Richmond, New Zealand

Gaming VPS in Richmond

High clock speeds and fast disk for game servers and low latency. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your game server → Recommended from $536.35 USD / month

Dedicated cores, never shared
Same price in all 24 locations
Any TCP or UDP port

Closest location live

2,099 km from Richmond

31–63 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Richmond. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.

Choose how the processor is shared

Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.

Private servers only

Availability

Budget friendly

Only for a private server among friends. Shared processor time shows up as stutter the moment a fight starts.

$514.35USD

per month

Configure

General purpose

Recommended

Workable for smaller player counts and slower genres, where a dropped tick goes unnoticed.

$525.35USD

per month

Configure

Recommended for games

Dedicated

The usual choice

A game server has to finish every tick on time, and dedicated cores are the only way that holds when the server is full.

$536.35USD

per month

Configure

Hourly only

Burstable

Not for game servers

Not usable. Throttles under sustained load, and a match is sustained load by definition.

$1.0286USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Launch weekend: add cores and memory on the same server and take them off when the rush settles — by hand, usually within the hour.

Host where your players are

Ping is the one number your players will judge you on, and it is theirs, not yours. Pick the region your community actually lives in — every location costs the same, so there is no reason to compromise.

Americas

Los Angeles Southern California and the US southwest Santa Clara California and the US west coast Seattle The US Pacific Northwest and western Canada Dallas Texas and the US south Miami Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America Atlanta The US southeast Chicago Most central The US Midwest, and the most central choice for nationwide US selling Toronto Canada and the US northeast New York The US east coast

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Tel Aviv Israel and the eastern Mediterranean Bucharest Romania and south-east Europe Stockholm The Nordic countries Frankfurt Most central Germany, Austria and central Europe — the most central choice for EU-wide selling Amsterdam The Benelux countries and north-west Europe Milan Italy and southern Europe London The UK and Ireland Madrid Spain, Portugal and south-west Europe

Asia-Pacific

Sydney Australia and New Zealand Singapore Most central South-east Asia, and the most central choice for the region Tokyo Japan and South Korea Hong Kong Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan Kolkata Eastern India and Bangladesh Mumbai Western India Delhi NCR Northern India

No ping figures here on purpose: your players' latency depends on where they are, and we have not measured a route we cannot see. Distances and estimated round trips from Richmond are in the table below.

Where your server runs

All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the players, not to you. Ping is the whole experience in a shooter, and thirty milliseconds is the difference between a hit and a miss.

Asia-Pacific coverage 7 live

Richmond is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.

Sydney Nearest 2,099 km · 31–63 ms Singapore 8,404 km · 126–252 ms Tokyo 9,220 km · 138–277 ms Hong Kong 9,326 km · 140–280 ms Los Angeles 10,919 km · 164–328 ms Santa Clara 10,948 km · 164–328 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Richmond ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Sydney, Australia	2,099 km	31–63 ms
Singapore	8,404 km	126–252 ms
Tokyo, Japan	9,220 km	138–277 ms
Hong Kong, China	9,326 km	140–280 ms
Kolkata, India	11,231 km	168–337 ms
Mumbai, India	12,237 km	184–367 ms
Delhi NCR, India	12,505 km	188–375 ms
Americas · 9 locations
Los Angeles, United States	10,919 km	164–328 ms
Santa Clara, United States	10,948 km	164–328 ms
Seattle, United States	11,747 km	176–352 ms
Dallas, United States	12,338 km	185–370 ms
Miami, United States	13,201 km	198–396 ms
Atlanta, United States	13,353 km	200–401 ms
Chicago, United States	13,567 km	204–407 ms
Toronto, Canada	14,257 km	214–428 ms
New York, United States	14,528 km	218–436 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
Tel Aviv, Israel	16,206 km	243–486 ms
Bucharest, Romania	17,329 km	260–520 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	17,377 km	261–521 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	18,471 km	277–554 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	18,503 km	278–555 ms
Milan, Italy	18,646 km	280–559 ms
London, United Kingdom	18,774 km	282–563 ms
Madrid, Spain	19,734 km	296–592 ms

Distances are from Richmond. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Dedicated cores, never shared

Any port range you need, TCP or UDP

Root access for your own server binaries

Daily off-server backups of world data

Included with every Gaming server, in every class, at every location.

Game server hosting for Richmond

We host servers for companies throughout Richmond, Tasman District and the rest of New Zealand. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.

Sydney is our closest location at 2,099 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.

Gaming VPS in Richmond — FAQs

Should I host near me or near my players?

Near your players, always. Ping is the whole experience in a fast game, and it belongs to them rather than to you. Sydney is closest to Richmond at 2,099 km, but if your community is elsewhere, host elsewhere — every location costs the same.

Which hardware class does a game server need?

Dedicated. A game server has to finish every tick on time, and that only holds when nothing else is competing for the cores. The shared classes show up as stutter the moment a fight starts, and Burstable throttles under exactly the sustained load a full match creates.

Can I open custom ports and run my own binaries?

Yes. Root access, any TCP or UDP port range, and your own server build — there is no supported-games list because there is nothing between you and the machine.

What ping will my players get?

That depends entirely on where they are, and we will not quote a figure for a player whose location we do not know. What we can tell you is the distance from each of our 24 locations, which is on this page — pick the one nearest your community.

How much does a game server cost in Richmond?

From $514.35 USD per month, with $536.35 USD on the Dedicated class, which is the one worth buying here. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

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