Join a game

Found a game? Here's how to lock in your spot and what to expect before you show up.

Before you join

Open the game and check four things:

1. Level and ages. Pick a game that fits you. See Sports and skill levels.
2. Where and when. The address (with Open in Maps), date and time are on the event page.
3. Spots. How many are taken, how many are left, and whether the organizer is holding spots for specific players.
4. Price. Free, or the price per player with the organizer's payment options. The refund policy is usually in the description.

Join

What the button says depends on how the organizer set up the game:

• Join Event — an Open game. You're in right away.
• Request to Join — an Approval required game. The organizer checks your profile and approves you; you'll get a notification. Until then the game shows Request Pending, and you can cancel the request.
• Invite only games aren't listed. You join from the organizer's link or invitation, and the button works like an Open game.

If the game has a price, the payment screen opens when you join. See Pay for a game.

Join from a chat or an invitation

• A game link in any Xsporty chat shows a card with who's going and a Join button. Tap it and you're in; a 5-second Undo appears in case you tapped by mistake. Inside 12 hours of kickoff the app asks you to confirm.
• An invitation lands in your notification inbox with Accept, Decline and View. Accepting an invitation from the organizer seats you directly, even on approval-required games.

If the game is full

Tap Join Reserve List. When someone drops out, the next player moves up automatically and gets a notification. See Reserve list.

After you join

• The game appears in Up next at the top of Home and in your Joined tab.
• You're in the event chat, where the organizer posts logistics and teams. See Event chat.
• You'll get reminders before the game — 24 hours and 2 hours by default.