The Forest servers in Germany. Low ping across Central Europe.
Host your world close to your players in Central Europe. Every server runs on NVMe in Falkenstein, DE behind five layers of DDoS defense. No player cap from us — up to 8, The Forest's own maximum.
- Hosted in Falkenstein, DE
- Five-layer DDoS defense
- Live in about a minute
- Cancel or resize anytime
· Cancel anytime
Need more than 6 GB? We’ll build you a custom server →
Where your players connect from
How far the cities your players live in are from Falkenstein, DE. Closer usually means lower ping; real latency also depends on each player’s connection. Hover a city to see its route.
- Prague160 km
- Berlin240 km
- Frankfurt260 km
- Vienna390 km
- Amsterdam560 km
- Warsaw630 km
- Paris740 km
- London880 km
- Stockholm1,050 km
Lag-free, even under attack.
Game servers are DDoS magnets: a rival server, a banned player or a bored kid can flood yours. Every Nxeon game server sits behind the Nxeon Shield, so attack traffic is scrubbed before it ever reaches your world.
Diagram: traffic from the internet passes through Cloudflare, AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, OVHcloud VAC and NX Sentinel. Attack traffic is removed at each layer, and only clean traffic reaches your isolated server.
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Global Anycast EdgeCloudflare · L3 · L4 · L7Floods are absorbed across a planet-scale anycast network, hundreds of cities deep, long before they reach our regions.
- 02
Hyperscale Flood AbsorptionAWS Shield · L3 · L4Elastic hyperscale capacity soaks up SYN floods, UDP reflection and amplification attacks at the network layer.
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Adaptive Traffic ProfilingAzure DDoS Protection · L3 · L4Machine-learned traffic baselines tune mitigation to each workload in real time, with no manual thresholds to babysit.
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Game-Grade ScrubbingOVHcloud VAC · L3 · L4 · UDPPurpose-built UDP filtering keeps game ticks smooth and players connected, even in the middle of an attack.
- 05ProprietaryNX Sentinel™Nxeon · L3 to L7
Our in-house engine fingerprints every flow, applies zero-trust packet inspection and adaptive rate-shaping, and self-tunes firewall rules the moment attack patterns shift.
Choose your world
Pick a size, tell us how you’ll play, and see exactly how much room you’ll have.
Bigger than 6 GB? We’ll build it with you.
Tell us about your community and we’ll size and quote a setup around it: more memory and CPU than our largest plan, a network of linked servers, or dedicated hardware.
- Sized to your player count and mods
- Multi-server networks and proxies
- Help moving your existing worlds
Running a big community?
When you outgrow 6 GB, or need a whole network of The Forest servers, we’ll design a setup around your players, your mods and your growth. Tell us what you’re running and we’ll size and quote it.
1 The Forest mods on NxLabs
Community mods for The Forest run on BepInEx, same as most other Unity survival titles here. Install the loader once, then manage plugin DLLs over SFTP.
From click to playing in about a minute
- 0sPick your world
Server type and size, all on one page.
- ~10sCheck out
Pay by card or wallet. No setup fees.
- ~45sYour server boots
We install The Forest in Germany.
- ~60sJoin and play
Copy your address into the game and you’re in.
Before you deploy
The questions people ask right before they start.
Is there a player limit?
No player cap from us — up to 8, The Forest's own maximum. Every plan's player number is only a recommendation for smooth performance on that plan's memory and CPU; you set your server's own max players in Settings.
Which size do I need?
The Forest comes in 2 sizes: 4 GB (recommended for about 4 players) at $8.99 a month (first term, then $12.94) and 6 GB (recommended for about 8 players) at $12.99 a month (first term, then $18.70). The picker above recommends one for your player count and mods, and you can resize later.
Will my server lag?
Your server runs on NVMe hardware in Falkenstein, DE, and the size picker recommends enough memory for your players and mods. If you grow, resize from the panel in a click.
What happens if my server gets attacked?
Every game server sits behind the Nxeon Shield: five layers of DDoS filtering that scrub attack traffic before it reaches your world.
Are my worlds backed up?
Switch on scheduled backups in your server’s panel and it keeps the last 2 daily restore points, ready to roll back to.
Can I install mods and plugins?
Community mods for The Forest run on BepInEx, same as most other Unity survival titles here. Install the loader once, then manage plugin DLLs over SFTP.
Can I change size later?
Yes. Resize from the panel whenever your community is ready.
Do you offer custom servers for big communities?
Yes. If you need more than 6 GB, a network of linked servers or dedicated hardware, talk to us and we’ll size and quote a custom setup.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. There’s no lock-in.
Your world is waiting in Germany.
Live in about a minute. DDoS protection and daily restore points included. Cancel anytime.