Is Elite Dangerous Crossplay? Split Screen and Player Count
No, Elite Dangerous is not crossplay, so the whole group needs the same platform. Online it takes 2 to 4 players, and there's no split screen.
In a full-scale replica of the Milky Way, you fly spaceships to trade, mine, explore systems, hunt pirates or fight the alien Thargoids. Every player shares the same galaxy.
2–4 online
- Players
- 2–4 online
- Crossplay
- No
- Split screen
- No
- Free to play
- No
- One copy for the group
- No
- Typical session
- 3h+
- Genre
- Sandbox
- Platforms
- PC, PS4 and Xbox One
Elite Dangerous crossplay by platform
- Xbox + PC
- No
- PC + PS4
- No
- PS4 + Xbox
- No
Frequently asked questions
Is Elite Dangerous crossplay?
No, Elite Dangerous has no crossplay, so everyone in the group needs the same platform.
Does Elite Dangerous have split screen?
No, each player needs their own device.
How many players can play Elite Dangerous?
Online, 2 to 4 friends can play together.
Is Elite Dangerous free?
No, it's paid, and each player needs their own copy.
What platforms is Elite Dangerous on?
PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Is Elite Dangerous crossplay between Xbox and PC?
No, players on Xbox and PC can't play Elite Dangerous together.
Is Elite Dangerous crossplay between PC and PS4?
No, players on PC and PS4 can't play Elite Dangerous together.
Is Elite Dangerous co-op?
Yes, you play on the same team against the game.
What games are like Elite Dangerous?
Barotrauma, Schedule I, theHunter: Call of the Wild, Stardew Valley and Space Engineers.
Games like Elite Dangerous
Barotrauma
Beneath the ice of Europa, Jupiter's moon, you crew a submarine. Everyone has a job, like captain or medic, and together you patch leaks, run the reactor and fight sea monsters.
2–16 online
Schedule I
Starting from nothing in a small city, you build a drug business by producing, selling to customers, buying properties and hiring staff while avoiding the police. Mixing ingredients creates strains with different effects and prices.
2–4 online
theHunter: Call of the Wild
Across open nature reserves, you hunt deer, bears, birds and other animals by following tracks and calls. Animals detect noise, your silhouette and scent carried on the wind, and each kill is scored.
2–8 onlineFree
Stardew Valley
You inherit a run-down farm and get it going by planting crops, raising animals, fishing and mining. Everyone shares the same farm, and you choose whether money is pooled or separate.
2–8 online · 4 on one screen
Space Engineers
Ships, stations and rovers are built block by block in space and on planets, mining asteroids for materials. Everything you build obeys physics, so ships need power and thrusters and break apart in a crash.
2–16 onlineCrossplay
Factorio
You crash on a planet and build an automated factory from mines, conveyor belts, robotic arms and trains to launch a rocket. The factory's pollution provokes attacks from the native bugs.
2–64 onlineCrossplay
Let your group vote on what to play
Send the group a poll link. Each person answers in 30 seconds, and you vote only among the games all of you can play.