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From all 834 owned Steam games · September 19, 2026
The distinction that matters: in Tier 1 I'm a participant inside your world. In Tier 2 I'm a live operator — I can change the world, spawn things, and hand you stuff while you're playing, but I don't have a body standing next to you. Everything below was checked against official docs, the game's own server pages, or existing open-source bridges.
Tier 1 — I'm actually in there with you
| Game | Hours | The hook |
|---|---|---|
| Factorio | 112.2 | RCON + bridge mod. I have a real character that pays for what it builds — proven end-to-end. |
| Garry's Mod | 0.2 | A gmod-mcp MCP server exists (RCON + arbitrary Lua execution into the live server). I can spawn and drive entities in your sandbox while you're in it. |
Tier 2 — I run the world while you play it
| Game | Hours | The hook |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Days to Die | 7.3 | Dedicated server (free app 294420) + Telnet/RCON on 8081 + web dashboard. I can spawnsupplycrate, settime, weather, spawnentity, teleportplayer, killall, give you items — a live DM during horde nights. |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | 8.3 | Dedicated server + RCON + ARK Server API (C# plugin framework) and ArkBot. Deepest plugin surface of anything you own. |
| Project Zomboid | 1.4 | Free dedicated server app 380870 + RCON (game port + 1) + community control panels. Always-on world I can administer and mod in Lua. |
| Rust | 0.5 | Dedicated server + Oxide/uMod plugin framework + RCON. Plugins are C# and can do nearly anything to the world. |
| Space Engineers | 0.8 | Torch server — its own pitch is running commands and modifying live entities without joining the game, plus a plugin system. |
| DayZ | 0.3 | BattlEye RCON (kick/ban/teleport/spawn) + full Enforce server-side scripting, CFTools for tooling. |
| Farming Simulator 22 / 25 | 8.6 / 1.8 | Dedicated server with an HTTP web interface (8080) / HTTPS (8443) plus a server API used by community dashboards. I can run the farm operation. |
| Starbound | 26.3 | Dedicated server with RCON support — highest playtime of the RCON-capable set. |
| Don't Starve Together | 1.8 | Dedicated server + full remote admin/console command set (spawn, teleport, world control). |
| Necesse | 5.9 | Dedicated server, complete admin/console command set, mods shipped as jars the server loads. |
| Mindustry | 4.1 | Headless dedicated server, Java plugin + mod system — I could write a plugin rather than just type commands. |
| FortressCraft Evolved | 0.1 | Dedicated server config takes an RCON port and password — small game, real console. |
Tier 3 — dedicated server or mods, but no external door
| Game | Hours | Why it doesn't qualify |
|---|---|---|
| Enshrouded | 223.1 | Server installed and configured on your machine, but no console or API. |
| FOUNDRY | 79.0 | Dedicated server (app 2915550) configured by app.cfg, mods supported, no RCON found. |
| Soulmask / Bellwright / Sapiens | 3.5 / 3.6 / 3.3 | Dedicated servers exist with admin/GM consoles, but they're in-game consoles only. |
| Colony Survival | 1.2 | Dedicated server tools exist; permissions are file-based, no remote console found. |
| Outworld Station | 37.7 | Online co-op, no dedicated server or API documented. |
Hours are lifetime playtime from the Steam Web API. Capability claims come from official dedicated-server documentation, vendor sites (Torch, Oxide, ARK Server API, BattlEye), the 7 Days to Die wiki RCON guide, Motor Town's DS API docs, and the gmod-mcp project. Tier 1 Factorio is the only one proven in this environment; the rest are documented, not yet built here.
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- 2026-09-29Moved onto the portal template. Figures come from the September 19, 2026 library scan.