Game mode
The game gets its own route
Start a game and the mode turns on by itself: launchers download updates around the VPN, the tunnel is tuned for latency, and the app measures ping to the match server. Close the game and everything is back as it was.
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A sample run: here the road through the node came out 16 ms shorter. It can go the other way too — then the app says so and suggests sending the game direct.
Turns on by itself
While a game from your list is running, the mode is on; with an empty list any game from the catalog counts. By hand — the gamepad icon on the main screen, the tray or Ctrl+K.
Launchers around the VPN
Steam, Epic, Battle.net, Riot, EA, Ubisoft, GOG and Wargaming download updates directly and don't clog the channel mid-match.
A tunnel tuned for latency
Proxy protocols run without multiplexing. On Veli small game packets get through even with packet loss, and the connection doesn't drop mid-match.
Measurement, not a hunch
The app finds the match server itself, measures latency to it with and without the VPN, and compares two runs against the same address.
Two directions
Through the tunnel or around it — the measurement decides
There is no universal answer: it comes down to whose road to the match server is shorter, the one from your provider or the one through our node.
through VPN
Game through the VPN
When your provider ruins the route to the game server.
- your provider sends traffic to the match server the long way round
- jitter and loss climb at peak hours and vanish at night
- there is no direct route to the region you need
direct
Game direct
The game bypasses the tunnel; the rest of your traffic stays protected.
- the road to the match server is already short
- the tunnel adds latency and the measurement shows it
- you need your own region in matchmaking
The direction is one switch, and it takes effect on the next connection.
Measurement
Four numbers instead of a vague «it lags»
Forty packets to the match server over about ten seconds, down the same road the game itself takes. Runs against one address, with and without the VPN, are shown side by side.
Median (p50)
the ordinary ping you feel for most of the match
Worst 5% (p95)
rare spikes — the reason opponents seem to teleport
Jitter
the spread between packets: what makes movement rubbery
Loss
packets that never arrived; above 1% it is already noticeable
Running right now
The app sees which game is running, which server it is talking to and which road its traffic takes. Ping to the match is on the main screen and in the always-on-top mini window.
Games the app knows by sight
For these, the rules are one checkbox away — the executable names are already there.
Your game is not on the list? Add it with «Your own game» by file name and the rule works just the same.
How to turn it on
Three steps and one measurement
- 01
Turn the mode on
The gamepad icon in the row on the main screen — or «Turn on by itself while a game runs» on the mode's page.
- 02
Tick your games
Pick them from the list or add your own by executable name — exactly as it appears in Task Manager.
- 03
Check the measurement
Measure latency with the VPN and without it. If the node is worse, the app says so and suggests sending the game direct.
Frequently asked
A VPN adds latency — why play through one at all?
Often there is no reason to, and then you set «Game direct». But a provider route to the match server can be worse than the one through our node — then ping through the VPN comes out lower. That is what the measurement is for: the decision is made on numbers.
Is this a ping booster or a cheat?
No. Game mode never touches the game, its files or its memory — it only decides which network route its packets take. Matchmaking in many games looks at the region of your IP, so a node in another country may put you on different servers.
Which protocols does it work on?
Game routes and launchers around the VPN work on proxy protocols (VLESS, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks, Hysteria2, TUIC). On Veli the mode tunes the tunnel itself — no reconnect needed. Game rules don't apply on WireGuard and OpenVPN.
Can I see the ping inside the game?
There is no in-game overlay. There is an always-on-top mini window: while a match is on, it shows latency to the game server, jitter and loss.
Turn it on before your next match
The client is free, with no sign-up. Game mode works on your own servers too — Premium adds picking the node by the road to the match.