulator, Satisfactory, and Valheim. I've also kept up a V-Rising server at times because my friends like it, but I'm not as into that game. Always on the lookout for games to host for friends, so I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread! Found a few in here I'm going to try out.