Unity 6.0 User Manual

Unity 6.0 is a long-term supported (LTS) release in the next generation of the Unity Engine. It combines the latest technologies and tools to deliver high-quality, high-performance experiences for all supported platforms. Unity 6 contains all features, updates, and improvements made in Unity 2023.1 Tech stream, Unity 2023.2 Tech stream, and Unity 6.0 Preview.

• New in Unity 6.0
• Upgrade to Unity 6.0
• Unity 2023.3 is now Unity 6.0 Preview

Highlights of Unity 6

These are some main highlights of Unity 6.

Boost rendering performance

Elevate your scenes with scalable, captivating visuals using the latest advances in rendering, lighting, and visual effects.

Multiplayer game creation

Simplify multiplayer game creation with Unity’s multiplayer packages and services

Expand multiplatform reach

Build better experiences for mobile platforms, including a newly optimized runtime for mobile browsers, and get the latest multiplatform advances for all supported platforms.

Unlock possibilities with Runtime AI

Unlock new possibilities with Runtime AI powered by Sentis, and create dynamic experiences across all Unity-supported platforms.

Achieve more engaging visuals

Create more engaging visuals with the latest updates to Lighting, Graphics performance and profiling, Shader Graph, and Visual Effect Graph.

Enhance productivity and functionality

Improve productivity and functionality across your entire Unity development environment with better profiling options, ProBuilder, Cinemachine, and UI Toolkit.

Featured content

Featured content of the Unity User Manual.

Animation

Animation in the Unity Editor, including the avatar system, animation clips, and state machines.

Audio

Audio in the Unity Editor, including clips, sources, listeners, importing and sound settings.

2D game development

Unity Editor’s 2D-specific features including gameplay, sprites, and physics.

Lighting

Set up realistic or stylized lighting to apply for a range of art styles.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer game development with Unity’s multiplayer packages and services.

Package management

Explore, install, update, and manage packages for your projects. You can use packages to add assets and extend the Unity Editor.

Physics

Simulation of 3D motion, mass, gravity and collisions.

Platform development

Information about the platforms that you can build your application for.

Rendering

Choose a render pipeline and add your own rendering and post-processing.

Scripting

Program your games by using scripting in the Unity Editor.

UI

User interface toolkits available in the Unity Editor.

Unity services

Unity services such as Monetization and Cloud Services, Ads, Cloud Build, and Multiplayer.

Visual effects

Add and customize particle, lens flare, and full-screen effects.

XR

Develop augmented, mixed, and virtual reality experiences with the Unity Editor.

Additional resources

• Best practice guides - Best practices from Unity Support engineers.
• Unity Discussions - A community-driven place where you can search for frequently asked questions and answers.
• The Unity Knowledge Base - A collection of answers to questions posed to Unity’s Support teams.
• Tutorials - Step-by-step video and written guides to using the Unity Editor.
• Asset Store help - Help on Asset Store content sharing.