Following the announcement that widely popular PC survival title Valheim would be coming to Xbox and both console and PC Game Pass, it’s been confirmed that the game will support cross-play.
A representative for Valheim developer Iron Gate Studio has stated over Discord (thanks, PC Gamer) that “there will be full cross-play, meaning you can play on Steam with friends who are using Xbox, or any other combination.” Players won’t need a Microsoft account to access cross-play either, and progress will be synced between Xbox and PC Game Pass. However, Iron Gate is “a bit unclear” as to whether it will be possible to sync progress between Xbox and Steam.
It’s worth noting that Iron Gate Studio will not be handling the port, with Piktiv and Fishlabs taking over porting duty instead. This will allow Iron Gate to continue to work on Valheim and its upcoming Mistlands update without delay.
