Pay only for the hours you play.

No subscription. A stopped server costs $0. Up to 3 hours free to start.

step one

Estimate your week

Pick the game, pick a size, slide to the hours you play in a week.

Valheim
Valheim
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$1.68 / month

vs $12.00 typical flat plan 86% saved

3 hours free

Estimate based on four weeks of play at the size's hourly price.

how it works

One session, start to stop

The meter runs only while your server does.

  1. Rally the group

    Message the team on Discord, evening is about to start.

  2. Press start

    A premium cloud server spins up and restores your world.

    Ready in ~3 min; the clock starts.

  3. Play

    Play together, billed only per started hour.

  4. Everyone leaves

    Saves and auto-stops 10 minutes after everyone leaves.

  5. Saved and switched off

    World kept in cloud storage, costing $0.

    Go on vacation, return anytime.

  6. Back any time

    Press start whenever; the same world comes back.

$0

meter running

$0 world kept

One evening on Perf: 3 h × $0.10 = $0.30

step two

How does your group play?

A typical month on
A column per day, a row per hour; only the lit ones bill

Two or three evenings a week, all year. $24.70 for the lot.

September · 23 h billed
A typical flat plan $18.00
gameho in September $2.30

September's sessions

  1. Wed 3 20:00 1h30 2 h $0.20
  2. Thu 4 20:00 1h50 2 h $0.20
  3. Tue 9 20:00 2h05 3 h $0.30
  4. Thu 11 20:00 2h10 3 h $0.30
  5. Tue 16 19:30 1h30 2 h $0.20
  6. Thu 18 19:30 1h40 2 h $0.20
  7. Tue 23 20:00 1h40 2 h $0.20
  8. Wed 24 19:30 1h35 2 h $0.20
  9. Thu 25 19:30 2h20 3 h $0.30
  10. Tue 30 20:00 1h30 2 h $0.20
  11. 10 sessions 23 h $2.30

no asterisks

What if…

The awkward questions, answered straight. Tap one.

It stops itself.

About 10 minutes after the last player leaves, it saves and shuts down. If nobody shows up after you start it, it waits ~45 min, then stops.

That bills 3 h.

Billing counts whole hours from start, per started hour. On Perf that's $0.30.

A stopped server costs $0.

Not a reduced rate. $0. Your worlds stay, as many as you like; only running ones bill. Credits are prepaid and never expire: no subscription, no minimum, nothing renews. Unused credits are refundable.

Nobody gets kicked.

The session keeps running and the balance dips below zero until the next top-up. To start a server you need at least an hour's worth of credit: the starter's balance or the owner's counts.

The friend pays, if they can.

If their balance covers it, it comes from theirs. If not, the world owner pays.

They can.

Anyone with the server link can top up. It goes to the owner's balance.

Two cents.

Stop it before it finishes booting and it costs $0.02. Really.

Sometimes it is.

If it runs about 6+ hours every single day (≈180 h a month on Perf, Ultra and Max, 200 on Chill), a flat plan wins.

Play tonight. For free.

Pick a game, pick a size, press start. Up to 3 hours on the house.