Is Baldur's Gate 3 Cross-Platform? Crossplay and Cross-Save Since Patch 8

Summary: Yes, since Patch 8 landed on 15 April 2025. Baldur's Gate 3 has full crossplay across PC, Mac, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, plus cross-save on top of it, both running through a free Larian account. There is no PS4 or Xbox One version, so those are the only platforms in play. The catch that trips groups up is mods, which have to match exactly across everyone in the lobby.

• Crossplay covers PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
• A free Larian account is required for every player in the session.
• Cross-save carries your campaign between platforms.
• Everyone in a lobby needs identical mods or the connection fails.

For nearly two years after launch this answer was no, which is why so many older pages say the platforms are walled off. Larian added crossplay in the game's final major content patch, and it arrived with cross-save rather than separately, so the whole question changed in one update. Larian's own announcement sets out what shipped.

Which Platforms Can Play Together

All four current versions share one pool:

• PC through Steam or GOG.
• Mac, which needs macOS 14 or later for Patch 8.
• PlayStation 5.
• Xbox Series X and Series S.

A four-player party can be spread across all of them at once. The game was never released on PS4 or Xbox One, so there is no last-generation version to leave behind, which makes this simpler than most games in the same position.

Setting Up Crossplay

Everything runs through the Larian Network rather than your platform's friends list, so there is a short setup:

1. Create a free Larian account and sign in from inside the game.
2. Link it to your platform, whether that is Steam, GOG, PlayStation Network or Xbox.
3. Enable cross-platform play in the gameplay settings.
4. Add friends by Larian username and meet in the multiplayer cross-play lobby.

The username is the part worth noting. Platform gamertags do not carry across, so everyone in the group needs to swap Larian names once before any of this works.

The Mod Rule That Breaks Lobbies

This is the single most common reason a cross-platform session refuses to connect. Every player in a lobby must have exactly the same mods installed. Not similar, not compatible, identical. One person with a leftover cosmetic mod will block the whole party.

Console players are capped at 100 mods through the in-game manager, while PC has no limit, which makes a heavily modded PC install the usual culprit. If a mixed group cannot connect, stripping the PC side back to vanilla is the first thing to try. On Mac the other thing worth ruling out is the machine itself, since Patch 8 raised the minimum to macOS 14, and tools like MacPaw are the usual way people claw back the space an upgrade needs.

Cross-Save and What It Carries

Cross-save arrived alongside crossplay and works through the same Larian account. Upload a save from one platform, download it on another, and your campaign continues where it stopped. Starting on PC and finishing on a PS5 is a supported workflow rather than a workaround.

It is cloud storage rather than a live sync, so it rewards a little care. Keeping a local copy of a long campaign before you upload is sensible, and general-purpose backup software such as EaseUS covers the PC side of that. A hundred-hour save is not something to leave in one place.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Baldur's Gate 3 crossplay between PC and PS5?

Yes, since Patch 8. Both players need a Larian account and matching mods, and the PS5 player joins through the cross-play lobby rather than a PSN invite.

Does Baldur's Gate 3 have split screen?

Yes, two-player local split screen on PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, including Series S since Patch 8. Each player needs their own account.

Is there a PS4 or Xbox One version?

No. The game only ever released on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Mac.

Do you need a Larian account to play at all?

Only for crossplay and cross-save. Solo play and same-platform multiplayer work without one.

One Account Before the First Long Rest

If a group is planning a full playthrough together, do the Larian account setup and the mod audit before session one rather than forty hours in, when someone wants to switch platforms and discovers their save cannot follow. If you are buying the game or a second copy on PC, you can browse Steam gift cards and pay with crypto.