Latency geography
Netherlands (AMS-IX) reaches most of Western Europe in under 10ms. Romania is under 30ms to Western Europe, great budget option. Switzerland is the premium option — 5–15ms to Western Europe, top-tier infrastructure.
CPU: cores vs GHz
Most game servers are single-threaded. Pick a VPS with high-clock host CPUs (VPS-L or VPS-XL on Ryzen 9 / Core i9 7643/75F3) over more cores. Minecraft benefits from fast single-thread + lots of RAM.
DDoS reality check
Game servers are DDoS targets. Our L3/L4 protection catches most flood attacks automatically. For L7 attacks against specific game ports, use an intermediary like TCPShield (Minecraft) or configure rate limits in your firewall.
Best jurisdictions for game servers
Netherlands for European players, Romania for budget, Switzerland for premium.
Romania
Anti-RetentionCourts struck down data retention laws. Great EU connectivity.
Switzerland
Premium PrivacyStrict privacy laws, political neutrality, top-tier infra.
Netherlands
Best PeeringExcellent connectivity, tolerant hosting, AMS-IX peering.
Recommended game server plans
VPS-L for most Minecraft servers, VPS-XL/XXL for large modpack servers, dedicated for heavy community hosts.