Game server manager
The game server manager that runs your whole community.
HaruHost is a game server manager for Windows and Linux. It installs, updates, runs and backs up dedicated servers for 45 games on a VPS, a home server or your own PC, managed from any browser, the desktop app or Discord. And it goes further than a manager: it works with the game itself, with players, chat, mods, a Discord bot and the Tunnel built in.
HaruHost—▢✕
21:02:11 Freya joined this ARK! 21:04:37 Kenji joined this ARK! 21:10:02 > SaveWorld 21:10:03 World Saved
Everything you expect from a game server manager
The everyday work of running game servers, done for you.
| The job | How HaruHost does it |
|---|---|
| Install a server | Guided setup for 45 games, all of them also on Linux. |
| Bring the server you have | For 10 games, browse to its folder and HaruHost recognises and imports it. |
| Keep it updated | One click, or automatically when the game releases an update, with players warned and the world backed up first. |
| Keep it running | Scheduled restarts with a warning in game, crash recovery, and servers started again after a reboot. |
| Console and graphs | A live server console, with CPU, RAM and player graphs. |
| Admin commands | Sent over each game's own protocol, with no separate tool: RCON for ARK: Survival Ascended, ARK: Survival Evolved and V Rising, Telnet for 7 Days to Die and Soulmask, BattlEye RCon for DayZ and REST API for Palworld. |
| Logs | Every start, stop, crash, install, update, backup, settings change and player join on a machine or server, with who did it (you, an admin, a Discord user, an automation or HaruHost) and the error when something failed. |
| Settings | Auto Config for 20 games on Windows, ARK: Survival Ascended, ARK: Survival Evolved, Enshrouded, Palworld, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Soulmask and Valheim on Linux too: sliders and switches instead of config files, checked on every start. |
| Server Config | For ARK: Survival Ascended and Project Zomboid on Windows, Project Zomboid on Linux too: the server's own config files, in a parsed view or as raw files, both editing the same files. |
| Files | Upload and download server files in the browser, folders as ZIP, with no FTP client. |
| Backups | Keep counts and one-step restore, game-aware switches that keep backups smaller, restoring one player's save, and any folder on the machine. |
| Several machines | A VPS, a home server and your own PC, together in one account. |
| Admins | Invite an admin and choose what they can see and do, down to viewing passwords or uploading files. |
| Where it runs | A background service on Windows and Linux, installed on Ubuntu with one command, and a desktop app. Game servers keep running when HaruHost updates or restarts on Windows. |
| Where you manage it | The web panel on any device, including your phone, the desktop app and Discord. |
| Languages | The web panel and desktop app in 23 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Thai. |
The free plan runs 1 server with the web panel and basic server actions and shows one player; the Tunnel, the Discord bot, automations, backups, file uploads and downloads, graphs, several machines and admins come with the paid plans.
More than a manager
What a game server manager usually leaves to you.
Most managers start, stop and update a server and show you its console. A community needs more, and usually pieces it together from separate tools. HaruHost builds it in.
Players and moderation
Everyone who joins: by name for 18 games, playtime and sessions for 15, levels for 4, and kicks, bans and admins the way each game does them.
PlayersDiscord bot and chat
Start servers, see who is online, kick and ban from Discord, and game chat in Discord and back. No bot to host.
Discord botMods and profiles
Thunderstore, Steam Workshop, Modrinth and CurseForge, and Thunderstore profiles for Valheim, and for V Rising on Windows, that your server and your own game share.
ModsAutomations
Restarts with warnings, updates when the game updates, crash recovery and backups, with a history of every run.
AutomationsTunnel
Host from your own PC: friends join 28 games without port forwarding on Windows, and 32 games when HaruHost runs as a service on Linux, even behind CGNAT.
TunnelChat Logs
Searchable chat history for 6 games, even while the server is offline, and messages to players.
Games with chatPalworld live map
Players, bases, bosses, dungeons and each player's effigies, shareable with your players by link.
PalworldYour own host
A VPS gives you the hardware you pay for, not player slots, and one plan covers every server on it.
VPS hostingWhy HaruHost
Why HaruHost is the best game server manager for a community.
Built and maintained by HaruHost
Supporting a game takes more than a template that installs and starts its server. HaruHost builds every game integration and its own server add-ons itself, and ships the fix when a game update breaks something.
It works with the game itself
HaruHost knows who is playing and what they say: players by name for 18 games, chat for 6, bans for 17, and Auto Config for 20 on Windows.
One manager on every machine
The same manager as a background service on Windows or Linux, a desktop app and a web panel, with every machine in one account and Discord on top.
Friends get in without port forwarding
The Tunnel gives a server on your own PC a public address through one of 14 regions, even behind CGNAT, on Starlink or on mobile internet.
Servers that look after themselves
Automations restart, update, recover and back up your servers on their own, and tell players and Discord first.
One plan for every server
Plans count game servers, never player slots, and cover them on all your machines, from €4.99 a month.
20 releases since 1 Oct 2026. See every release
45 games, the deepest support where communities play
Each game page lists exactly what HaruHost does for that game.
ARK: Survival Ascended
Enshrouded
Hytale
Minecraft: Java Edition
Palworld
Project Zomboid
V Rising
Valheim
Game server manager questions
What is a game server manager?
Software that installs, updates and runs dedicated game servers for you, with a console, files, backups and automatic restarts, so you don't look after each server by hand. HaruHost does that for 45 games and adds what a community needs on top: players and bans, chat logs, mods, a Discord bot and chat, and the Tunnel.
Is HaruHost a game server manager or a game server host?
A game server manager. HaruHost runs on your own machine: a VPS, a home server or your PC. One plan covers every server on it instead of a monthly bill per server from a host, and your servers, files and mods stay yours.
How is HaruHost different from a server panel?
A server panel installs and starts servers from templates, and most of the rest is yours to add and keep working: a Discord bot, a chat bridge, player tracking, mod tools, backups that know the game, and port forwarding or a tunnel. HaruHost includes all of these, built for each game and kept working by HaruHost when games update, so you run your servers instead of the tools around them.
Does it run on Linux?
Yes. HaruHost runs on Linux as a background service with the web panel, or as a desktop app, and all 45 games run on Linux. Game servers run in Docker: on Ubuntu, the background service installs it for you; with the desktop app or on other distributions, install Docker Engine first. HaruHost's Linux build is for x86-64.
Can one machine run servers for several games?
Yes, as many as its CPU and memory handle. One plan covers 3, 9 or 25 game servers on all your machines and counts servers, never player slots.
Do I need to know Linux or Docker?
No. On Ubuntu, one command installs HaruHost as a service, and HaruHost installs Docker for you; everything after that happens in the web panel. On Windows, run the installer.
Can I bring a server I already have?
For 10 games, browse to the server's folder and HaruHost recognises and imports it. For other games, create a server in HaruHost and copy your world into its folder, on the machine or with Files (paid plans).
How much does HaruHost cost?
Plans cost €4.99 a month for 3 servers, €9.99 a month for 9 servers and €14.99 a month for 25 servers. Billed yearly, they cost 17% less: €49.99, €99.99 or €150 a year. Plans count game servers, never player slots, and cover them on all your machines, with the Tunnel, automations, backups, the Discord bot and player tracking with no player limit. A free plan runs 1 server with the web panel and basic server actions.