Affiliate disclosure
How this site makes money, in plain English
Game Server Hosting UK is free to read. Some of the links on it are affiliate links: if you click one and buy a server, the host may pay us a commission. You pay the same price either way. Here is exactly how that works.
How a click works
This is the whole journey from our page to your new server, and where any money changes hands.
If the host you pick has no deal with us, step 4 simply doesn’t happen. You still get the same server at the same price.
01How we make money
Our income comes from affiliate commissions. When you click one of our links to a partner host and buy a server, that host may pay us a fee for sending you their way. Think of it as the host paying for an advert, except the advert is a link you chose to click.
The commission is paid by the host, never by you. It’s typically a small one-off amount or a share of what the host earns, and it keeps this site running: hosting, research time and keeping prices up to date across dozens of games.
02How we rank hosts
When we put together a ranking for a game, these are the things we look at:
- The offering: how much RAM and CPU you actually get, mod support, backups and the control panel.
- Price: what you’ll pay each month, including what it renews at, not just the first-month deal.
- Locations: whether there’s a UK or nearby EU location, so your group gets low ping.
- Support: how easy it is to get help, refund terms and what other customers say.
Prices and plans change, so we re-check pages regularly and show when each one was last updated.
03Hosts we rank and earn nothing from
A lot of the hosts we recommend have no affiliate deal with us. They’re on our lists because their servers are a good fit for the game, and that’s what matters to the people reading.
Some examples from our current rankings (October 2026), where the host earns us nothing:
| Host | Position | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Legion Hosting | #1 | Best RimWorld server hosting |
| GameServerKings | #2 | Best RimWorld server hosting |
| EUGameHost | #2 | Best Garry’s Mod hosting |
| Hexane Networks | #3 | Best Garry’s Mod hosting |
| GhostCap | #2 | Best VEIN server hosting |
| DoomHosting | #3 | Best VEIN server hosting |
| Spill Hosting | #2 | Best Core Keeper hosting and Best Romestead hosting |
| ZAP-Hosting | #2 | Best How to Fish server hosting |
| EUGameHost | #3 | Best DayZ hosting |
| G-Portal | #3 | Best Squad hosting |
Rankings move as prices and plans change, so a position here may differ from the live page by the time you read this.
04Does it cost you more?
No. Buying through our link costs exactly the same as going straight to the host’s website. The host pays any commission from its own marketing budget. Nothing is added to your order, and there’s no hidden fee from us.
If anything, it can work the other way: for several hosts we list a discount code you can use at checkout.
05Discounts
Where a host runs a discount code, we put it on the page next to the link so you don’t have to go hunting. These include:
- Apex Hosting: APEX25, 25% off your first invoice
- GGServers: TAKE20, 20% off your first invoice
- GTX Gaming: WELCOME10, 10% off your first order
- Aim2Game: SOS25, 25% off for life on Minecraft plans
Hosts change their codes, so always check the review page for the current one and confirm the price at checkout.
06How to tell which links are affiliate links
You can always see where a link goes by hovering over it (or long-pressing on mobile). There are three kinds:
gameserverhosting.co.uk/go- and takes you on to the host’s website. If you buy, the host may pay us./go- links bring you back to our own review of that host. That means we have no deal with them, so nothing is tracked.Our comparison and review pages also carry a short affiliate note near the “Visit” links, so you know before you click.
07Sponsorship
We may occasionally accept a paid sponsorship on a guide or blog post, such as a setup guide for a game. If we do, it’s clearly labelled as sponsored at the top of that page.
We don’t take sponsorship on our hosting comparisons or our reviews.
08Why we’re telling you this
We’re survival gamers ourselves, and we’d rather you trust us than click us. UK advertising rules say you should be able to tell when content can earn the publisher money, and we agree.
Our goal is simple: help you find the right host for your server. Sometimes that earns us a commission. Often it doesn’t, and that’s fine.
Questions or something looks wrong?
If a price is out of date, a code no longer works, or you want to ask how a ranking came about, get in touch through our contact page. We read everything and fix mistakes as soon as we can.
Written by Linus Pierre. Last updated 29 October 2026.
