---
title: "Multiple Game Instances"
description: "Demonstrates how to run two completely independent Phaser game instances simultaneously on the same web page, each with its own configuration and Scenes."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/multiple-game-instances
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Multiple Game Instances

Demonstrates how to run two completely independent Phaser game instances simultaneously on the same web page, each with its own configuration and Scenes.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Config](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/multiple-game-instances.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### multiple game instances.js

```js
// Game 1
class Example1 extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('taikodrummaster', 'assets/pics/taikodrummaster.jpg');
        this.load.image('sukasuka-chtholly', 'assets/pics/sukasuka-chtholly.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.image(400, 300, 'taikodrummaster');

        const chtholly = this.add.image(400, 500, 'sukasuka-chtholly').setInteractive();

        const tween = this.tweens.add({
            targets: chtholly,
            y: 600,
            ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
            duration: 2000,
            yoyo: true,
            repeat: -1
        });

        chtholly.on('pointerdown', function () {

            if (tween.isPlaying())
            {
                tween.pause();
            }
            else
            {
                tween.resume();
            }

        });
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: [ Example1 ]
};

const game1 = new Phaser.Game(config);


// Game 2
class Example2 extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('taikodrummaster', 'assets/pics/taikodrummaster.jpg');
        this.load.image('sukasuka-chtholly', 'assets/pics/sukasuka-chtholly.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.image(400, 300, 'taikodrummaster');

        const chtholly = this.add.image(400, 500, 'sukasuka-chtholly').setInteractive();

        const tween = this.tweens.add({
            targets: chtholly,
            x: 200,
            ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
            duration: 2000,
            yoyo: true,
            repeat: -1
        });

        chtholly.on('pointerdown', function () {

            if (tween.isPlaying())
            {
                tween.pause();
            }
            else
            {
                tween.resume();
            }

        });
    }
}

const config2 = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: [ Example2 ]
};

const game2 = new Phaser.Game(config2);
```

## More in Game Config

- [Clear Before Render](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/clear-before-render.md): Demonstrates how to disable canvas clearing between frames using the clearBeforeRender and preserveDrawingBuffer configuration settings to create persistent motion trails.
- [Custom Canvas](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/custom-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to provide an existing HTML5 Canvas element to the Phaser game configuration instead of allowing Phaser to create its own.
- [Custom Console Banner Colors](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/banner-colors.md): Demonstrates how to customize the text and background colors of the Phaser startup banner shown in the browser console, as well as how to hide the Phaser version info.
- [Custom WebGL Canvas](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/custom-webgl-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to provide a pre-existing canvas element and a manually created WebGL context to the Phaser Game configuration.
- [Custom WebGL2 Canvas and Context](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/custom-webgl2-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to provide Phaser with a pre-existing HTML canvas and a manually created WebGL2 context using specific configuration attributes.
- [Game Background Transparency](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/background-color.md): Demonstrates how to configure the game canvas with transparency using the backgroundColor and transparent properties, allowing HTML elements behind the game to show through.
- [Game Destroy](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-destroy.md): Demonstrates how to programmatically shut down and destroy a Phaser game instance, including removing the canvas, and then re-instantiate the game.
- [Game Destroy With Multi Scenes](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-destroy-with-multi-scenes.md): Demonstrates how to destroy a running game instance containing multiple active scenes and then re-initialize it upon user interaction.
- [Game RNG Seed](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-rng.md): Demonstrates how to use a fixed seed in the Game Configuration to produce deterministic, repeatable results across various random number generation methods.
- [Game Title Configuration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-title.md): Shows how to define a custom game title in the global configuration and access it via the game config property.
- [Game URL and Title Configuration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-url.md): Demonstrates how to define a title and URL in the game configuration and access those values from within a scene.
- [Game Version and Title](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config/view/game-version.md): Demonstrates how to define a title and version number in the game configuration and access them through the game config object.
- [All 19 examples in Game Config](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20config.md)

---

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