PlayFab Lobby overview

PlayFab Lobby is a service to create a temporary grouping mechanism for players to play games together. It's frequently used together with matchmaking, allowing for pre-formed groups to join the same matchmaking ticket, or allowing matched players to convene and receive further notifications about the group such as join/leave events or server connection details.

Benefits

• Cross-platform scalable lobby service
• Highly customizable to support a wide variety of gameplay needs
• Use seamlessly with PlayFab LiveOps and backend services. This includes PlayFab Matchmaking, PlayFab Multiplayer Servers, and PlayFab Party
• SDK support for real-time push notifications with PlayFab Matchmaking and PlayFab Lobby.

SDKs

• Lobby REST API Reference
• Client SDK Reference
  • Quickstart for Unity
  • Quickstart for Unreal

See also

• Lobby and matchmaking
• Lobby properties
• Owner requirements and privileges
• Create a lobby
• Lobby ownership changes
• Find lobbies
• Create searchable lobbies