Helping communities get more people playing.
NearbyPlay works with communities to make sport easier to discover, organise and participate in.
We are starting with colleges and building alongside students, sports clubs, coordinators and campus teams.
The participation challenge
The interest is already there.
Plenty of people want to play — far fewer actually get to. What tends to be missing is an easy, reliable way to turn that interest into regular play.
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Scattered information
Games, times and places live across chats, posters and word of mouth — easy to miss.
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Difficulty finding the right players
Reaching enough people, at the right level and the right time, takes real effort.
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Limited visibility beyond existing groups
If you are not already in the circle, you rarely hear that a game is happening at all.
Why we exist
Sport brings people together.
NearbyPlay exists to help communities make participation easier and build a lasting culture of play — regularly, together, and close to home.
What we do today
A free platform to discover, join and host games.
This is what NearbyPlay does right now — available free on iOS and Android.
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Discover games
Find casual games happening around your college, campus or community.
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Join games
See a game that fits your time and sport, and take a spot in a couple of taps.
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Host games
Set the sport, time and place, choose how many players you need, and open it up.
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Build sports communities
Bring your group together in one place and keep people playing regularly.
Real screens from the NearbyPlay app.
Where we're starting
Starting with colleges in Hyderabad.
We are starting with colleges and building alongside students, sports clubs, coordinators and campus teams.
Campuses are where players, spaces and energy already meet — the right place to learn, up close, what actually helps a community play more.
Founding partner colleges
Help shape NearbyPlay on your campus.
We are inviting colleges to build alongside us from the beginning — starting by listening. Here is what we want to learn together.
We start by listening. On every campus, we want to learn:
- Where does participation actually break down?
- Who already organises games — and how?
- Which courts and grounds sit unused, and when?
- What would help more students play each week?
Listen first, learn together, then co-build what matters.
Start a conversation
Tell us a little about your campus and we'll take it from there.
Our philosophy
Built with Communities.
We do not just build for communities — we build with them. The people who organise games, run clubs and bring others together shape how NearbyPlay works, and what we make next.
Where we're headed
A long-term partner for community sport.
This is our ambition, not what exists today. Over time, we hope to help many kinds of communities build stronger sports ecosystems.
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Today
Colleges
Starting with colleges in Hyderabad, learning directly from students and campus teams.
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Future ambition
Residential communities
In time, we hope to help neighbourhoods play more together.
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Future ambition
Workplaces
We would like to support colleagues who want to play regularly.
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Future ambition
Other communities
Longer term, we aspire to help many more kinds of communities build a habit of play.
Two ways to get involved
Whether you build community, or just want to play.
Help more people participate in sport.
Bring NearbyPlay to your college or community and build alongside us.
Find games. Join in. Start playing.
Free on iOS and Android — discover games happening near you.
Where we are today
We are early — and building in the open.
No inflated numbers, no overstated reach. Here is exactly where things stand.
Get started
Helping communities get more people playing.
Get the app, or partner with us to bring NearbyPlay to your community.
Partnership enquiries: contact@nearbyplay.in