With the Apple Games app, you can send friend requests, compete on leaderboards, and play with friends during a FaceTime call.
Supported games with Game Center leaderboards let you challenge friends for a high score or a specific goal, and you choose the number of tries and how long it lasts. You can also use AirDrop to invite friends.
Here’s how to play with friends in the Apple Games app on iPhone.
Challenge friends
In supported games with Game Center leaderboards, you can challenge friends to compete for a high score or a specific goal. These challenges turn single-player games into friendly showdowns by creating a shared competition within your group. You choose the game and select friends to invite, then track everyone’s results as they complete the challenge.
- Open the Apple Games app on your iPhone.
- Tap Friends, then tap Challenge Your Friends.
- Select a game and then choose any of the following options:
- Number of tries: Tap 1 Try, 3 Tries, or Unlimited.
- Challenge duration: Tap 1 Day, 3 Days, or 1 Week.
- Add Players: Tap Players, search for a contact or a friend’s Game Center nickname and select the player. Then tap Continue.
- Tap Start.
To leave a challenge, select the game, tap the More button, tap Leave Challenge, then tap Leave Challenge again.
Play games with friends during FaceTime calls
You can find and download games in the App Store that support multiplayer gaming with Game Center during a FaceTime call using SharePlay. During the call, open a supported multiplayer game, tap Start SharePlay, then follow the onscreen instructions.
With FaceTime’s screen sharing feature, you can play any game while you’re on a call.
Use AirDrop to invite people to a multiplayer game
To invite nearby friends to multiplayer games that support Game Center, you can use AirDrop.
- Open the game you want to play on your iPhone.
- Go to the screen where you invite friends.
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Hold the display of your iPhone a few centimeters from the top of the other person’s iPhone or Apple Watch.
A glow emerges from both devices to indicate a connection is being made.
- Continue holding your devices near each other until the game appears on the other person’s screen.
