Use Game Center on your iPhone, iPad or Mac

Manage your profile, earn achievements and compete on leaderboards across devices using Game Center.

Create a Game Center profile

Find out how to create a profile with a personalised Memoji and customised monograms.

On your iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.

  2. If Game Center isn’t on, turn it on then sign in with your Apple Account.

    On an iPhone, in Settings, Game Center is open. A user has signed in and has options to customise their profile and manage friends.

  3. Tap Customise Profile. Then tap the Nickname field to enter a name that your friends will see when you play games together. You can also choose one of the randomly generated suggestions.

  4. To personalise the picture that shows with your nickname, tap your player photo. From here, you can create a Memoji, use an existing one or customise your monogram.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Game Center.

  2. If Game Center isn’t on, turn it on then sign in to your Apple Account.

  3. Click Customise Profile.

  4. Enter a name in the Nickname field that your friends will see when you play games together. You can also choose one of the randomly generated suggestions.

    On a Mac, System Settings is open with Game Center selected. A user has signed in and has options to show or customise their profile, manage their friends or share their Friends List.

  5. To personalise the picture that shows with your nickname, click it, then you can create a Memoji, use an existing one or customise your monogram.

Change your activity sharing settings

You can choose who you want to share your activity with, such as your achievement progress and the games you’ve played. Your nickname, avatar and scores are visible to all Game Center users.

On your iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.

  2. Go to Activity Sharing and choose to share your activity with Everyone, Friends Only or Only You.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Game Center.

  2. Go to Activity Sharing and choose to share your activity with Everyone, Friends Only or Only You.

Find out how your Game Center profile is used

You can use Game Center to access your saved games across all of your devices.

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