Trying to get in touch with your friends who play on a different system? Co-op games cross-platform is the answer. No matter if gamers are on a PlayStation, Xbox, PC, or other um, they can team up. This does a comprehensive roundup of the best cross-platform games that deliver top-notch cooperative gaming experience.
Deep Rock Galactic: Dwarven Mining Adventures
Deep Rock Galactic from Coffee Stain Publishing is available on PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series. In this game, players will get to play the role of space dwarves who mine resources in caves that are procedurally generated. As you do, you will have to fight off alien swarms that are hostile in nature. Players can use four specialist classes and go through a fully destructible environment with futuristic weaponry.
The game is procedurally generating extra levels for your cooperation, every single play through, meaning it can be played through on all relative platforms.
Remnant 2: Souls-like Co-op Shooting
Gunfire Games created the game Remnant 2. Also, it is playable on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. Further, it has souls-like challenge and similar gameplay of looter-shooter. Also, the game has a dark fantasy setting. Players unite to halt a nefarious force from obliterating reality with constantly changing maps and quests.
The appeal of this game depends on its co-op and camera campaign structure so that the players have a different experience each time, as the game shuffles the content every time players begin a new run.
Rocket League: High-Octane Sports Action
Rocket League is one of the premier sports games even after almost 10 years of its launch. The game has full cross-platform support across PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. Psyonix, the gaming studio behind this game, is the maker of the game.
The initial release of the game was on Steam but new players should note that the game has currently shifted to the Epic Game Store. Steam owners can still enjoy the game via Steam.
Smite: Gods Battle Across Platforms
Smite is a MOBA game developed by Hi-Rez Studios for PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC that features gods from various world mythologies. Smite is a third-person MOBA suitable for the consoles.
Although Smite 2 is currently in Early Access on Steam (and is expected to launch in early 2025), it will not be fully cross-platform. However, you may play Smite cross platform as teams with your favorite gods.
Dead by Daylight: Cross-Platform Horror Survival
The 4v1 asymmetric survival horror game from Behavior Interactive supports cross-play on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and mobile. In Dead by Daylight, you have four survivors and one killer. The co-op play comes into focus on the survivor side as your friends help you escape the killer.
If you love playing frightening games, this will allow cooperation with teammates, regardless of the type of platform.
Grounded: Backyard Survival Adventure
This cooperative play video game is developed by Obsidian Entertainment for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Grounded is suitable for the whole family. It takes inspiration from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids which gives the game its unique plot. We get to play as miniaturized kids in a backyard world. Players collect resources, create bases, and also battle insects.
This fantasy survival video game entails resource management, fighting, and it is easy to learn. It is an excellent choice for you and your cooperative friends. Furthermore, it is available on all the major gaming platforms.
Warframe: Free-to-Play Space Ninjas
This title is free-to-play and continually evolving. Crossplay is supported on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch. Each year Warframe gets better and better. It has become a looter shooter essential that lets players pick different character archetypes and gear up for combat-heavy missions.
The game’s exo-suit (Warframes) are unique, offer different powers, and while gaining new ones can take time, the game’s reward progression makes it worth it. Players can pay to go faster, but anyone who wants to play without spending any money can still enjoy the game full-featured.
Chivalry 2: Medieval Battlefield Mayhem
Chivalry 2, by Torn Banner Studios, is playable on Xbox, PC, PS4 and PS5, and features huge medieval warfare and brutal melee combat. In the game, players can take on thrilling clashes featuring fully customizable characters in the gritty hand-to-hand combat scenario.
Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer video game that prepares players for medieval battles with a variety of options starting from charging the enemy with poleaxes to flinging pigs.
Helldivers 2: Democracy Through Firepower
Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios for PC and PS5, in which players team up to shoot alien bugs and robots to preserve democracy, all while taking a page from Starship Troopers. The game is fully cross-platform between PS5 and PC, although PC players will require a PSN account.
There are rumors that an Xbox release may happen at some point, but this is unconfirmed. In the meantime, bring your friends from compatible platforms to this fun galactic war game.
Fortnite: Battle Royale Empire
Fortnite, by Epic Games, is the free-to-play battle royale that changed competitive gaming and has become immensely popular. Fortnite can be played on just about every platform you can think of — that includes PC, PS, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, mobile, and ever so much more. Fortnite has full crossplay and has full cross-progreesssion. This means, you and your friends can play together, no matter the platform! In this game, 100 players must go on an island that is shrinking. Hence, they must find weapons, create defending building types, and eliminate opponents till the last person/team standing.