Dedicated Server in Godot 4.3+

All examples target Godot 4.3+ with no deprecated APIs. GDScript is shown first, C# follows.

Related skills: See multiplayer-basics for ENet setup, RPCs, and authority model. See multiplayer-sync for state synchronization and interpolation.

1. Headless Export

A dedicated server runs without a display, GPU, or audio device. Godot supports this through the --headless flag and a dedicated export preset.

--headless Flag

Pass --headless on the command line to suppress the display and audio drivers at runtime:

./my_game.x86_64 --headless