Deep Rock Galactic Crossplay: Can You Play With Xbox, PS4, PS5, And PC?
You may be wondering if Deep Rock Galactic crossplay is a feature for this first-person co-op title. Deep Rock Galactic is one of the latest PS4 and PS5 offerings for PS Plus subscribers, and can be downloaded for free from now until early February . But if you are picking this up for the first time, you may be wondering if you can play with your friends on Xbox. Well we've got our breakdown of whether Deep Rock Galactic crossplay is available.
- Deep Rock Galactic is proving to be far more popular than the Godfall Challenger Edition that came before it on PS+.
Deep Rock Galactic Crossplay: What Is Deep Rock Galactic?
Click to enlargeDeep Rock Galactic is a first-person co-op shooter. You play as one of four Dwarves mining deep underground, where you will face off against a variety of giant creepy crawlies in procedurally generated caves. The game has been well received by fans, and was touted for its fun co-op action.
What you may not know however, is that Deep Rock Galactic actually launched into early access in 2018, and had its full release on PC and Xbox in 2020. That means that this PS Plus addition is its PlayStation debut. So for a game that's so fun in co-op, can you play Deep Rock Galactic crossplay with your friends on Xbox who will be able to show you the way of the cave?
Deep Rock Galactic Crossplay: Does It Have Crossplay?
Click to enlargeAs a fun co-op shooter crossplay for Deep Rock Galactic just makes sense, right? Not according to Ghost Ship games, as the crossplay options for this game are a little messy. Deep Rock Galactic crossplay does exist, but it doesn't support all platforms.
Xbox and Windows 10 players are able to play together, but anyone purchasing the game on Steam or PlayStation will not be able to play with anyone outside of their platform. This is surely a disappointment for players on other platforms, especially since this is the first time PlayStation players have access to the game.
That's all you need to know about Deep Rock Galactic crossplay. Hopefully, we will see true crossplay implemented into the game further down the line, but until then you'll be sticking with your own platform.
