Shockbyte

2.7 · 3 reviews 67% recommend Game servers
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Community score

2.7

Mixed

5 ★ 1
4 ★ 0
3 ★ 0
2 ★ 1
1 ★ 1
Performance 2.3
Support 2.7
Value for money 3.3
Control panel 3.0
Uptime & reliability 2.3

The mean of 3 approved reviews. No weighting, no editorial adjustment — how we rate.

About Shockbyte

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What we still need to research

  • Data centre locations and the routes they give to European, North American and Oceanic players
  • Current entry pricing, and what the renewal price looks like after any introductory discount
  • CPU generation and clock speed on their game server nodes
  • Which control panel they use, and whether you get real file and console access
  • Backup policy: how many, how often, and whether restoring one costs money
  • Refund window and how it is applied in practice
  • Support response times on a weekday and at 3am on a Sunday

Services and locations

From Shockbyte's website,

1 of 17 regions covered, 16 with no servers

Game server coverage by region World map. 1 of 17 regions have servers. No servers in Canada, US West, US Central, US East, US South, Latin America, UK & Ireland, N. Europe, W. Europe, E. Europe, S. Europe, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, SE Asia. ✕ Canada ✕ US West ✕ US Central ✕ US East ✕ US South ✕ Latin America ✕ UK & Ireland ✕ N. Europe ✕ W. Europe ✕ E. Europe ✕ S. Europe ✕ Africa ✕ Middle East ✕ South Asia ✕ East Asia ✕ SE Asia ✓ Oceania 1 location

Canada — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

US West — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

US Central — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

US East — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

US South — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Latin America — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

UK & Ireland — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

N. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

W. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

E. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

S. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Africa — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Middle East — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

South Asia — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

East Asia — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

SE Asia — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Oceania — 1 location

Sydney, Australia

✓ Servers here ✕ No servers — higher latency for players nearby A data centre
  • Canada No servers
  • US West No servers
  • US Central No servers
  • US East No servers
  • US South No servers
  • Latin America No servers
  • UK & Ireland No servers
  • N. Europe No servers
  • W. Europe No servers
  • E. Europe No servers
  • S. Europe No servers
  • Africa No servers
  • Middle East No servers
  • South Asia No servers
  • East Asia No servers
  • SE Asia No servers
  • Oceania Sydney, Australia

Game servers

1 location

  • Sydney, Australia

Games Shockbyte hosts

65 supported

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Reviews (3)

RAMBOWORKSALONE Verified

· hosted 1–6 months

2.2

Okay

Shockbyte offers a range of game server hosting options at competitive prices. Setup is generally straightforward, and the overall experience can vary depending on the game, location, but support response times can vary. Overall, a decent budget option, though there are other hosts worth comparing.
Score breakdown
Performance 2.0
Support 2.0
Value for money 3.0
Control panel 2.0
Uptime & reliability 2.0

bl1nk Verified

· hosted 1–6 months · 8GB

4.6

Straightforward and it just works

Signed up, server was live in a couple of minutes, ping is what I expected for the location I picked. That is genuinely the whole review. I have restored a backup once after somebody did something silly with TNT, and it came back cleanly with about ten minutes lost. Nothing flashy here, but I have not had a single reason to open a ticket in four months.
Score breakdown
Performance 4.0
Support 5.0
Value for money 5.0
Control panel 5.0
Uptime & reliability 4.0

SaltyBiscuit Verified

· hosted 6–12 months · 6GB

1.4

Fine at 4pm, unplayable at 9pm

Classic oversold node behaviour. During the day it was perfectly good, and every evening at peak the tick rate collapsed regardless of what we were doing. I spent weeks convinced it was our plugins. It was not — the same setup on a different provider runs fine on less memory. Support were friendly and completely unable to help, because the answer was that the machine had too much on it.
Score breakdown
Performance 1.0
Support 1.0
Value for money 2.0
Control panel 2.0
Uptime & reliability 1.0

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