GameGrid is game server hosting by WDC. A dedicated server often ships with no console, no map and no way to hand a player an item. When it does, we write the missing piece ourselves: a server module, a bridge, a mod, a map. Then we build the panel, the Discord bot and the API on top of it, for every server of that game.
A game is made to be played. Its dedicated server is often an afterthought: a config file, a log and a process. Running a community on it takes more than that.
Some games have no RCON, no telnet and no web API, so there is nothing to type a command into. We add the channel the game is missing.
A server owner usually cannot see the world they host. We draw each game’s live map from its own files, its seed or our own mod.
Shops, kits and rewards need a way to hand a player an item. We find one per game, or write the mod that does it.
Players live in Discord. We bring the server there: status, chat where the game allows it, the map and the shop.
We connect to each game through what it offers. Where it offers too little, we ship our own server-side mod, module or bridge, and build the tools on top.
7 Days to Die draws map tiles only for ground players have explored. GameGrid reads them straight off the disk, draws a picture of the whole world underneath, and puts players, land claims, bedrolls and the zombie and animal layers on top, with nothing installed in your server. For vehicles on the map we wrote our own server mod, GameGridMap. It turns crossplay off, so the panel asks you first.
A DayZ server gives its owner a BattlEye RCon console and little else. So we wrote @GameGridDayZ, a server-side mod GameGrid loads for you: players need no client mod for it. It draws the real world on the live map at about a metre per pixel, keeps a killfeed and survivor profiles, delivers shop items and kits, and enforces the zones you draw on the map.
Enshrouded has no console, no RCON and no web API, so nothing can be typed into the game. GameGrid builds its own server module and installs it on every Enshrouded server. It puts your players on the live map of Embervale by their character names, hands shop purchases and kits to the player who bought them, even with others online, teleports a player so they land on the ground, and sends in-game chat to Discord.
Every server type (Vanilla, Paper, Fabric, Forge and NeoForge) gets a live map drawn from your world’s own region files, with player positions read over vanilla RCON while the map is open. Map plugins exist, but each has to be installed and none runs on Vanilla; this map needs neither.
Palworld’s own REST API covers status, metrics and players. For item delivery and in-game linking, GameGrid installs UE4SS and PalDefender in one click from the Palworld Tools page, and gives PalDefender a settings editor in the panel. The live map shows players, refreshed every 5 seconds, with wild, companion and base Pals, NPCs and Pal Box bases.
Valheim has no RCON, telnet or web API of its own. So we write and install the GameGrid Bridge, a plugin that runs inside your server and is put in place before every start; your players install nothing for it. It renders the live map from your world seed and delivers shop items by spawn.
Windrose has no way to give a player an item. The game has no give command, Windrose Plus ships none, and its script mods cannot create one. So we wrote our own server mod, GameGridDelivery, in C++. It builds the item through the game’s own systems, right at the player’s feet, while they play: a shop purchase, or a kit claimed with /kits in Discord, arrives in game with no restart. A player who is offline when they buy gets it on their next session. Windrose keeps each character on the player’s own machine, so the item lands at their feet rather than in the backpack.
A Windrose server also has no admin console and no map without Windrose Plus, a free community mod. GameGrid installs it on every Windrose server, keeps it updated and puts its 127 gameplay settings in the panel. The Sea Chart is drawn for you once a player has joined.
Every tool, game by game, is on the Game Tools page.
Whatever the game, the server you rent comes with the same panel, bot, API and safety net.
Settings by category, a live console, a file manager with FTP and SFTP, mod search and one-click install, backups and your game’s own tools, in one place.
52 commands to run the server where your community lives, and 55 abilities you grant per Discord role, so moderators get exactly what they need.
Scoped API keys, webhooks signed with HMAC and an OpenAPI document, for dashboards, workflows and integrations of your own.
Automatic backups every 24 hours, encrypted and stored off the host. If a host goes silent for 30 minutes, your server is rebuilt on a healthy one from its latest snapshot.
Schedule a settings preset for a window of time. GameGrid applies it, warns players before each restart and puts every setting back when it ends.
Saves, announcements and restart warnings on a schedule, single commands or several steps, with every run kept beside the server’s reply.
Our modules, bridges and maps are built and tested on GameGrid servers running the real game, not on mock-ups.
The knowledge base covers server settings, mods, backups, troubleshooting, the Discord bot, the Customer API and each game’s own tools.
Every setting the game exposes is a form in the panel. You choose who on your team, or which Discord role, can do what, and the files are yours over FTP and SFTP.
Founded in 2026, GameGrid was born from a simple frustration: game server hosting was too complicated, too slow, and too unreliable. As avid gamers with over 20 years of combined gaming experience and 15 years in game server hosting and support, we knew there was a better way.
We set out to build a platform that combines high-performance infrastructure with a player-first experience. No more deciphering command-line tutorials, no more waiting hours for server provisioning, no more settling for clunky control panels. GameGrid deploys servers in minutes, gives you full control through an intuitive dashboard, and backs it all with support from people who actually play the games we host, with ticket response targets tracked around the clock.
Today GameGrid hosts 7 Days to Die, DayZ, Enshrouded, Minecraft (Vanilla, Paper, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge), Palworld, Valheim, and Windrose. Every server is managed through settings driven by versioned game definitions, so new games and features are added without breaking existing configurations.
Have questions or want to learn more? Write to us at admins@wdcgamegrid.com or use the contact page.
Every feature is designed from the perspective of someone who just wants to play with friends, not fight with server configs.
Low latency, high uptime and enterprise hardware. We monitor every server around the clock so your gameplay stays smooth.
DDoS protection, automated backups and isolated environments are standard on every plan, from day one.
When you reach out, you talk to people who know the games and the infrastructure, not a call center reading from a script.
Pick your game and a location with capacity, and GameGrid deploys it, with the panel, the Discord bot, backups, the API and your game’s own tools.