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Best Gaming VPS: 157 providers ranked

A gaming VPS hosts dedicated servers for Minecraft, FiveM, Palworld, Rust or Valheim. Single-thread CPU speed, enough RAM for the map and player count, DDoS filtering and a location near your players matter more than anything else, so the list starts at 4 GB and favours DDoS-protected, dedicated-CPU plans.

Short answer

As of October 23, 2026, the best gaming VPS is LikeVPS (Lite++, $17.00/month: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and HOSTKEY. The cheapest is ServerCheap at $3.00/month (NVMe-KVM-4GB-New). 157 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 4 GB RAM.

Key takeaways

  • Prices run from $3.00 (ServerCheap) with a median of $17.00 per month across 157 providers.
  • Widest footprint: OneProvider, 64 data-center locations in 50 countries.
  • Best rated: ChartVPS, 5.0/5 on Trustpilot from 228 reviews.
  • 75 of 157 offer Windows Server, 90 include DDoS protection and 44 bill by the hour.

Top picks: gaming vps

  1. 1

    LikeVPS

    UK-registered VPS provider with 26 locations across Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania; DDoS protection and unlimited traffic included in most plans. Lite++ at $17.00/month with 4 GB RAM. 26 locations in 26 countries, DDoS protection included and Windows Server available.

    Lite++: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic.
    $17.00per month
  2. 2

    Contabo

    Munich-based host selling high-RAM shared-vCPU VPS from €5.50 across 10+ locations on four continents. Cloud VPS 4 at $6.16/month with 8 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.

    Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, unmetered traffic.
    $6.16per month
  3. 3

    HOSTKEY

    Amsterdam-based dedicated and GPU host with hourly-billed KVM VPS in seven European and US locations and Windows images. Hourly VPS Basic at $3.60/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and hourly billing.

    Hourly VPS Basic: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD, traffic n/a.
    $3.60per month
  4. 4

    OVHcloud VPS

    French public cloud group selling NVMe VPS with unlimited traffic in 11 datacenter regions from $4.54/mo. VPS-1 at $4.54/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.

    VPS-1: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic.
    $4.54per month
  5. 5

    Hetzner Cloud

    German cloud with NVMe VPS from about €6/mo and 20 TB traffic in EU locations. CX23 at $6.71/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included and hourly billing.

    CX23: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic.
    $6.71per month

All 157 providers that qualify

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# Provider Plan $/month vCPU RAM Storage Locations Windows Trustpilot
1 LikeVPS Lite++ $17.00 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 26 Yes —
2 Contabo Cloud VPS 4 $6.16 4 8 GB 100 GB SSD 10 Yes 4.6 (11,470)
3 HOSTKEY Hourly VPS Basic $3.60 2 4 GB 50 GB SSD 7 Yes 3.1 (214)
4 OVHcloud VPS VPS-1 $4.54 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 11 Yes 3.8 (8,843)
5 Hetzner Cloud CX23 $6.71 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 6 No 3.0 (3,001)
6 netcup VPS 500 G12.5 $8.94 2 4 GB 64 GB SSD 5 No 3.8 (3,022)
7 AlphaVPS C4G $4.49 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 7 Yes 4.6 (146)
8 HostArmada Flux $5.18 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 9 No 4.8 (1,125)
9 HostHatch NVMe 4 GB $6.00 2 4 GB 20 GB NVMe 14 No 2.7 (91)
10 Hosteons 7950 VDS 1 $9.00 1 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 8 Yes 3.4 (22)
11 SolidVPS (formerly SolidSEOVPS) Linux Cloud vShared 4GB $9.95 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 21 Yes 3.2 (1)
12 LWS (Ligne Web Services) VPS LC2 $6.71 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 1 No 4.5 (6,572)
13 HostBrr DE-3900-4GBrr $5.50 2 4 GB 30 GB NVMe 2 Yes 3.1 (49)
14 Leaseweb VPS Leaseweb VPS 1 $5.58 4 6 GB 100 GB NVMe 9 No 3.4 (319)
15 Hostinger VPS KVM 1 $11.99 1 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 10 No 4.6 (73,071)
16 Infomaniak VPS Lite 3 $8.68 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 1 Yes 4.0 (2,060)
17 MilesWeb SM-L1 $5.76 1 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 32 No —
18 UltaHost VPS Professional $15.87 3 4 GB 75 GB NVMe 29 No 3.5 (1,836)
19 NameHero Starter (Unmanaged) $5.44 1 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 No 4.9 (5,411)
20 IONOS VPS VPS Linux M+ $14.00 2 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 8 Yes 4.6 (45,403)
21 WebHorizon NVME-KVM-4GB (Netherlands) $9.99 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 6 Yes —
22 Clouvider VPS.4 $6.67 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 11 No 2.6 (90)
23 LayerStack ARM108 $9.00 4 8 GB 100 GB SSD 5 Yes —
24 Psychz Networks cVirtual Starter $4.00 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 4 Yes 2.5 (5)
25 Tencent Cloud Lighthouse Starter 2C4G 70GB $7.50 2 4 GB 70 GB SSD 11 No —
26 ServerCheap NVMe-KVM-4GB-New $3.00 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 1 No —
27 Cloudzy 4 GB DDR5 $14.48 2 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 13 No —
28 Biznet Gio NEO Lite MS 4.2 $7.76 2 4 GB 60 GB SSD 2 No —
29 VPSDime Linux 4 GB $5.00 2 4 GB 20 GB SSD 6 No —
30 InterServer Linux VPS 2 slices $6.00 1 4 GB 60 GB SSD 3 Yes 4.3 (2,514)
31 Bluehost VPS NVMe 4 $11.99 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 9 No 4.5 (31,911)
32 SSD Nodes KVM / Small $17.00 2 8 GB 160 GB SSD 15 No 3.0 (255)
33 Prometeus (IperWeb) LPAR-11 $9.00 1 4 GB 40 GB SSD 3 No 4.1 (5)
34 Natro XCloud 2 $9.99 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 1 Yes 2.7 (8)
35 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB $16.06 1 8 GB 50 GB NVMe 25 Yes 1.3 (180)
36 GreenCloudVPS EPYCVDS-1 $10.00 1 8 GB 80 GB NVMe 19 Yes 3.3 (122)
37 Zomro Optimal AMD $13.38 2 5 GB 35 GB NVMe 4 Yes 4.1 (114)
38 Vultr Regular Performance 2 vCPU / 4 GB (vc2-2c-4gb) $20.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 32 Yes 1.6 (585)
39 Hivelocity pro.sm.amd $10.00 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 30 Yes —
40 HostGator VPS Snappy 2000 - NVMe 4 $9.35 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 1 No 4.6 (17,852)
41 DigitalOcean Basic 4 GB (s-2vcpu-4gb) $24.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 13 No 4.5 (2,581)
42 Cloudfanatic 4 GB $9.00 4 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 4 Yes 2.6 (212)
43 Aéza WAWs-2 $13.29 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 11 Yes 2.6 (119)
44 BuyVM Ryzen KVM 4GB $20.00 1 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 4 Yes 3.8 (948)
45 Beget VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB $12.14 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 3 No 3.8 (2)
46 HostZealot KVM-SSD 4096 $16.08 4 4 GB 50 GB SSD 21 Yes —
47 RUVDS Fast NVMe 1 (DRIVE 1) $19.10 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 20 Yes —
48 Cherry Servers Cloud ARM VDS 2 $21.30 2 12 GB 50 GB 7 No 4.4 (152)
49 Fornex Cloud NVMe 4 $16.88 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 6 Yes —
50 Fasthosts VPS 2 $15.87 2 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 1 Yes 4.8 (21,711)
51 OneProvider High Perf 1 $15.00 1 4 GB 75 GB NVMe 64 No 2.5 (681)
52 ChemiCloud Cloud 1 $32.95 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 13 No 4.7 (1,379)
53 ServaRica Chimera Hybrid -1 $5.00 2 4 GB 2065 GB NVMe + HDD 1 Yes 3.4 (27)
54 HostDare SSD3 $10.92 3 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 3 Yes —
55 Hostodo Capacity Nano $5.00 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 No 1.8 (25)
56 V.PS AMS Medium $8.93 2 4 GB 1000 GB HDD 11 No —
57 Evolution Host Business $44.75 4 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 17 Yes 4.5 (292)
58 Akamai Cloud (Linode) Linode 4 GB $24.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 26 No 2.5 (207)
59 Webdock VPS Pro $21.95 6 10 GB 40 GB NVMe 1 No 4.9 (359)
60 QuantVPS VPS Starter $29.99 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 8 Yes 4.6 (97)
61 Voxfor NVMe 4 GB $24.00 2 4 GB 20 GB NVMe 19 No 4.3 (8)
62 CloudCone SSD VPS 4 $7.66 8 4 GB 120 GB SSD 1 No 1.9 (126)
63 AccuWeb Hosting VPS Edge $15.99 1 4 GB 30 GB SSD 14 Yes 4.5 (222)
64 Time4VPS Linux 4 $14.55 2 4 GB 50 GB SSD 1 Yes 4.7 (1,254)
65 AlexHost U2 $11.20 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 2 No 1.8 (164)
66 KnownHost Unmanaged Basic $20.00 4 6 GB 100 GB NVMe 3 No 4.3 (96)
67 Krystal Krystal Cloud C-4 $36.67 2 4 GB 75 GB NVMe 3 Yes 4.9 (2,459)
68 Hosting.com VPS XS (4GB Cloud Server) $19.99 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 10 No 4.8 (7,204)
69 HostAfrica Linux Cloud C4 $25.89 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 4 No —
70 HostPapa Progress $9.95 4 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 2 No 4.7 (3,074)
71 Melbicom VDS-2-SSD-TYO $12.77 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 9 No 3.5 (19)
72 LightNode Agency $14.70 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 39 Yes —
73 Cloudways DigitalOcean Medium $88.00 4 8 GB 160 GB SSD 9 No 4.6 (3,766)
74 Exabytes Malaysia C1 $11.03 1 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 3 No 4.2 (151)
75 UpCloud Starter 2xCPU-4GB $14.00 2 4 GB 30 GB SSD 14 Yes 3.0 (168)
76 Evoxt VM-2 $11.99 2 4 GB 30 GB 17 Yes —
77 Amazon Lightsail Linux 4 GB $24.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 19 Yes 1.3 (429)
78 Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server Linux 2C/4G $19.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 12 Yes 1.2 (100)
79 Locaweb VPS 4 GB Linux $6.52 2 4 GB 70 GB SSD 2 No 4.8 (135)
80 STRATO VPS Linux M $11.24 2 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 2 Yes 4.2 (10,754)
81 ChartVPS Alpha Mark-1 $50.00 2 4 GB 128 GB NVMe 7 Yes 5.0 (228)
82 HostUS KVM-4 $22.95 4 4 GB 90 GB SSD 10 Yes 3.3 (51)
83 Liquid Web VPS Cloud VPS Compute 4GB $17.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 3 No 3.8 (2,777)
84 InMotion Hosting cVPS 4 $24.00 4 4 GB 100 GB SSD 3 No 4.6 (3,030)
85 Atlantic.Net G3.4GB $20.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 8 Yes 4.5 (139)
86 DreamHost VPS Stack 4 $15.99 2 4 GB 75 GB NVMe 1 No 4.6 (8,231)
87 MonoVM Linux 4096 MB $29.99 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 21 Yes 1.9 (67)
88 IDCloudHost Basic Standard 2C/4GB/60GB $12.56 2 4 GB 60 GB 4 No 3.1 (3)
89 xneelo s-g-2cpu-4gb $13.00 2 4 GB 10 GB NVMe 2 No 4.7 (314)
90 WEDOS (VEDOS) VPS SSD 2 modules $14.86 1 4 GB 30 GB SSD 1 No 2.0 (12)
91 Gcore KVM-HIGHCPU-SSD-4-ANX $43.72 12 24 GB 500 GB SSD 28 No 2.3 (48)
92 TradingFXVPS HFT Advanced VPS $33.75 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 8 Yes 4.8 (379)
93 FastComet Cloud 2 $53.87 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 24 No 4.7 (4,019)
94 Google Cloud Compute Engine e2-medium $24.46 2 4 GB — 41 Yes 1.4 (43)
95 Timeweb Cloud MSK Ultra 50 $65.46 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 7 Yes —
96 Vietnix VPS SSD Linux 2 $9.28 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 1 Yes 4.0 (8)
97 GoDaddy VPS 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM $29.99 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 3 Yes 4.4 (144,190)
98 Kamatera Pro $39.00 2 4 GB 20 GB NVMe 21 Yes 4.3 (388)
99 Hostripples VPS S SSD $27.00 4 4 GB 200 GB SSD 7 Yes 2.5 (262)
100 Spartan Host E5 KVM 4096MB $20.00 4 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 3 Yes —
101 KAGOYA CLOUD VPS 4GB $11.14 4 4 GB 600 GB NVMe 1 Yes —
102 VPSServer.com High (4 GB) $30.00 4 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 21 Yes 1.4 (118)
103 BandwagonHost 80G KVM - PROMO $19.99 4 4 GB 80 GB SSD 10 No 2.9 (2)
104 Huawei Cloud Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 4 GiB $19.00 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 17 No 2.8 (3)
105 E2E Networks C3.8GB $35.64 4 8 GB 100 GB NVMe 3 No 2.3 (7)
106 ScalaHosting Config #1 $24.95 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 15 No 4.9 (2,208)
107 ConoHa VPS 4 GB $8.57 4 4 GB 100 GB SSD 1 No —
108 ColoCrossing Premium (4GB) $13.95 3 4 GB 100 GB SSD 6 Yes 2.7 (110)
109 LiteServer NVME-4G $17.97 4 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 1 No 3.7 (45)
110 Exoscale Standard Medium $34.06 2 4 GB 10 GB NVMe 7 Yes 3.5 (2)
111 cyber_Folks vroot_RUN! $17.76 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 1 Yes —
112 Hostfly CloudVPS-2 $19.42 2 4 GB 60 GB NVMe 1 Yes —
113 Aruba Cloud VPS O2A4 $7.05 2 4 GB 40 GB 2 No 2.8 (65)
114 mittwald Managed vServer S $48.19 2 4 GB 50 GB 3 No 4.9 (297)
115 Turhost VPS Plus 2 $18.99 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 2 No 2.6 (4)
116 LunaNode m.4 $14.00 2 4 GB 35 GB SSD 1 No 2.6 (8)
117 Latitude.sh vm.small $69.00 4 16 GB 160 GB local 20 No 2.8 (5)
118 Hostens Container VPS Medium $11.50 2 4 GB 50 GB SSD 2 Yes 4.5 (802)
119 Truehost Cloud Cloud VPS 2 $10.99 2 4 GB 100 GB SSD 1 No 3.5 (53)
120 webgo SSD vServer Starter $44.96 2 4 GB 50 GB SSD 1 No 4.3 (2,044)
121 VEXXHOST v3-starter-2 $15.00 2 4 GB 20 GB SSD 3 No —
122 is*hosting Medium $21.24 3 4 GB 40 GB SSD 42 No 4.2 (265)
123 RackNerd KVM VPS 4 GB $24.59 4 4 GB 130 GB SSD 12 Yes 4.3 (384)
124 VDSina Standard 4 GB $20.10 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 1 Yes —
125 HOSTiQ kVPS50 $13.22 2 4 GB 50 GB SSD 3 Yes —
126 HostNamaste OpenVZ-4096 $19.99 3 4 GB 100 GB SSD 8 Yes 4.4 (24)
127 PlanetHoster HybridCloud Starter $54.91 2 4 GB 40 GB NVMe 3 No 4.8 (5,503)
128 DediRock LA KVM VPS Plus $12.99 4 4 GB 100 GB SSD 2 No —
129 Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series) Standard_B2ls_v2 $30.37 2 4 GB — 48 Yes 1.4 (57)
130 TransIP V3 $22.40 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 2 Yes 2.6 (4)
131 DMIT LAX.AN5.T1 GENERAL G2C4G $16.90 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 No —
132 Scaleway PLAY2-NANO $22.51 2 4 GB — 4 Yes 1.5 (358)
133 GreenGeeks VPS 4 GB $69.95 4 4 GB 75 GB NVMe 4 No 4.6 (1,737)
134 RamNode Premium NVMe 4 GB $24.00 4 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 4 No 2.2 (54)
135 Fozzy Linux VPS 4 GB $18.74 4 4 GB 90 GB SSD 3 Yes 4.9 (877)
136 phoenixNAP s0.d1.small $58.40 4 16 GB 480 GB SSD 6 No —
137 Veesp VM 4 $20.00 2 4 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 No 2.3 (7)
138 Namecheap VPS Quasar $18.88 4 6 GB 120 GB SSD 1 No 4.2 (22,054)
139 Hostwinds Unmanaged Linux 3 $18.99 2 4 GB 75 GB SSD 3 No 2.1 (730)
140 Tilaa Standard $39.92 2 4 GB 160 GB SSD 1 Yes 4.4 (140)
141 VirMach 4GB (NVMe4G) $20.00 3 4 GB 120 GB NVMe 7 Yes 1.2 (910)
142 TMDHosting Managed cPanel 4GB $69.00 2 4 GB 100 GB NVMe 9 No 4.8 (1,773)
143 Gandi V-R4 $16.77 2 4 GB 25 GB 1 No —
144 SiteGround Cloud Jump Start $100.00 4 8 GB 40 GB SSD 11 No 4.9 (31,150)
145 Mythic Beasts VPS 4 + 40 GB SSD $22.09 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 4 No 4.7 (99)
146 IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC cx2-2x4 $57.00 2 4 GB — 13 Yes 1.9 (89)
147 VPSie A4 $40.00 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 6 Yes 4.0 (3)
148 Ikoula Managed Plesk VPS Standard $95.65 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 2 Yes 4.2 (398)
149 ServerMania Compute 2 $27.72 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 1 No —
150 1984 Hosting VPS #3 $38.64 2 4 GB 80 GB 1 No 3.2 (19)
151 Glesys KVM VPS Power $77.81 4 8 GB 50 GB NVMe 6 Yes 2.3 (13)
152 Seeweb Shared CPU 4G $39.18 4 4 GB 80 GB SSD 5 Yes 3.0 (47)
153 cloudscale.ch Flex-4-1 $39.80 1 4 GB 10 GB NVMe 2 No —
154 Serverspace 4 GB / 2 vCPU $41.40 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 7 Yes 3.2 (139)
155 Rackspace OpenStack Flex General Purpose 1 vCPU / 4 GB $23.65 1 4 GB — 3 No 1.2 (333)
156 ZNetLive Cloud VPS L2 $28.41 2 4 GB 80 GB SSD 1 No 2.4 (244)
157 Greenhost Green 4 $35.32 2 4 GB 40 GB SSD 1 No —

Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan that meets at least 4 GB RAM. Updated October 23, 2026.

Cheapest qualifying plan per provider

Cheapest qualifying plan per providerCheapest qualifying plan per provider$/monthServerCheapServerCheap: $3.00$3.00HOSTKEYHOSTKEY: $3.60$3.60Psychz NetworksPsychz Networks: $4.00$4.00AlphaVPSAlphaVPS: $4.49$4.49OVHcloud VPSOVHcloud VPS: $4.54$4.54VPSDimeVPSDime: $5.00$5.00ServaRicaServaRica: $5.00$5.00HostodoHostodo: $5.00$5.00HostArmadaHostArmada: $5.18$5.18NameHeroNameHero: $5.44$5.44HostBrrHostBrr: $5.50$5.50Leaseweb VPSLeaseweb VPS: $5.58$5.58MilesWebMilesWeb: $5.76$5.76HostHatchHostHatch: $6.00$6.00InterServerInterServer: $6.00$6.00ContaboContabo: $6.16$6.16LocawebLocaweb: $6.52$6.52ClouviderClouvider: $6.67$6.67Hetzner CloudHetzner Cloud: $6.71$6.71LWS (Ligne Web Services)LWS (Ligne Web Services): $6.71$6.71
Monthly price of each provider's cheapest matching plan (up to 20 providers), US dollars.

What to look for in a game servers VPS

What to check

  • DDoS protection included
  • High-clock or dedicated CPU cores
  • 4 GB RAM or more, depending on the game
  • A data center near the player base

Frequently asked questions

What is the best gaming vps?

As of October 23, 2026, the best gaming VPS is LikeVPS (Lite++, $17.00/month: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and HOSTKEY. The cheapest is ServerCheap at $3.00/month (NVMe-KVM-4GB-New). 157 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 4 GB RAM.

What is the cheapest VPS for game servers?

ServerCheap at $3.00 per month for NVMe-KVM-4GB-New (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe), the cheapest plan that meets at least 4 GB RAM.

Sources

Prices, plans and locations were read from these pages; last checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the provider's site before you buy.

  1. LikeVPS pricing
  2. Contabo pricing
  3. HOSTKEY pricing
  4. OVHcloud VPS pricing
  5. Hetzner Cloud pricing
  6. netcup pricing
  7. AlphaVPS pricing
  8. HostArmada pricing