How much RAM does a game server use?
We run each game's official dedicated server on one test machine, record its memory and CPU every minute, and publish the results with the game build, the date and the raw data.
Palworld
Idle, fresh world, build 25247047
0.8 GB
Satisfactory
Idle, fresh world, build 24656085
2.6 GB
Valheim
Idle, fresh world, build 25527701
1.3 GB
Next on the bench
Enshrouded and 7 Days to Die. Each gets a page once its numbers are in.
How we test
Each server is downloaded from Steam the way you would download it and runs with the developer's default settings, in its own container with a memory limit. All games run on the same machine, so their numbers can be compared. Figures from developers, hosts and guides are shown next to ours with their source and the date we checked. Full method.