A Comprehensive PowerShell Tool for Simple Automated Game Server Management.

Features

Hassle-free "setup and forget" experience
Automated installation of game servers
Streamlined single-file configuration
Automatic server updates upon new version releases
Monitoring for detecting server crashes and available updates
Built-in thread isolation and priority management
Automatic start after a system reboot
Daily server restarts with in-game broadcasts for supported games
Automated, lightweight backups with archiving for 7 days and 4 weeks
Full configurability, allowing customization according to your preferences
Open-Source with a great community supporting the tool.

Supported Games

7 Days to Die
Ark: Survival Ascended
Astroneer
Conan Exiles
Enshrouded
Icarus
Insurgency Sandstorm
Killing Floor 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Mordhau
Minecraft (Paperclip)
Palworld
PixArk
Project Zomboid
Rust
Satisfactory
Squad
Starbound
Stationeers
Terraria
The Forest
Valheim
Valheim Plus
V Rising

Advantages

Faster than the other available tools
Lighter and more targeted backups
Modular
Expandable
Customizable

Installation

Manual Installation (Recommended)

Before you begin, note that this tool is not intended to run on your primary gaming computer. Ideally, use a virtual machine on a dedicated server or a secondary computer. If you still want to use this tool on your main computer, you should consider disabling the monitoring features. Otherwise, the Task Scheduler will briefly open a cmd window for a tenth of a second every 5 minutes. You can disable this by turning off the monitoring features (AutoUpdates, AutoRestartOnCrash, AutoRestart) in the game server configuration file or by disabling the game server monitoring task created in the Windows Task Scheduler after the second launch of the server.

Install Git and your preferred IDE, such as VSCode.
Ensure that your File Explorer is set to display file extensions.
Clone this repository using Git (F1 then Git:Clone in VSCode) or extract the zip file anywhere. (Preferably C:, but any directory will work unless the path is excessively long)
Copy the desired server configuration file from the templates folder to the configs folder.

Example: Copy icarus.psm1 from the templates folder to the configs folder.
Edit the copied configuration file to customize your server settings.
Copy and rename launchers/run.cmd to match your server configuration file.

Example: Copy and rename run.cmd to icarus.cmd to start the icarus.psm1 Icarus server.

The filename in the launchers folder must match the one in the configs folder.
Launch your server by double-clicking on your icarus.cmd file from the launchers folder.
The PowerShell window will open, install the server, and stop the server to allow you to edit the server configuration files.
After editing your config files, run the icarus.cmd file from the launchers folder again.
On the second launch, it will start the server and configure the scheduled task to keep the server running and updated.
To disable a server, use the Windows Task Scheduler application to disable or delete the corresponding Scheduled Task.
Forward the server ports in your router and configure the Windows firewall accordingly. You can also disable the Windows firewall entirely, but ensure that you still forward the ports in your router.

Automated Installation Script

By @BananaAcid

https://gist.github.com/BananaAcid/1dc9117571967b26ceabc972009137ae

Requirements

A Windows machine with at least PowerShell 5.1 installed (Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 or newer)
Some basic PowerShell knowledge.
Some networking basics to configure port forwarding.
The Windows user running the script should have admin privileges but should not run it with admin privileges.

Frequent Game Server Requirements

Expanding the Code

You can create pull requests for changes to this project.

Please follow the current structure and formatting.

If you want to add support for more games, copy one of the configuration files and edit the values and launch parameters. You can then create a pull request to include your configuration here.

Disclaimer

I am in no way responsible for anything that this script will do; you are responsible for reading and understanding what this script will do before executing it.

This script will download and install third-party software like SteamCMD, ARRCON, mcrcon, Java, Microsoft XNA, Paperclip, Terraria, and any games you try to install.

BananaAcid/PowerShellGSM