Garry's Mod Server Hosting
Garry's Mod server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
Custom builds from $4.90/month
- RAM
- 4 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- CPU
- 1 vCore
Standard
- RAM
- 8 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
- RAM
- 10 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 3 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 15% with longer billing periods
Built for Garry's Mod: a gamemode, a Workshop collection, and getting content to players
A Garry's Mod server is whichever gamemode you point it at, plus a Workshop collection it re-reads every start, plus the problem of getting all of it onto a stranger's machine.
The gamemode is the server
DarkRP, Trouble in Terrorist Town, Prop Hunt, Murder, deathrun and jailbreak are not settings on one server. Each has its own maps, addons and moderation problem, and the maps are prefixed to match — rp_, ttt_, ph_, mu_, ba_jail_. The gamemode is a boot-time argument here, so changing it is a restart. Garry's Mod gamemodes
Every restart re-pulls the Workshop
Point the server at a collection and, in Facepunch's own words, it "will download the collection at startup and mount all the downloaded addons" — every time it starts. The collection must be public or unlisted. That is a live dependency on other people's uploads, so host_workshop_autoupdate 0 freezes it, at a cost. Workshop collections and FastDL
Getting the addons to players is the actual bottleneck
Facepunch rank the three ways of delivering content to a joining player, and the one built into the game server comes last: ServerDL is a "slow 64kb/s limit, file by file", noted as "extremely slow". FastDL puts the same files on an ordinary HTTP host; WorkshopDL moves up to about 2 GB at once. Set up FastDL
What running one actually asks of you
Garry's Mod is Lua, and Facepunch are direct: "Lua is not multi-threaded", and the coroutines standing in for threads run one at a time. Every addon shares that flow, on a tick you set at boot — 22 by default here, up to 100. A Game Server Login Token is the other job. Getting started with your Garry's Mod server
Powerful Server Management
Every server comes with our feature-rich game panel — manage your server from anywhere with no technical expertise required.
Live Server Console
Monitor your server in real time with a built-in console, live CPU, memory, and network graphs, plus one-click start, restart, and stop controls.
Full File Manager
Browse, upload, edit, and manage all your server files directly from the panel — no FTP client needed. Drag and drop uploads, bulk actions, and more.
Startup Configuration
Fine-tune every aspect of your server with an intuitive variable editor. Selects, toggles, and validated inputs replace fragile command-line flags.
One-Click Backups
Create on-demand or scheduled backups with one click. Lock critical snapshots, download them for offsite storage, or restore any of them yourself.
Network & Allocations
Every server gets a dedicated port allocation behind always-on DDoS filtering. Add extra ports for query, RCON or mods without touching a config file.
Global Server Network
Pick a data center close to your players. The times below are measured live from your own connection, not quoted from ours. View all locations.
Garry's Mod servers deploy from four locations. Dallas sits in the middle of North America and is the usual default for a community spread across the United States. Ashburn covers the East Coast and is the shorter hop for players in the eastern states and eastern Canada. London serves the UK, Ireland and the western edge of Europe, and Frankfurt sits central for Germany, the Nordics, the Benelux countries and most of Eastern Europe. Between them the four cover North America and Europe end to end.
The figures beside each city were measured by your own browser a moment ago, so read them as a fair guide to what players near you will see rather than a number we picked. If you choose the wrong one, moving is free: open a ticket and support migrates your server files to any available location at no charge.
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Outgrowing a shared Garry's Mod server?
For larger Garry's Mod communities — or when you're running a fleet of high-performance instances — a dedicated machine gives you the whole box: every core, all the RAM, and no noisy neighbors. You decide how it's run.
Run it on our game panel
Hand us the machine and we deploy it onto the same GameServerKings panel you already know — one-click installs, mods, backups, and 24/7 support, managed on your behalf.
Or manage it yourself
Prefer full control? Take root access and run it your way. The box is yours end to end — we just keep the hardware and network humming underneath.
Garry's Mod Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Garry's Mod server.
Garry's Mod
Covers granting the first superadmin via ULX/ULib, ulx addgroup/setgroupcantarget groups, plus kickid and banid.
Installs DarkRP + DarkRP Modification addon, sets up TTT with Custom Roles, and maps for Prop Hunt, Murder, Jailbreak.
A Workshop collection plus Auth Key enables addon downloads; sv_downloadurl and bzip2 fix the 64kb/s cap.
Sets server.cfg update-rate and sbox_max limits during the 12 GB boot; flags Wiremod/Advanced Duplicator 2 slowdowns.
What Facepunch's guidelines and the Garry's Mod Server Operator Rules let you sell on a DarkRP or TTT server, quoted verbatim, with the Workshop limits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Garry's Mod server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run a Garry's Mod server?
A Garry's Mod server here starts at $4.90 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1 vCore · 2 GB RAM · 20 GB storage
- $4.90/mo
- Fully loaded
- 3 vCores · 10 GB RAM · 40 GB storage
- $27.00/mo
- Dedicated IPv4
- Optional add-on
- +$5.00/mo
- Longer terms
- Paid annually or up front
- 5–15% off
How quickly will my server be ready?
Your Garry's Mod server is provisioned automatically within about a minute of payment. You'll receive login credentials to your inbox so you can connect straight away.
Do game updates install automatically?
Yes. Your Garry's Mod server is kept on the current game build automatically — you don't need to patch it by hand or open a ticket when the game updates.
Can I install mods and plugins?
Absolutely. You have full file access via our control panel and FTP/SFTP. Install any mods, plugins, or custom configurations — we don't restrict what you run on your server.
What if I need to upgrade my resources?
Upgrading is instant. You can change your memory, storage, or CPU priority from your client area at any time without any downtime or server migration.
Is DDoS protection included?
Yes. Every Garry's Mod server includes enterprise-grade DDoS mitigation at no extra charge. We absorb attacks at the network edge — your players won't notice a thing.
Are backups included?
Yes, and in two ways. Your Garry's Mod server is backed up automatically every 24 hours to off-site storage, so there is a recent copy to fall back on if the machine itself fails — you do not have to set anything up for that. On top of it, every plan includes five backup slots in the control panel that are yours to use: take one with a single click before a wipe, an update or a mod install, or set a schedule so they run on their own, and restore or download any of those five whenever you like. Neither costs extra.
Do I need a dedicated IP?
Only if you want one. A dedicated IPv4 address gives your Garry's Mod server its own entry in the in-game server browser and puts it on the game's default port, so players can connect by typing just the IP address. Without one your server shares an IP with other servers and uses its own port instead — it runs exactly the same and your friends can still join, they just need the IP and the port together. It costs $5.00 a month if you decide you want it.
Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
We offer a 72-hour money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied for any reason within the first 72 hours, contact us and we'll issue a full refund — no questions asked.
Can I switch server locations?
Yes. Contact our support team and we'll help you migrate your server data to any of our available locations at no charge.
Still have questions?
Our support team is available 24/7 and typically responds in under 5 minutes.
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