Crossplay, and what the store actually says
Crossplay is confirmed. The steps to switch it on are not published, and this page does not invent them.
Steam lists Cross-Platform Multiplayer and the description says online play supports cross-play. That covers PC, Switch, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox playing together. How you invite, and whether an account is needed, is not documented.
Crossplay is confirmed. Two separate store pages say so, in two different ways, and that is the whole of the official documentation.
On Steam, the game carries the Cross-Platform Multiplayer category. On the Nintendo listings, the tags include cross-platform play. The store description also says online play supports cross-play, which is the clearest of the three.
What none of those lines tell you is how to turn it on, whether it is on by default, or whether you need an account on a third-party service to make it work.
Confirmed lines, verbatim
| Claim | Where it appears | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Online supports crossplay | Steam store description | Stated outright |
| Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Steam category list | Stated outright |
| Cross-platform play | Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 listings | Tagged |
| 2 to 8 players online | Steam description, Nintendo listings | Stated outright |
| Up to 8 online on PS5 with PS Plus | PlayStation Store listing | Stated outright |
That is five facts. Together they mean a PC player, a Switch 2 player and a PS5 player can be in the same lobby. They do not mean the lobby is easy to set up, and they do not name the system that brokers it.
Five undocumented questions
- Whether crossplay is on by default or a toggle in a menu.
- Whether you need a publisher account, a platform account, or neither.
- Whether friend invites work across platforms or only within one.
- Whether there is a room code.
- Whether crossplay covers all five platforms or only some pairs.
Every one of those is a question a player will ask in the first hour. None of them is answered on a store page, an official site, or a press release that has been published so far.
Console subscriptions still apply
Crossplay being supported does not mean online play is free on every platform. The PlayStation listing states plainly that PS Plus is required for online play, and the Nintendo listings point at Nintendo Switch Online for online features.
| Platform | Online cost |
|---|---|
| Steam (Windows/macOS) | No subscription stated |
| Nintendo Switch / Switch 2 | Nintendo Switch Online membership referenced |
| PlayStation 5 | PS Plus required, per the listing |
| Xbox | Not stated on the page checked |
So a group spanning PC and PS5 has a mixed cost: the PC player pays nothing extra, the PS5 player needs an active subscription. That is a platform policy, not a game design choice, and no patch is going to change it.
Switch 2 adds GameShare
The Switch 2 listing adds something the others do not have: GameShare for selected stages, usable online and locally. GameShare lets a player who does not own the game join those specific stages, with GameChat required for the online version and a Nintendo Switch Online membership behind it.
That is not the same as crossplay, and it is not a free copy of the game. It is a way to get a friend into a handful of stages. Worth knowing if your group has one person who wants to try before buying.
Testing a crossplay session
- Agree on a platform mix you can actually test. Two platforms is easier to debug than five.
- Confirm each player can get online inside their own platform first. A PS5 player without PS Plus will not get past step one.
- Expect the invite flow to be the hard part, not the connection. No store page describes it.
- Try the same-platform case first. If two PS5 players cannot see each other, the problem is not crossplay.
- Write down what worked. Launch-week multiplayer documentation is thin everywhere; the community answer will come from players, not from a manual.
Next
The multiplayer page has all four setups compared, including the hybrid case where seven people in one room join an online session from a single PC. The platforms page lists every release with what its storefront says. And if you are still choosing where to buy, price and editions confirms the game costs the same everywhere it is sold.
