# Activities

_Already familiar? Jump to the [Activities docs](/guides/discord-activities-overview) or [Building Your First Activity](/guides/discord-activities-building-an-activity)._

## Multiplayer Experiences in Discord

Activities are multiplayer games and social experiences embedded directly in Discord. They can be launched in channels, DMs, or from the App Launcher with no external window or separate download required.

Players can jump in together with friends already in a voice channel, making Activities a natural fit for party games, co-watching, collaborative tools, and more.

![Discord Activities](../img/images/platform/activity-playing.png)

## Embedded App SDK for Activities

Under the hood, Activities are an iframe that communicates with Discord using the [Embedded App SDK](/guides/sdk-reference-embedded-app-sdk). The SDK provides methods for interacting between your Activity and the Discord client.

## Next Steps

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:::card{title="Activities Overview" href="/guides/discord-activities-overview"}
Full guide to how Activities work, launch flows, and the Embedded App SDK.
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:::card{title="How Activities Work" href="/guides/discord-activities-how-activities-work"}
Deep dive into the Activity lifecycle, iframe environment, and client communication.
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:::card{title="Build Your First Activity" href="/guides/discord-activities-building-an-activity"}
Step-by-step guide to setting up and deploying your first Activity.
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## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [App Fundamentals](./app-fundamentals-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)

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