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An open-ended space sim set in a full-scale Milky Way, where you trade, mine, explore, hunt bounties or fight in your own ship.
Who can play
- No split-screen on any platform.
- Online for up to 4 players on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- No crossplay between platform families. Players on different platforms cannot meet; consoles stay on the older Legacy version while PC runs the current game.
- Each player online needs their own copy.
- PCEpic Games StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- PS5PlayStation StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- XboxMicrosoft StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Up to four friends form a team that shares missions, rewards and scans, and friends can also crew one larger ship together.
Flying in formation to a distant system, mining an asteroid field or taking on a combat zone works well with voice chat, but the flight controls and systems take hours to learn.
A Private Group keeps the session to invited friends.
The PlayStation and Xbox versions run the older Legacy version without on-foot play and receive no new content.
Is it good
76%
Mostly positive on Steam
“Capable of delivering some of the best stories about spaceships you've ever taken part in”
86% · PC Gamer “Satisfying handling that sets a new standard for any cockpit-based genre.”
8/10 · Edge Magazine “Shining Bright Like a Supernova”
95% · The Koalition
- 80MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 79Top criticsOpenCritic · Jul 2020 (OpenCritic top critic average, 70 reviews, as of Jul 2020; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 72%RecommendOpenCritic · Jul 2020 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 70 reviews, as of Jul 2020; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
3.7k playing on Steam, counted dailySteam Deck Playable
Every way to play together
No crossplay between platform families. No split-screen. Online for up to 4 on every platform. 76% positive of 83,000 Steam reviews.
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Teams of up to four share missions and rewards, and on PC up to four can crew one large ship (three on consoles). A Private Group admits more invited players to the same space.
Quick facts
- Developer
- Frontier Developments
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
- Series
- Elite
- Released
- Apr 2, 2015 on PC
- Controllers
- Partial controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 6 languages, voices in English
- Age rating
- Teen (ESRB): Drug reference, fantasy violence
- Also needs
- Frontier Account
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Answers
- Does Elite Dangerous have couch co-op?
- No. Elite Dangerous has no same-screen multiplayer; play it together online instead.
- How many players can play Elite Dangerous together?
- Online co-op and versus for up to 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- Is Elite Dangerous crossplay?
- No: everyone online needs the same platform family. Players on different platforms cannot meet; consoles stay on the older Legacy version while PC runs the current game.
- Do you need two copies of Elite Dangerous?
- Yes. Each player online needs their own copy.
- Can you play the Elite Dangerous story together?
- Yes: the main campaign is playable together online.
- What platforms is Elite Dangerous on?
- PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- One of 290 co-op games on PS5
- Does Elite Dangerous work on Steam Deck?
- Yes, with some extra steps: Steam rates it Playable for Steam Deck.
- Is Elite Dangerous free?
- No, it's a paid game. It's included with Game Pass on Xbox.
- Is Elite Dangerous on Game Pass?
- Yes: included with Game Pass on Xbox.
- One of 105 Xbox Game Pass multiplayer games
