Minecraft: You can run a Minecraft server on your own hardware (for free) [1], or pay for "Minecraft Realms" which is a cloud based server managed directly by

Minecraft: You can run a Minecraft server on your own hardware (for free) [1], or pay for "Minecraft Realms" which is a cloud based server managed directly by Mojang [2]. There are also 3rd party hosting offerings [3]. It should also be mentioned that the Minecraft client has an "Open to LAN" button so you can play over LAN without even running any Minecraft server. Roblox: You can create your own game using Roblox Studio[4] and make it private (for free) or you can pay for a VIP Server [5] which allows you to play participating games on a private server. Minetest: There is also an open source Minecraft-like game called Minetest [6], it is possible to run a Minetest server on your own hardware[7]. [1] https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/ https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/ [2] https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/realms/ https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/realms/ [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1vawah/whats_the_best_site_to_host_a_server/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1vawah/whats_the... [4] https://www.roblox.com/create https://www.roblox.com/create [5] https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Creating-a-VIP-Server-on-Roblox https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Creating-a-VIP-S... [6] https://www.minetest.net/ https://www.minetest.net/ [7] https://wiki.minetest.net/Setting_up_a_server https://wiki.minetest.net/Setting_up_a_server