Play with friends in Game Center on iPhone
In Game Center, you can send friend requests, manage your public profile, earn achievements, compete on leaderboards, and play with friends during a FaceTime call.
Set up your Game Center profile
Go to Settings
> Game Center, then sign in with your Apple ID.
Do any of the following:
Choose a nickname: Tap Nickname, then enter a name or choose one of the suggestions. Your friends see your nickname when you play games together.
Personalize your avatar: Tap Edit Avatar, then create a new Memoji, use an existing Memoji, or customize how your initials appear.
To view your Game Center profile, achievements, recent games, friends, and their activity, go to Settings > Game Center > [your profile].
Add friends
Go to Settings
> Game Center.
Tap Invite Friends, then enter their phone number or Apple ID, or tap
to invite someone in your contacts list in the Contacts
app.
Recipients can respond to friend requests in any of the following ways:
In Messages, tap the link.
In a supported game, tap the Game Center profile picture, tap Friends, then tap Friend Requests.
In the App Store, tap
or your picture at the top right, tap Game Center, then tap Friend Requests.
In your list of friends, tap a friend to see games they recently played and their achievements.
You can also add a friend in the Contacts app (available if you and your friend are using iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, or later). Open their contact card, then tap Add Friend in Game Center. After your friend accepts the request, you can view their Game Center profile from their contact card.
Play games with friends using SharePlay
You can find and download a Game Center multiplayer game in the App Store and play with friends while on a FaceTime call.
During the call, open a supported multiplayer game, tap Start SharePlay, then follow the onscreen instructions.
See Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together in FaceTime on iPhone.
Report a user or remove a friend
You can report a user for cheating, an inappropriate picture or nickname, or another problem. You can also remove someone from your Friends list.
Go to Settings
> Game Center > [your profile] > Friends.
Tap the friend you want to report or remove, tap
, then choose Report User or Remove Friend.
Set Game Center restrictions
You can set restrictions for multiplayer games, adding friends, private messaging, and more.
Go to Settings
> Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions, then turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Tap Content Restrictions, scroll down to Game Center, then set restrictions.