TheNerdyBox

Gaming outside the box.

We build and run game servers for communities that want one done properly — tuned, modded, private if you need it, and looked after by people who actually enjoy this part. Bring a group, or find one here.

1 live0 playingup 22h 45m · 04:34:04

Live now

Communities running on the network

Player counts below are read from the servers themselves every few seconds. Nothing here is a mockup.

PalworldOnline

RawrGaming

Palworld community

Open world co-op, no wipes, active base building. Newcomers welcome — the regulars will help you get set up.

0of 10 playing now

Quiet right now — good time to claim a spot.

Connect
thenerdybox.com:8211
Your gameOpen

Bring your community

Any title we can host

Got a group and nowhere good to put it? We’ll build the server, run it, and keep it that way — modded, private, or wide open.

Discord — opening soon

What we do

Built by people who play, run by people who build

Most hosting hands you a panel and disappears. We’d rather build the thing your community needs and keep improving it.

01

Custom server builds

Mod stacks, plugins, tuned configs, whitelists. You describe how your group plays; we build the server around it instead of handing you a control panel and wishing you luck.

02

Private hosting

Your own instance, your own rules, nobody else on it. Locked down for a friend group or opened up when you're ready to grow.

03

Development

Discord bots, status pages, automation, whatever the community actually needs. We write the tooling ourselves — the live counts on this page are ours.

04

Room to scale

Start with one server for eight people. Add titles, add slots, add instances. Nothing has to be torn down and rebuilt to get bigger.

In development

A directory for communities we don’t host

Good groups are scattered across Discords and servers nobody can find. We’re building a directory that covers them too — rented, self-hosted, or somewhere else entirely. You don’t have to be on our hardware to be listed.

Discovery

We go looking

Automatic discovery of public game servers and open Discords, so the directory fills itself instead of waiting on submissions.

Ownership

Claim your listing

Run a community already? Claim it, correct it, and control what it says — description, rules, links, invite.

Reach

Feature it

Push your community in front of people actively looking for a group in your game, instead of hoping they find your Discord.

Anywhere

Not just ours

Hosted by us, rented from someone else, or running on a machine under your desk — the directory doesn’t care where it lives.

In development

Submissions and claiming aren’t open yet. If you run a community and want in early, the Discord is the place to say so.

Games are better with the right people

That’s the whole point. We host servers so scattered players stop bouncing between dead lobbies and end up somewhere worth staying. Come find a group, or bring yours.

Discord — opening soonSee what’s live