This Week on HyServers: Oct 28 - Nov 4, 2026

Another week, another set of numbers to dig through. The rankings shifted a bit, a few servers put up genuinely impressive player counts, and the vote totals keep climbing even though we only welcomed one new server to the directory. Let's get into it.

Top Servers This Week

Endless Leveling keeps the #1 spot, and honestly the numbers back it up from every angle. An average of 35 players online throughout the week with a peak of 53 is the kind of consistency that's hard to fake. Add in 268 weekly votes, 130 of those just in the last month, and 93% uptime, and you've got a server that's doing the fundamentals right. It helps that it's run directly by the mod developer behind Endless Leveling itself, so updates and balance changes tend to land fast.

Here's a fun one. Hytalion Haven only averages 4 players a week, with a peak of 10. On raw numbers alone you'd scroll past it. But three reviews and a flawless 5.0/5 rating, plus 97% uptime, tell a different story. This is a small, tight-knit RPG server where the people who show up clearly love it. Sometimes a tiny community with happy players outranks a bigger one with nobody willing to leave feedback.

Histatu Network is an interesting case. Just 1 vote this week, but an average of 29 players and a peak of 54 says people are actually logging in and playing, not just clicking a vote button. Five reviews at a 4.8/5 average and 96% uptime round out the picture. This team built a Minecraft network with over 100,000 unique players back in 2020, and it looks like some of that trust carried over into Hytale.

Then there's Runeteria, which posted the single most eye-catching stat of the week: a peak of 178 concurrent players. That's not a typo. Combined with a weekly average of 57, this RPG SMP is clearly pulling in crowds even with just 1 vote logged. Uptime sits at 89%, a touch lower than the others on this list, but when a server can pack in 178 players at once, people are clearly willing to look past the occasional hiccup.

A peak of 178 players in one session is the kind of number that makes you want to check what server it is just out of curiosity.

Rounding things out is eldheim, which brings a different flavor entirely. A custom launcher, clans, character classes, professions, and homemade mods for a full MMO feel. The standout here is 100% uptime, flat-out perfect for the week, paired with an average of 44 players and a peak of 60. It was also bumped as recently as October 19th, so the team is clearly staying active on management even without a single vote cast yet.

New Arrivals

Just one new server joined HyServers this week. A quieter week on that front compared to some recent stretches, but it's worth remembering that every server on this list started exactly there too: zero votes, zero reviews, and a hope that someone finds the listing. If you're running a fresh server, now's as good a time as any to get it in front of players.

By the Numbers

• 523 total votes were cast across the platform this week.
• The directory now sits at 1,253 servers total.
• Only 1 new server launched this week, a slower pace than usual.
• Uptime across the top five ranged from 89% to a perfect 100%, which says a lot about how seriously these teams take hosting reliability.
• Peak player counts varied wildly, from single digits on the smallest community-focused server up to 178 on the biggest.

The spread between the smallest and biggest servers on this week's list is honestly the most interesting part. Hytalion Haven proves a server doesn't need huge numbers to rank near the top, it just needs players who actually stick around and leave honest feedback. Runeteria proves the opposite extreme works too. Both approaches land in the same top five for completely different reasons, and that's kind of the whole point of a composite ranking instead of a simple vote leaderboard.

That's the wrap for this week. Keep voting, keep reviewing, and if your server's been sitting without a bump in a while, maybe give it a nudge before next week's roundup.