Cubic Odyssey Server Hosting

What a Cubic Odyssey Dedicated Server Changes

Cubic Odyssey is an open-world adventure across a galaxy of block-built planets. Players mine resources, craft tools and weapons, build vehicles, bases and starships, trade with NPC cities and fight the Red Darkness, a spreading infection that mutates wildlife and consumes planets. It launched on 14 May 2025 from Atypical Games, published by Gaijin Network.

Until October 2025, playing together meant one player hosting a peer-to-peer session. On 13 October 2025 Atypical Games launched dedicated servers as a separate free app for PC owners, in beta at launch. The studio's announcement highlights the main differences: lobbies of up to 20 players, more than the peer-to-peer system allowed, and a world that runs even when the host is not in the game.

For a crew that plays at different times, that changes everything. One friend can mine on a Tuesday night, another can finish a ship on Wednesday, and the whole group can meet at the weekend for a pirate base, all in the same galaxy without waiting for the owner to be online.

Planning the Size of Your Crew

Slots are the number of players who can be connected at the same time. The official dedicated server holds up to 20, and most groups are far smaller. Think about how many people will be online together at peak times rather than how many will ever join.

Settings, Characters and Progress

Atypical Games set up the dedicated server through a configuration file. Before release the studio listed a wide range of settings for server owners, including the game mode and a password, and update 1.2.2.1 in January 2026 added several difficulty settings to the server. Open the configuration in our File Manager, make your choices, save and restart.

• New character per server: each dedicated server needs its own character, and that character's progress stays tied to the server.
• Progress is server-side: the studio says progression and inventory are saved on the server, so nothing is lost if one player's PC fails.
• Invites: the owner shares the server's session ID with the people they want to invite.
• Mode and difficulty: decide them at the start, because changing them mid-galaxy changes the game for everyone.

Tell new players about the separate character before their first login. People who have spent weeks on a single-player hero are less surprised when they know in advance that the shared galaxy is a fresh start.

Keeping the Server Current Through Updates

Cubic Odyssey is still being developed. Since dedicated servers launched, patches have fixed synchronisation and quest problems on server sessions, reworked combat, added the Steam Workshop for blueprints, brought in agriculture, a custom starting planet and, in update 1.3.1.0 in July 2026, taming, pets and crossbreeding.

1. Read the patch notes when an update arrives.
2. Take a backup of the world in the Backup Manager.
3. Update the server so it matches the players' game version.
4. Check the configuration, because the festive update in October 2025 reset server settings.
5. Start the server, read the log and join once to make sure everything works.
6. Tell your crew the server is ready again.

Building and Exploring Together

Shared galaxies work best with a little organisation. Agree which star system is home, who looks after the shared base, and how loot from pirate bases is split. Chests can be locked, which helps keep personal storage personal when a dozen people pass through one base.

Workshop blueprints are a quick way to give a new crew member a ship worth flying. Since update 1.2.0.0 players can share their own designs and download others' from the shipyard and the blueprint window, so one good builder can equip the whole group.

Solving Common Problems

The server log in our Web Console usually shows what went wrong within seconds of a start. If it does not, open a ticket with the time and what you changed last, and our support team will help at any hour.

Hosted Server or Your Own PC?

Anyone who owns the game on PC can run the free dedicated server tool from their Steam library. Running it at home, though, means leaving a computer on around the clock, sharing your upload with every player and dealing with your router. The galaxy is only online while that machine is.

A hosted Cubic Odyssey server runs in a data centre on a fast CPU and NVMe storage, behind DDoS filtering, with backups kept offsite. Your crew can drop in whenever they like, and the shared galaxy keeps evolving whether you are playing or not.

What to Compare Before You Rent a Cubic Odyssey Server

For a game that is still evolving, these are the points that make a real difference.

1. Honest player countsThe official server launched with a 20-player limit; check that the plan you pay for fits it.
2. Config file accessYou need the real configuration file to set mode, password and difficulty.
3. Fast updatesThe server must match the players' version after each patch.
4. BackupsA saved world protects weeks of building from a bad update or mistake.
5. Ping to your crewTest from where your players live before you choose a location.
6. No lock-inLook for monthly billing with no setup fee and no minimum term.

Cubic Odyssey Server Glossary

Dedicated server

A program that runs the shared galaxy without anyone playing on that machine.

P2P session

A peer-to-peer game hosted on one player's PC, which ends when they leave.

Session ID

The identifier a server owner shares so invited players can join.

Red Darkness

The galactic infection players fight, which mutates wildlife and consumes planets.

Adventure mode

The game's story and survival mode.

Creative mode

A mode for building without the usual survival limits.

Blueprint

A saved design of a ship or structure, shareable on the Steam Workshop.

Slots

How many players can be connected to the server at the same time.

Cubic Odyssey Server Help

Useful pages for setting up and running your server.

• Cubic Odyssey on SteamStore page and patch notes.
• Cubic Odyssey Dedicated Server on SteamThe official server app.
• Gaming Deluxe control panelWhat the panel does and how to log in.
• Contact support24/7 help with settings and updates.