> ## Documentation Index
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# PlayFab Lobby overview

> Overview of PlayFab Lobby: a cross-platform service for grouping players before a match, managing membership, invites, properties, and lobby ownership.

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](xref:titleid.playfabapi.com.multiplayer.lobby)
* [Client SDK Reference](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-matchmaking-sdks/lobby-matchmaking-sdks)
  * [Quickstart for Unity](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-matchmaking-sdks/multiplayer-unity-sdk-getting-started)
  * [Quickstart for Unreal](/services/playfab/multiplayer/networking/party-unreal-engine-oss-quickstart)

## See also

* [Lobby and matchmaking](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-and-matchmaking)
* [Lobby properties](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-properties)
* [Owner requirements and privileges](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/owner-requirements-and-privileges)
* [Create a lobby](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/create-a-lobby)
* [Lobby ownership changes](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/ownership-changes)
* [Find lobbies](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/find-lobbies)
* [Create searchable lobbies](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/define-search-keywords)


## Related topics

- [PlayFab Lobby overview](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/index.md)
- [Create a lobby](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/create-a-lobby.md)
- [PlayFab Multiplayer C++ SDK Release Notes](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-matchmaking-sdks/lobby-and-matchmaking-release-notes.md)
- [Matchmaking SDK quickstart](/services/playfab/multiplayer/matchmaking/quickstart-client-sdk.md)
- [PlayFab Multiplayer Unity plugin overview](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/lobby-matchmaking-sdks/multiplayer-unity-overview.md)