Up to 4 GB RAM. No credit card. Desert Forge's free tier is built to impress, not to frustrate. Minecraft is live today; Terraria and Mindustry free tiers roll out as we finish their self-serve pipelines.
We built the free tier to be genuinely usable — not a demo, not a trap.
Enough for a solid Paper server with a handful of players. Way above the typical free host.
Servers run on Paper with Desert Forge's tuned defaults. Fast startup, lower lag, better TPS out of the box.
Room for a real survival world. Enough to explore, build, and grow without hitting a wall right away.
Earn credits daily and spend them on real upgrades — more RAM, more storage, idle keepalive, and more.
Your world stays safe for 14 days after inactivity. Extend it with credits if you need a longer break.
Spend credits for temporary boosts or convert to a paid plan when you're ready for full control.
The free tier is real hosting. Paid plans are for teams that need more.
Both qualify under our free-tier rule (≤ 2 GB base RAM). We're wiring up self-serve provisioning for them now. Join the waitlist and you'll be first in line when they go live.
Order your free Minecraft server from our server page. No credit card required. Other games' free tiers will appear here as they launch.