Is Red Dead Online Crossplay? Split Screen and Player Count
No, Red Dead Online is not crossplay, so the whole group needs the same platform. Online it takes 2 to 7 players, and there's no split screen.
You create an outlaw in the Old West of 1898 and ride an open world with missions, hunting, robberies and showdowns against other players. You advance in roles like bounty hunter, trader, collector or moonshiner.
2–7 online
- Players
- 2–7 online
- Crossplay
- No
- Split screen
- No
- Free to play
- No
- One copy for the group
- No
- Typical session
- 3h+
- Genre
- Adventure & puzzles
- Platforms
- PC, PS4 and Xbox One
Red Dead Online crossplay by platform
- Xbox + PC
- No
- PC + PS4
- No
- PS4 + Xbox
- No
Frequently asked questions
Is Red Dead Online crossplay?
No, Red Dead Online has no crossplay, so everyone in the group needs the same platform.
Does Red Dead Online have split screen?
No, each player needs their own device.
How many players can play Red Dead Online?
Online, 2 to 7 friends can play together.
Is Red Dead Online free?
No, it's paid, and each player needs their own copy.
What platforms is Red Dead Online on?
PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Is Red Dead Online crossplay between Xbox and PC?
No, players on Xbox and PC can't play Red Dead Online together.
Is Red Dead Online crossplay between PC and PS4?
No, players on PC and PS4 can't play Red Dead Online together.
Is Red Dead Online co-op?
Yes, you play on the same team against the game.
What games are like Red Dead Online?
Red Dead Redemption 2, Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition, Far Cry 5, No Man's Sky and It Takes Two.
Games like Red Dead Online
Red Dead Redemption 2
In Red Dead Online each of you creates an Old West outlaw and rides the map doing missions, hunting and fighting gangs. Roles like bounty hunter and trader each have their own progression.
2–7 online
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
Together you crew a pirate ship, raising sails, steering, firing cannons and patching the hull while hunting treasure to sell at outposts. Other crews share the sea and can sink you to steal your loot.
2–4 onlineCrossplay
Far Cry 5
As deputies in Hope County, Montana, you dismantle an armed cult by liberating outposts, rescuing hostages and destroying cult property in any order. Only the host keeps story progress.
2–2 online
No Man's Sky
You fly ships through a procedurally generated galaxy, landing on planets to mine resources, catalog wildlife and build bases. You can fly from space down to any planet's surface with no loading screens.
2–32 onlineCrossplay
It Takes Two
Cody and May, a couple heading for divorce turned into dolls, cross their house through platforming and puzzles to become human again. Each level hands the two of you different, complementary abilities.
2–2 online · 2 on one screen
Split Fiction
Mio and Zoe, two writers trapped in a machine that simulates their stories, cross levels that alternate between science fiction and fantasy. Each level gives the two of you different abilities.
2–2 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay
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