Free Trials Explained

8Bit Hosting offers free 2-hour trial servers on 7 games, no credit card required. Here is exactly how they work.

Which games are available?

Minecraft, Garry's Mod, Hytale, Project Zomboid, Terraria, Valheim and Starbound. Start a trial at 8bit-hosting.com.

How to claim a trial

  1. Go to the Free Trials page
  2. Pick your game and click Get Started
  3. Create a free account (just an email and password, no payment details)
  4. Your server is provisioned instantly and appears in the panel
Panel server list showing your trial server card with live status and resource usage

What do you get?

  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB for Valheim)
  • 10 GB NVMe SSD storage
  • Instant setup: server is ready in under 60 seconds
  • Full access to the panel, file manager, console, restarts
  • UK node, same hardware as paid plans
Panel Console tab: full server access is included with every free trial

What happens after 2 hours?

Your trial server is automatically suspended 2 hours after it was created. It does not delete immediately, you have 2 days after suspension to log back in, download your world or upgrade to a paid plan. After 2 days the server is permanently deleted.

Limits

  • Maximum 3 active trial servers at one time across your account
  • You can run a trial on the same game again, just start a new one once the previous one has expired

Upgrading

Liked it? Go to 8bit-hosting.com/store and pick a paid plan. Your world files can be transferred, just open a ticket in Discord and we'll migrate them for you.

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