How to Fix “Matchmaking Failed” in The Finals

The Finals is a popular, free-to-play, combat game show where players compete in arenas.

In this first-person shooter, participants aim for escalating tournaments and lasting fame.

The game encourages creativity by allowing players to alter, exploit, and destroy the arenas.

The goal is to entertain viewers with thrilling combat and personal flair.

Players have the freedom to develop their unique playstyles using various skills and weapons.

Environmental destruction and crafting a distinctive avatar plays a crucial role.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix “Matchmaking Failed” and “Connection to matchmaker was lost” in The Finals.

How to Fix “Matchmaking Failed” in The Finals

To fix “Matchmaking Failed” in The Finals, you can try changing your region or enabling/disabling crossplay.

You can also try spam clicking the game mode to join it and select “Back” each time you get the error until a match is found.

Fix 1: Change your region

Launch The Finals and press the “Esc” button.
Select “Settings” to go to your settings.
Change your matchmaking region to where you’re closest to (e.g. Asia).
Try joining a match again.

Fix 2: Enable or disable crossplay

Launch The Finals and press the “Esc” button.
Select “Settings” to go to your settings.
Enable “Crossplay” if it’s disabled or disable “Crossplay” if it’s enabled.
Try joining a match again.

Fix 3: Keep spam clicking to join the match

Launch The Finals and select “Play”.
Navigate to a game mode that you want to play (e.g. Quick Play).
Select a game mode that you want to play (e.g. Quick Cash).
Keep spam clicking the game mode (e.g. Quick Cash) until a match is found/searching (if you’re on PC, keep pressing Spacebar on your keyboard).

Editor’s note: I kept spam clicking the “Quick Cash” game mode to join it and selected “Back” each time after I got the “Matchmaking Failed” error and a match was finally found.