The biggest CRPG of 2023, if not ever, promises a huge adventure that you are encouraged to play cooperatively with up to four friends. While online play is expected in the modern era, Baldur’s Gate 3 surprisingly also supports split-screen co-op on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, meaning you can run an entire campaign with a friend side-by-side. As great as all that is, the vast majority of people will likely want to play with a friend in the comfort of their own homes, which might mean a PC and console player will want to team up like you can in Minecraft or Apex Legends. Is that possible in Baldur’s Gate 3? We know it wasn’t at launch, but a lot has changed over the months and years the game has been out. Here’s a quick rundown of whether this is a cross-platform game.
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 cross-platform?
For the longest time, there was no crossplay support in Baldur’s Gate 3. Even after the game came out on Xbox consoles, everyone was isolated to playing on their own platforms. It wasn’t until Patch 8, the game’s final update, that things changed.
Finally, crossplay is available for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC so you can experience the entire adventure together no matter where your party members are playing. To take advantage of crossplay, all you need is a Larian Account and to go into the multiplayer menu at the title screen. From here, select “crossplay” and enable it. Once done, you can create a lobby and invite your friends via their own Larian Accounts to join you.
That Larian Account is also used for cross-progression. So long as you log in with the same account, you can carry your campaign progress to any platform you own the game on to continue right where you left off.
