Is Palworld Crossplay? Sure is, and in 2026 it's across the board: Steam, Xbox, PlayStation 5, and Mac players can all land in the same world now. Neat.
Ready for your next adventure? Let's get you and your crew prepped. This guide keeps your connection clean, so there's no crossplay confusion.
Note:
- No cross-progression. Characters, Pals, and inventory stay tied to the platform they were created on. Moving to a different platform means a fresh character, not a transfer.
- Xbox, PlayStation 5, and Microsoft Store/Game Pass PC players cannot connect by typing an IP address. Their only way in is the in-game server browser, so the server has to be public and searchable by name or they will never find it.
| Platform | How they connect | Crossplay since |
|---|---|---|
| Steam (PC) | Direct IP or server browser | v0.5.0, March 2025 |
| Xbox Series X|S | Server browser only | v0.5.0, March 2025 |
| Microsoft Store / Game Pass (PC) | Server browser only | v0.5.0, March 2025 |
| PlayStation 5 | Server browser only | v1.0, July 2026 |
| Mac (Steam) | Direct IP or server browser | v0.5.0, March 2025 |
Xbox One never got a Palworld release, so there is no crossplay path for it. Series X|S only.
Crossplay is on by default. Every indifferent broccoli Palworld server ships with all four platforms allowed, and the whole thing lives in one place on your dashboard.
1. On your indifferent broccoli Palworld server dashboard, open Basic Server Settings.
2. Find Crossplay Platforms and pick the combination you want from the dropdown. Default is (Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac), everyone allowed. Adjust as desired to lock a platform out, for example (Steam,Mac) for a PC-and-Mac-only world.
3. If anyone in your group is on Xbox or PS5, also flip Community Enabled on. This makes your server visible in the in-game server browser, and it's the only way console players can find it since they can't connect by IP. This includes Xbox Gamepass on PC.
4. We highly recommend setting a Server Password once your server is Community Enabled. A public listing means anyone can search for it by name. Skip symbols and apostrophes in both your server name and your passwords. They're known to cause connection issues, and sometimes may make your server take unexpectedly long naps.
Xbox and PlayStation certify updates on their own schedule, separate from Steam. For a day or two after a major Palworld patch, console clients can be briefly out of sync with a server that already updated. If crossplay stops working right after a patch and nobody touched any settings? This is almost always why. It clears up once platforms catch up on the update cycle.
Double check your connection method, get Community Enabled flipped on, and the rest takes care of itself. Somewhere out there a Lamball is waiting for its crossplay co-op tamers to finally share a base.
Your server with indifferent broccoli supports full crossplay.