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This article explains how to create lobbies that are searchable. To make a lobby searchable, its access policy must either be Public or Friends. Lobbies with a Private access policy will not be joinable from search queries and must be joined via invites. It’s common to configure this access policy when initially creating the lobby. Once a lobby’s access policy is set correctly, other players can search for it using Find lobbies. Additionally, the owner of the lobby may define custom search properties which other players can use when searching for lobbies to find more specific results. To learn more, see Find lobbies and Join lobbies.

Example setting search properties using Lobby and Matchmaking SDK

In this example, the lobby created has the following custom search properties defined.
  • Game mode = “DeathMatch”
  • Competition style = “Ranked”
  • Skill level = Skill level of the person who created the lobby

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Last modified on August 4, 2026