PolyTrack Multiplayer Guide: How to Create a Room, Invite Friends & Race (0.6.3)

PolyTrack has had live multiplayer since 0.6.0, released on 10 March 2026. In 0.6.3 a lobby holds up to 16 players, the host creates the room and shares an invite code, and rooms run in either Casual or Competitive mode. The feature is still labelled experimental, so treat connections and invites as a test feature rather than a finished ranked system.

Does PolyTrack have multiplayer?

Yes. This is the single biggest outdated claim in PolyTrack guides: older pages say there is no live multiplayer, or that the game only has ghost racing. That stopped being true when 0.6.0 added experimental multiplayer.

0.6.0, released 10 March 2026, added Experimental Multiplayer.Official

The feature was not removed in 0.6.1, 0.6.2 or 0.6.3. The 0.6.x changelogs instead keep fixing it: 0.6.2 repaired connections to the matchmaking server, overlapping windows and cars fighting for space at the starting point. That is a feature under active repair, not an abandoned one.

How a room works

The flow is short: one player hosts, everyone else joins with a code.

1. Open PolyTrack and go to the multiplayer screen.
2. One player creates the room and becomes the host.
3. The room gets an invite code. The host shares it with the people they want to race.
4. Everyone else opens multiplayer and enters the code to join.
5. Pick Casual or Competitive, then start the race. The lobby allows up to 16 players.

Since 0.6.1, clients can also create invites, not only the host.Official

That 0.6.1 change matters when troubleshooting: if the host's invite is not working, another player in the room can create one instead.

Menu labels can change between builds, and the 0.6.3 changelog does not list the exact wording of the multiplayer entry. Follow the labels on your own screen rather than a label copied from an older guide.

Casual and Competitive

The room screen offers two modes. Beyond the names, Kodub's public 0.6.3 notes do not describe what separates them, and this page will not invent a rule set.

The exact difference between Casual and Competitive is not documented in Kodub's 0.6.3 notes. Check the mode description in the room before choosing.

If you are racing with friends for the first time, pick the mode whose description matches what you want from the session. Do not assume either mode changes car handling or turns on contact between cars; nothing in the changelog says that.

If a friend cannot join

Work through these in order; each one tests a different part of the chain.

• Copy the code again. Ask for a fresh copy instead of retyping from a screenshot.
• Check the version. Kodub's 0.6.3 notes do not promise that different versions can share a room. Everyone on 0.6.3 removes one variable.
• Check the lobby count. A room is capped at 16 players.
• Try another inviter. Since 0.6.1 any player in the room can create an invite, not just the host.
• Make a new room. A fresh room and a fresh code rule out a stale invite.
• Try a different network. School, office and public networks can block game servers. This site cannot help bypass a filter, and no guide should promise that.

If all of that fails, remember the experimental label. A connection problem in 0.6.3 can be the feature misbehaving rather than a mistake on either player's side.

Where to play

Use Kodub's official page, or the authorized itch.io, CrazyGames and Poki pages. Do not install a third-party "unlocked" build to get multiplayer; the mode is in the official game, and a mirror cannot promise the same server.

• Official game page: kodub.com/apps/polytrack
• itch.io: kodub.itch.io/polytrack
• CrazyGames: crazygames.com/game/polytrack
• Poki: poki.com/en/g/polytrack

Read next

• PolyTrack controls for 0.6.3: every driving and editor key, and why there is no drift key.
• Build a track in the editor: make something worth racing with friends.
• PolyTrack hub: all guides and the 0.6.3 changelog summary.