PES 2013 online in 2026

Konami’s matchmaking for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 is closed. Two community projects still describe a way in, and they do not want the same install. A VPN room and a remote-play session are different again.

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Routes that still have a write-up

ThirteenServer, checked 13 Nov 2026, said all systems were up: 16 players online, a peak of 99 since the restart, 3 matches in progress, 2 in the queue, 6 of 6 relays up, and 36,787 matches played. An earlier reading in the same research pass had been about 50 players and 36,701 matches. I print both moments instead of averaging them. The count moves. The page I trust is the one with a clock next to it.

Their setup is: register, run setup.bat as administrator so the hosts file points at them, open the game’s Online menu, log in, and accept the data pack. PC needs patch 1.04. PS3 is listed. RPCS3 is listed as a client that can reach the same server. Windows 7 or newer is the floor they print. It is free and volunteer-run.

The pes6.es 13server is a separate beta that opened on 16 Oct 2026. It is PC only, and it asks for PES 2013 plus PESEdit 6.0, five hosts lines, and UDP port 5730 forwarded if you need it. The thread says there is no serial to type. That project is not ThirteenServer. Using PESEdit 6.0 on ThirteenServer, or 1.04 on pes6.es, is how people sit in an empty lobby and blame the game.

If someone closes the game, who loses?

ThirteenServer’s rules page is the current answer, and it is harsher than a friendly lobby. A match that never kicks off is not recorded. If you quit or drop after kick-off, that is a forfeit: your opponent is awarded the match, and the drop counts against your disconnect rate. The rate is shown to later opponents.

In a team match the game keeps going while one teammate is still on the pitch. The final score counts for everyone, including the person who left. It becomes a forfeit only when a whole side has gone. I am not mixing this with the 2012 Konami rules, because I do not have that original policy page. The 2026 rule is the one on ThirteenServer.

Hamachi is a VPN list of rooms, not matchmaking and not a browser game. Parsec is remote play: you are watching someone else’s PC, not joining a PES server. RPCS3 is an emulator. It can be the machine that connects to ThirteenServer. It is not itself a server.