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Let's document: Headless game servers

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#17,125 opened on Jul 5, 2025

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People like to run their game servers and having a quick way to check the startup and shutdown syntax will be useful

For games that are not installable through a package manager, name the filename and title based on the game title while using the actual binary name in the examples. Have the binary be marked as {{path/to}}/binary since they won't be installed in your $PATH by default

Documentation

List of dedicated servers on Steam: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dedicated_Servers_List

Platform

Common

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

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Commands

  • Factorio #13231
  • Terraria #13231
  • OpenTTD #5765
  • Counter Strike 2 #17121
  • Minecraft #17124
  • Barotrauma #19643
  • Valheim #18954
  • ARK: Survival Ascended #19262
  • ARK: Survival Evolved #19079
  • Palworld #18980
  • Project zomboid #19655
  • DOOM #19171
  • Natural Selection 2 #19766
  • Mordhau
  • Space engineers
  • Satisfactory
  • Garry's mod
  • Starbound
  • Luanti (formerly Minetest) minetest minetestserver #20350
  • Battle of Wesnoth
  • Tabletop Simulator
  • Rust
  • Craftopia
  • Mindustry
  • SCP: Secret Laboratory
  • Quake
  • Unreal Tournament
  • Battlefield whatever number
  • Soldat
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Counter Strike 1.6
  • DayZ
  • OpenRCT2
  • Don't Starve Together
  • Killing Floor 2
  • Squad
  • Sven Co-op
  • Unturned
  • Arma 3
  • 7 Days to Die
  • ...

I have not made sure if all of these have a dedicated server option.

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