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'''Private Servers''' were a planned feature which would have allowed players to run their own private [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']] servers, including modding them and playing offline.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Euwh_fPeg&t=1039s 10 for the Chairman: Episode 47 (2014.12.01)], Star Citizen, YouTube</ref>

As of November 2025 the state of private servers on the Star Citizen development roadmap is unknown.

Private servers won't have the same scope and scale as the [[StarCitizen:Persistent Universe]], which is intended to use multiple [[StarCitizen:server meshing|servers]] that spin up dynamically.<ref name=":0" />

They were envisioned to be similar to offline servers of the game [[StarCitizen:Freelancer (video game)|''Freelancer'']], with a more static universe and the server being able to handle a fixed amount of players, modding, and stat changes. They were also also not intended to receive updates in the same cadence as the persistent universe.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLjk2UvfFRA&t=1003s 10 For the Chairman: Episode 67], Star Citizen, YouTube, 22 sept. 2015</ref><ref name=":0" />

Being able to keep private servers running was one of the reasons [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts]] went with [[StarCitizen:Crowdfunding campaign|crowdfunding]] and decided to not use a big publisher such as EA or Activision, as this prevents the publisher from shutting down the game servers if they are not profitable anymore.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGOQXzDbgc&t=1157s Star Citizen - Interview feat. Chris Roberts], TotalBiscuit, YouTube, 1 dec. 2012</ref>

=== Quotes ===
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It wont be as full featured as the persistent server but should have more functionality and persistenace than just a multiplayer battle instance a la BF3 or WoT

- [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts]], 2012 <ref>"[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/11wivt/i_am_chris_roberts_creator_of_wing_commander/c6q890z/?context=8&depth=9 It wont be as full featured as the persistent server but should have more functionality and persistenace than just a multiplayer battle instance a la BF3 or WoT]", Chris Roberts, I am Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander, Freelancer and the upcoming Star Citizen. AMA. [[StarCitizen:Reddit]], October 12 2012</ref>
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<blockquote>Private servers are the absolute last thing on the list they are the last, […] there is nothing that comes after private servers as far as LIVE comes. We will be done with alpha we will be done with beta we will be live in operation for some time before anybody looks at private servers. [...] nobody is even thinking about it, it‘s so far away.

- [[StarCitizen:Jared Huckaby]], 2016 <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaoGxOxzAwc&t=6650s StarCast 108 - Disco Lando, Cap Richard, Bzerker, Cliffy & Domo], geekdomo, YouTube, 10 janv. 2016</ref>
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== See also ==
*[[StarCitizen:Modding tools]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Gameplay Mechanics]]

StarCitizen:Private Server - Revision history

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