Quickplay
v0.77 made Quickplay prioritize human matches over bot matches. The wait can run longer. There is no player count and no timer.
just volleyball discord
just volleyball discord, Quickplay, and custom lobbies are how you find people. You can also play online PvP, online co-op, LAN, split screen, and Remote Play Together. Queue length and player totals are not shown.
Find a match or a lobbyQuickplay prefers human matches after the September 26 playtest note. Private lobby codes are host-only, with a hide control for streams.QuickplayHuman matches first
HostSees private codes
ShuffleCustom lobby button
DiscordSteam social invite
Lobby codes
v0.77 shows private lobby codes to the host only, plus hide/show for stream protection. v0.76 added shuffle teams. A leave button arrives after the match.
Discord
The invite is discord.gg/kKT98kf2wV. Use it to find a group outside a queue.
Open the Discord invite
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Online changes from the September playtest
| When | Build | What changed for online |
|---|---|---|
September 25, 2026 | v0.76 | Online version bump, shuffle teams, party disbanding fix |
September 25, 2026 | Quick fix | Lobby codes made visible for the current privacy rules |
September 26, 2026 | v0.77 | Host-only private codes, hide/show, leave lobby, humans first |
September 26, 2026 | 0.77.1 | Rolled back matchmaking that stopped Quickplay starting |
Quickplay, then the rollback
Online play in just volleyball is Quickplay plus custom lobbies, not a ranked ladder with divisions. You can also join Online PvP, Online Co-op, LAN PvP, and LAN Co-op. Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and Remote Play Together cover people on one machine or a Steam remote session. None of those modes show a population counter.
On September 26, 2026, v0.77 was the last update for the playtest, and it bumped the online version again. Quickplay now prioritizes human matches over bot matches. That can mean longer queue times and higher quality matches. There is no seconds value and no concurrent-player count.
The same day's follow-up, 0.77.1, put back some matchmaking changes because Quickplay matches were never starting. If a playtest Quickplay queue sat forever, that rollback is the repair. v0.76, the day before, had already fixed some cases of parties disbanding while matchmaking, and it required the new online version before online play would continue.
v0.77 also put school gym back in the map pool. That is a map returning to rotation, not a new online mode. Quickplay still deprioritizes bot matches. Offline practice against bots is a separate path, covered on the Practice page.
A few rally details changed in the same playtest week. v0.76 stopped opposing team names from staying up at the start of a rally, stopped teams from showing as full while slots were open, and made the ping number refresh less often. The developer name in chat is gold. On September 24 the server browser could sort by ping, and chat fixes covered team-name colors plus the chat background. Typing after v0.77 plays a quiet typewriter sound, and the text you are typing is easier to read.
Codes, shuffle, and the invite
Custom lobbies picked up a shuffle teams button in v0.76. The September 25 quick fix left the game version alone, made lobby codes visible, and set up a later privacy pass for who can see a code. v0.77 did that pass: only the host can see the lobby code for private lobbies, and a hide/show button covers stream protection. The same update added a button to leave a custom lobby after a match ends.
The Discord invite is https://discord.gg/kKT98kf2wV. Use it when you want a group outside matchmaking.
The picture beside the panels is the locker. Jersey 25 is on the shirt, and the panel offers a captain uniform and a gym outfit, plus shorts, socks, and kneepads. That is avatar kit. Hair, face, voice, and jersey are on Customize. The locker is not a queue, a rank, or a lobby browser.
If a custom lobby still looks full, check the open-slot fix from v0.76 before you open a second room. Shuffle teams remixes the sides without leaving. After the match, the leave button from v0.77 gets you out. Private codes stay on the host, with hide and show while you stream. Some power sets that were dropping too low were adjusted in v0.76.