How To Enable Game Center On Mac

Create a Game Center profile

This will open the App Store to a special game area with all the games being Game Center enabled. Alternatively, here’s a link: Game Center Games. If you’re new to the Apple devices/Game Center world or looking to get into it, just thought I should mention that Game Center is not required to play games.

Learn how to create a profile with a personalized Memoji and customized initials.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  • Basic Game Center Setup On iOS If you play games on your iPhone and iPad, you probably are using Apple's Game Center system for high scores, achievements and player challenges. It is fairly simply to turn on Game Center in your Settings. You can also select your player name which will appear in high score boards and other places.
  • IOS 4.1 includes Apple’s new social game service called Game Center. It only takes a few steps to get up and running, and it uses your existing Apple ID, so you don’t have to set up another.
  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 ID.*
  3. Tap the Nickname field to enter a name that your friends will see when you play games together. If you can’t think of a name, you can choose one of the randomly generated suggestions.
  4. To personalize the picture that shows with your nickname, tap Edit in the circle at the top of the page. From here, you can create a Memoji, use an existing one, or customize how your nickname's initials appear.
How

On your Mac

  1. Open the App Store app.
  2. If Game Center isn’t on, turn it on, then sign in with your Apple ID.*
  3. Click your user name.
  4. Click Game Center Profile.
  5. To enter a name that your friends will see when you play games together, click Open System Preferences. Click your Game Center ID in Internet Accounts, then click Details. If you can’t think of a name, you can choose one of the randomly generated suggestions.
  6. To personalize the picture that shows with your nickname, go back to Settings on your iOS device. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it. From here, you can create a Memoji, use an existing one, or customize how your nickname's initials appear.

* If you see a nickname or other information already set up, you might already have a Game Center profile. Check Settings > [your name] to verify that you’re signed in with your Apple ID.

Add Friends

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.
  2. Tap Friends.
  3. In the top-right corner of the next screen, tap Add Friends.
  4. Enter the phone number or email of the person that you want to invite to be friends in Game Center, or you can tap the Add button to invite one of your contacts. Once that person accepts the request through the Messages app, you'll be able to see them on your list of friends.

On your Mac

  1. Open the App Store app.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID.*
  3. Click Recently Played With.
  4. Click Add Friends.
  5. Enter the phone number or email of the person that you want to invite to be friends in Game Center, or you can click the Add button to invite one of your contacts. Once that person accepts the request through the Messages app on their iOS device, you'll be able to see them on your list of friends.

Remove friends or report Game Center users

Learn how to stop being friends with someone in Game Center.

How

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.
  2. Tap Friends to see a list of users who you're friends with and users who you've recently played with.
  3. Swipe left over the user's name to reveal more options.

Tap Remove to stop being friends with someone in Game Center. This will remove you from their list of friends as well.Tap Report and follow the onscreen instructions to report a profile for cheating, inappropriate content, or another problem.

On your Mac

  1. Open the App Store app.
  2. Click your user name.
  3. Click Game Center Profile to see a list of users who you're friends with and users who you've recently played with.
  4. Click the user's Memoji, then click the ellipses.
  5. Select Remove Friend to stop being friends with someone in Game Center. This will remove you from their list of friends as well. Select Report User and follow the onscreen instructions to report a profile for cheating, inappropriate content, or another problem.

Learn more

How To Enable Game Center On Mac
  • Subscribe to Apple Arcade to find and play Apple Arcade games with friends.
  • Learn how to access your game saves across all of your devices.
  • On an Apple TV, you can sign in and sign out of a Game Center account in Settings > Users and Accounts > Game Center.
  • To accept a friend request, the recipient must tap the link in the text message on their iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 device. They can’t accept friend requests on older operating systems or Android devices.