Squad server RAM: how much do you need?
Squad puts a hundred players on enormous maps, and the maps set the requirement far more than the players do.
Recommendation
You need a server with at least
12GB
- Engine / Base OS:
- 6 GB
- Player Overhead:
- +4.0 GB
- Estimated Raw Usage:
- 10 GB
- Suggested cores:
- 6
- Disk to allow:
- 60 GB+
Large layers with many players and vehicles; benefits from real core count.
View 12GB PlansWhat uses the memory in Squad
Layers are large, detailed and loaded in full, so the baseline is substantial before anyone joins. Each player costs little by comparison — the gap between fifty and a hundred players is much smaller than the gap between two layers. Vehicles and deployables add a little at runtime but are gone once the round ends.
Squad server RAM by player count
The calculator above, run for 4 common sizes. Each figure is rounded up to a plan size people actually sell.
| Players | Standard 50v50 |
|---|---|
| 25 | 8 GB |
| 50 | 12 GB |
| 80 | 12 GB |
| 100 | 12 GB |
Where people get it wrong
Scaling in step with slots. Twice the players does not mean twice the memory here; the map is a fixed cost and it dominates everything else.