What Maximum Settings does

Maximum Settings is a privately held cloud gaming service provider operating as Maximumsettings Inc., incorporated in Ontario, Canada and serving individual PC gamers worldwide via monthly subscriptions. Its core product is dedicated bare-metal cloud gaming PCs — built on AMD Ryzen 9 7800X3D CPUs and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs running Linux Mint with Proxmox virtualization — streamed to consumer devices through the open-source Moonlight client using a proprietary "Maxximizer" encoder. Each subscriber receives exclusive access to physical hardware with no resource sharing, targeting hobbyist and enthusiast gamers who want to avoid purchasing high-end local rigs.

The company generates revenue through three monthly subscription tiers priced $9.95–$29.95 CAD (1080p RX 580, 1440p RX 6800 XT, and 4K RX 7900 XTX plans), each with allocated daily play windows and tiered à-la-carte hourly overage credits. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer via orders.maximumsettings.com, with customer acquisition driven by a Discord community, a YouTube channel (1,000+ subscribers as of April 2023), and a blog/content marketing cadence. A distinctive operational feature is that Maximum Settings owns and operates its own data center facility in Etobicoke, Ontario, with redundant 10Gbit fiber loops, UPS, and natural gas backup — a structural choice it markets as a differentiator from colocation-based cloud gaming rivals.

Since 2023, the company has expanded its bare-metal hardware proposition beyond gaming to support LLM inference workloads via oobabooga text-generation-webui (models such as Yi-34B-Chat and LLaMA2-13B), and announced in December 2025 a planned deployment of AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 cards (32GB VRAM) explicitly targeting AI workloads. The business remains small (1–10 employees), unfunded by institutional capital, and operated as a side of the founders' privately owned infrastructure footprint that also includes sister companies Qrnetwork's Inc and Canaca (ISP and web hosting).

Name

Maximum Settings

Legal name

Maximumsettings Inc.

Website

https://maximumsettings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Maximum Settings is a Canadian cloud gaming provider that rents dedicated bare-metal AMD gaming PCs to individual consumers via monthly subscription, streaming games through the Moonlight client to laptops, phones, and other devices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Gaming

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Gaming Platform Operators (Subscription/On-Demand) (MPAFAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Device & Client App Ecosystems for Cloud Gaming (TV/OTT apps, mobile clients, thin clients) (MPAFAHAG), Cloud Gaming Platforms (BPAMAKAC), Digital Game Distribution Platforms & Storefronts (PC/Mobile/Console) (MPAFABAB)

Keywords

• Cloud gaming service
• Bare metal gaming
• Gaming PC subscription
• Cloud game streaming
• Remote gaming hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Cloud Gaming Subscription: Monthly subscription service providing access to a dedicated cloud gaming PC. Includes fixed monthly fee with allocated daily usage hours. Additional hourly credits available for purchase at tiered rates. No free games included - customers use their existing game libraries from Steam, Origin, Ubisoft, GOG, Epic, and other launchers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Maximum Settings rents dedicated bare metal cloud gaming PCs on a monthly subscription basis, streaming gameplay to nearly any device including laptops, Macs, smartphones, Android devices, and tablets. Customers get exclusive access to physical hardware (no resource sharing with other users) running Linux Mint, with support for games from Steam, Origin, Ubisoft, GOG, and Epic launchers, plus ray tracing at up to 4K resolution and 120 FPS. The service also supports AI language model hosting on the same infrastructure.

Product overview

Maximum Settings offers dedicated cloud gaming PCs as a unified service, providing three hardware tiers (4K, 1440p, and 1080p packages) with exclusive bare metal hardware access. The core offering combines cloud-based Windows/Linux gaming with game storefront compatibility (Steam, EA, GOG, Epic), streaming via Moonlight client with proprietary Maxximizer encoder, and optional AI capabilities including LLM hosting for text generation. Users access their personal gaming rig remotely with full customization and storage allocation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maximum Settings Cloud Gaming (Bare Metal) Dedicated cloud-based gaming PC service that streams games to any device (laptops, Macs, smartphones, Android tablets). Each customer gets exclusive access to physical hardware (CPU, GPU, RAM) with no resource sharing while logged in, supporting up to 4K resolution at 120 FPS with ray tracing. Compatible with games from Steam, Origin, Ubisoft, GOG, and Epic launchers.
• AI Language Model Hosting Capability to run Large Language Models (LLMs) on cloud gaming hardware using oobabooga text-generation-webui. Supports models up to 34B parameters (e.g., Yi-34B-Chat, LLaMA2-13B) on the AMD 7900XTX GPU with up to 65 GPU layers. Available on Bare Metal gaming plan for individual AI/ML hobbyists.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 120 FPS frame rates on compatible devices
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Qrnetwork's Inc / CanacaminorOthersSister companies providing High Speed Internet Provider & Web Hosting services. Maximumsettings shares user information with these sister companies as stated in their privacy policy. Qrnetwork's Inc / Canaca receives aggregated demographic information from surveys.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Shadow: Shadow offers a dedicated cloud PC (full Windows desktop with GPU) streamed to user devices, the closest functional analog to Maximum Settings' bare metal cloud gaming PC service. Both target enthusiasts who want a personal, full-control cloud rig rather than a curated streaming catalog.
• Boosteroid: Boosteroid is a subscription cloud gaming service that streams PC games to multiple devices. It competes in the same SMB/consumer tier as Maximum Settings and also emphasizes compatibility with users' existing game libraries.
• Vortex: Vortex is a subscription cloud gaming service offering cloud PC streaming with compatibility for users' existing game libraries. It is positioned similarly to Maximum Settings in the enthusiast tier with comparable pricing and a focus on library portability.
• Playkey: Playkey is a cloud gaming platform that streams PC games to subscribers from remote data centers. It is a comparable direct peer in the dedicated cloud PC subscription model that Maximum Settings uses.
• Loudplay: Loudplay rents out cloud-based gaming PCs on a subscription basis, streaming to user devices. It overlaps with Maximum Settings on the "rent a virtual/dedicated gaming PC" model, though with a different geographic footprint.

Broad incumbents

• GeForce NOW: NVIDIA's GeForce NOW is a mass-market cloud gaming service streaming games from a curated library of supported titles. It dwarfs Maximum Settings in scale and content licensing, and is the primary benchmark for latency and session quality in the category.
• Xbox Cloud Gaming: Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming streams Game Pass titles to phones, tablets, PCs, and smart TVs. It is one of the most heavily capitalized competitors in cloud gaming and a structural threat to small independent operators.
• Amazon Luna: Amazon Luna is a subscription cloud gaming service bundled with Twitch and Prime, focusing on casual and family-friendly play. Like GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud, it competes with Maximum Settings for the same consumer wallet, but with Amazon's distribution muscle behind it.
• PlayStation Plus Premium (PS Now): Sony's cloud streaming tier within PlayStation Plus streams PS3 and PS4/PS5 games to consoles, PCs, and mobile. It is a broad-incumbent competitor that locks users into a Sony content library rather than their own multi-launcher library.

Emerging players

• Paperspace (by DigitalOcean): Paperspace provides cloud GPU virtual machines and workstations that hobbyists and developers repurpose for cloud gaming. It is an adjacent/emerging peer relevant to Maximum Settings' emerging AI/LLM hosting use case on the same bare metal hardware.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@maximumsettingscloudgaming/videos

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Maximum Settings