The Once Human Custom Server Starts Early Access Trial this Thursday

jasonnieva June 02, 2025

Starry Studio announced that the Once Human Custom Server - Community Server is launching its early access trial on June 5. This gives players the chance to explore a new game mode. It's also an important milestone when it comes to offering a diverse and player-driven ecosystem.

For those new to the game, a custom server is basically a player-managed rental server. What this means is that players can rent servers and then customize their gameplay settings to allow for unique experiences. Once a server goes live, other players can join.

For Once Human, the custom server is thanks to the studio's partner V. For V, custom servers are a platform for players to set their own rules, connect freely, and explore endless possibilities.

Now for games that have community server features, players need to rent servers themselves and then go through the complex setup and configuration processes. What makes the ones in Once Human different is that it’s easy for players to set up and then use their own servers. At the same time they get to avoid common issues associated with third-party rentals that include security vulnerabilities, unstable performance, lack of maintenance, and complicated configuration.

Now compared to official servers, running a private server for personal use results in higher additional costs. This is because Once Human is a complex online game that needs each private server to handle full logic processing, open-world calculations, and data storage. Because a lot of these servers host only a small number of players, it allows for high average usage costs.

Once they rent a server, players can now enjoy:

  • Diverse adjustable parameters: Players can freely customize various settings and enjoy in-server privileges with ease.
  • Higher-quality server resources: Server performance was optimized to reduce lag and speed up loading for your best experience.
  • Secure and stable official support: The team to provide dedicated maintenance and technical support to quickly address any issues during the rental period.


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Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world. Get Once Human on Steam now.