# Game servers

> Order and manage DataPasa game servers with the Pterodactyl panel. Live console, files, databases and hourly billing from your balance.

Want a game world online without administering Linux? Pick a game, its version and a plan in the DataPasa control panel, and Pterodactyl takes it from there. The console, configuration files and version changes all live in your browser, and MySQL databases open through phpMyAdmin.

## Game server or VPS

A game server suits you when the panel should do the administration and the game is all you want to run. For Minecraft Java you also skip sizing a machine: the plans have 2, 4 or 8 GB of RAM, and [the plan comparison](https://datapasa.com/wiki/game-servers/choose-minecraft-server-plan) matches them to your players, plugins and modpacks. Prices are on the [Minecraft server hosting](https://datapasa.com/en/game-hosting/minecraft) page.

Take a [VPS](https://datapasa.com/wiki/getting-started/how-to-buy-a-vps) instead if you need other software next to the game or want root access to the whole system.

## What it costs

Money comes from the same prepaid [balance](https://datapasa.com/wiki/billing) that pays for cloud servers, one hour at a time. Deleting a server ends the charges right away and removes its files with it, so save your worlds first. An empty balance suspends the server, and 24 hours later it is gone.

## Articles in this section

- [How to order and manage a game server](https://datapasa.com/wiki/game-servers/order-a-game-server): Order a Minecraft or other game server at DataPasa, open the Pterodactyl game panel and phpMyAdmin with one click, and delete the server when done.
- [How to choose a Minecraft server plan](https://datapasa.com/wiki/game-servers/choose-minecraft-server-plan): Compare DataPasa Minecraft plans Micro, Small and Medium. See how RAM relates to players, plugins and modpacks, which software to pick and how to save RAM.