Optimize your game performance for consoles and PCs in Unity (Unity 6 edition)

Optimizing your console or PC application is an essential process that underpins the entire game development cycle. While your audience may take it for granted that your game runs at silky-smooth 60+ frames per second, achieving your performance goals across multiple platforms is not always easy.

To optimize effectively requires effort to make both your code architecture and art assets more efficient and an understanding of how your target hardware operates within its limitations.

This guide assembles knowledge and advice from Unity’s expert software engineers who have tested these best practices with our industry partners in real-world scenarios.

Follow these steps to get the best performance from your PC and console game.