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
- Go to the Free Trials page
- Pick your game and click Get Started
- Create a free account (just an email and password, no payment details)
- Your server is provisioned instantly and appears in the panel
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
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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