Custom Matches

In Identity V, Custom Matches shift the focus from ranked intensity to creativity, training, and personal challenges. With no strict ranking pressure, players can freely explore strategies, test characters, and experiment with different setups. Every participant becomes both teacher and student — learning new tricks while refining personal skill in a safe, flexible environment. Custom Matches are more than just casual play — they highlight different playstyles and approaches. Survivors can practice decoding routes, rescue coordination, or advanced kiting, while hunters can test patrol patterns, skill accuracy, and map control. Every decision — whether to simulate a high-pressure rescue or practice mind games in a chase — creates a unique rhythm to each session. The mode’s design ensures adaptability and awareness remain important. With flexible settings, players can adjust maps, team sizes, and even specific characters, allowing both chaotic experiments and focused drills. Listening to heartbeats, tracking cipher progress, or predicting rescues all take on new dimensions when you control the flow of the match. Custom Matches also serve as the perfect training ground. Without the weight of competition, they provide an ideal space to master new hunters, refine survivor roles, and polish mechanics like vaulting, pallet drops, or skill timing. Players can freely experiment, turning every session into both a test of creativity and a personal growth opportunity. Ultimately, Custom Matches are more than practice — they’re a canvas for mastery and imagination. Every chase, every setup, and every experiment builds toward proving that you can adapt, evolve, and sharpen your identity as a survivor or hunter. Step into the manor, set the rules, and let your story unfold your way.

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Why Custom Matches Are a Core Feature

In Identity V, Custom Matches offer players the freedom to play without rank pressure, strict objectives, or matchmaking limitations — it’s the perfect way to shape the game on your own terms. This mode shines a spotlight on creativity and practice, rewarding smart experimentation, flexible strategies, and teamwork in a controlled environment. With customizable rules, maps, and characters, every corner of the manor becomes a stage where you decide how the story unfolds. Custom Matches can be approached in many ways: survivors may use them to train decoding routes or kite patterns, while hunters can refine patrol paths, accuracy, and map control. Groups of friends can recreate tournament scenarios, experiment with unusual team compositions, or simply enjoy lighthearted matches with fun twists. No two sessions ever feel alike, since the flow of play depends entirely on how players set the rules and engage. The mode also reflects different playstyles. Survivors who prefer coordination can run rescue drills, while strategists can test cipher rushes or coordinated escapes. Hunters can practice timing abilities, experimenting with sound cues or map pressure. This variety ensures every match feels fresh and challenges both sides to refine instincts and creativity. With regular updates introducing new characters, maps, and balance adjustments, Custom Matches continue to evolve as one of the most replayable and valuable modes in Identity V. It’s not just about casual fun — it’s about proving your adaptability, testing strategies, and preparing for the challenges of ranked play. Custom Matches deliver freedom, replayability, and endless opportunities to improve.

Flexible settings that let players shape the match their way
Supports multiple purposes, from serious training to casual fun
Every session feels unique thanks to adjustable rules and playstyles
Updates bring new maps, characters, and balance changes for constant freshness

Key Advantages of Custom Matches

Instant Match Access

Custom Matches let you jump straight into the manor without waiting for ranked queues. With no pressure, you can instantly test characters, practice routes, or set up friendly battles. Perfect for players who want immediate action or training without delay.

Endless Playstyle Options

Survivors can focus on decoding drills, rescue coordination, or kiting practice, while hunters refine map control and skill timing. Custom Matches support every style of play — from serious training to fun experiments — keeping every session fresh and unpredictable.

Accessible for All Players

With flexible rules and no rank pressure, Custom Matches are easy for newcomers to pick up while still offering depth for veterans. Beginners can safely learn decoding, kiting, and rescue basics, while advanced players refine strategies and team synergy.

Dynamic and Adaptable

Every Custom Match feels unique, with adjustable maps, characters, and rules. Whether recreating tournament scenarios or inventing fun modes with friends, this feature ensures constant challenge and limitless replayability tailored to your imagination.

Explore Custom Match Playstyles

Aggressive Hunter

Perfect for players who enjoy nonstop pressure, this playstyle focuses on hunters that excel in fast-paced pursuit, like Hell Ember or Smiley Face. Constantly moving across the map and forcing survivors into early mistakes creates quick captures, but demands sharp reflexes and precise timing to maintain momentum.

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Balanced Survivor

Built for players who value adaptability, this style emphasizes survivors such as Coordinator or Perfumer. It balances decoding progress with team support, allowing players to flex between rescuing, kiting, or decoding while maintaining awareness of hunter rotations.

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Strategic Specialist

Designed for thoughtful and precise players, this playstyle highlights characters like Mechanic for survivors or Dream Witch for hunters. Success comes from controlling the map, anticipating enemy moves, and applying pressure or support at key moments. Patience and strong decision-making define this approach.

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We Answer Your Questions

Custom Matches are perfect whenever you want focused practice or stress-free games. They’re recommended for newcomers learning decoding routes, rescue timing, and basic kiting, as well as veterans testing new hunters, team comps, and map strategies. With flexible rules and no rank pressure, it’s an ideal space to sharpen instincts and mechanics at any time.

They can be — it depends on how you set them up. Quick Matches use standard rules and matchmaking, while Custom Matches let you raise the difficulty: specific hunter bans, limited items, focused rescue drills, or high-pressure chase scenarios. Because you control the settings, you can create sessions that are either relaxed and experimental or intensely competitive and training-oriented.