And it stays that way. No plans, no paid slots, no paywall, no premium gate. You show up, we cover it.
What this would cost you elsewhere.
Rent these same 17 worlds from a typical managed game host and you're looking at roughly this per month — per server, every month, forever.
| World | Typical / mo | Spec |
|---|---|---|
| Minecraft | ~$20 | modded pack / survival |
| Palworld | ~$20 | co-op survival |
| Satisfactory | ~$18 | factory co-op |
| Enshrouded | ~$22 | survival co-op |
| American Truck Simulator | ~$12 | convoy nights |
| BeamMP | ~$12 | driving sessions |
| FiveM | ~$15 | gta v roleplay |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | ~$12 | convoy nights |
| Garry's Mod | ~$10 | sandbox sessions |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | ~$10 | co-op campaigns |
| No More Room in Hell | ~$10 | survival horror |
| Rust | ~$20 | survival pvp |
| Sons of the Forest | ~$16 | survival co-op |
| Squad | ~$24 | tactical teamwork |
| Team Fortress 2 | ~$10 | arena nights |
| Terraria | ~$8 | adventure sandbox |
| The Forest | ~$12 | survival co-op |
| Total | ~$251 / mo | 17 servers on managed hosting — before mods or support |
What it actually costs us.
Self-hosting on our own hardware means no per-server rental — the real bill is mostly just power.
| Item | Est / mo | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | ~$39 | running our self-hosted hardware 24/7 — ~340W avg, ~245 kWh/mo |
| Domain | ~$1 | voxelbox.org registration, spread monthly |
| Cloudflare | $0 | free tier — DNS, CDN, and SSL |
| Game servers | $0 | all self-hosted — no rented slots |
| Panel software | $0 | Calagopus game panel, open-source |
| Total | ~$40 / mo | power is ~95% of it; everything else is rounding |
All figures are rough estimates — the point is transparency, not an exact balance sheet. The real number moves with power prices and load. Based on typical pricing from managed game hosts (Shockbyte / GPORTAL / Nitrado-tier).
Free to you. Worth it to us.
We run all of this so the community has stable worlds to play on. If you want to help keep it going, just showing up and being part of it is plenty.
