Dead by Daylight Crossplay 2026: How to Play With Friends on All Platforms

Playing video games with your group and the fun you have with them is unexplainable. While people who are not into video games might consider it a time-wasting activity, for us gamers, it’s a feeling of belonging somewhere. Sometimes, video games have restrictions about who and what platform a player has to use.

For example, if you’re playing Counter-Strike, then you can only use a Windows machine for that. If you want to play a PlayStation Studio game, then chances are you’ll need to buy a PlayStation. The point I’m trying to make is that certain games put restrictions in place and do not let players from other platforms play with each other. But since the competition between games has increased rapidly, there’s a new feature that many developers have started including — crossplay. This feature allows players from almost all gaming platforms to play together. With crossplay enabled in your game, you can play with your friends regardless of what platform they’re on. In today’s blog, we’ll talk about Dead by Daylight and discuss its crossplay feature in detail.

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Crossplay in Dead by Daylight

Let’s clear things up about the game first and then talk about its crossplay. Yes, Dead by Daylight does offer crossplay between almost every major gaming platform — including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC. You can play with your friends without worrying about which platform they use.

The Nintendo Switch version, however, does have some minor issues with crossplay. But apart from a few hiccups, everything else works as it should.

Dead by Daylight Crossplay Overview

Feature	Details
Supported Platforms	PC (Steam & Epic), PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Crossplay Availability	Yes – Enabled by default
How to Enable Crossplay	Go to Options → Online Tab → Crossplay, and make sure it’s checked
Add Friends from Other Platforms	Use their Behaviour Account ID to send a friend request
Voice Chat Support	Not available – use Discord or TeamSpeak instead
Progression Sharing	No – progression is not shared between platforms
Known Issues	Minor connection bugs, especially with the Nintendo Switch version
Best Experience Platforms	PC and PlayStation 5

How to Use Crossplay

Using crossplay is pretty simple because the game has it enabled by default. However, if it’s not working for you, here’s how to double-check the settings:

1. Launch the game and go to Options.
2. Scroll to the Online tab.
3. Look for the Crossplay option and make sure it’s checked.

That’s it!

Next, you’ll need to add your friends from other platforms to join your party. For that, you’ll need their Behaviour Account IDs. Once you have their IDs, follow these steps:

1. Open the Friends tab on the main menu.
2. Click on Add a Friend.
3. Enter your friend’s ID.
4. Send the request and wait for them to accept.

Once your friend accepts, you can invite them to your party and play together.

A couple of things to note:

• The game does not have voice chat, so you’ll need to use external apps like Discord or TeamSpeak.
• Progression is not shared between platforms. So, if you’ve made progress on Steam, it won’t carry over to Epic Games or other versions.

Conclusion

That’s about it for this short guide. Now you know almost everything about Dead by Daylight’s crossplay — what it is, which platforms it supports, and how to use it. The game does have some minor bugs when it comes to crossplay, but since they aren’t game-breaking, they’re not worth worrying about.

Now, the only thing left to do is to jump into Dead by Daylight and enjoy playing with your friends across all platforms!

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