Proxies for gaming, explained
Gaming is one of the most common jobs people buy proxies for, and getting it right saves hours of blocked requests and wasted spend. Here's our up-to-date ranking of the providers that handle it best.
Games restrict content by region and ban shared IPs, so proxies unlock access and isolate accounts. The main blocker is Region locks, early-access limits, and multi-account bans tied to one IP., and the right proxies neutralise it. For this, residential proxies tend to work best — real IP addresses assigned by internet service providers to home users, which makes them harder to detect.
Pro tip: Pick a low-latency residential proxy near the target server to reduce ping while bypassing regional locks.