I’ve been jumping into multiplayer on Age of Wonders 4, and it’s a mixed bag. People are asking, is Age of Wonders 4 crossplay? On PC, things work almost like you’d hope—Steam, GOG, Epic all connect fine. I’ve run longer matches where a unit will glitch or a turn gets weird, but nothing fatal.
Xbox players can join PC folks too, which is nice if your friends are split between console and computer. Every now and then the game will freeze up or lose track of whose move it is, but most sessions survive.
PlayStation can’t join at all. If you’re on PS5, you only see other PS5 users. No crossplay there. It’s not broken, it’s just… missing. Nothing to click or enable; it’s simply not in the code right now.
Devs posted something about syncing issues and “tech hurdles,” so I’m guessing they saw how PC–Xbox matches sometimes collapse and didn’t want to add another platform until that’s ironed out. Fair enough, but still frustrating.
If they advertise crossplay like it’s the headline feature, it feels weird to lock out PS5. Better to say “PC and Xbox only” from the start.
Right now it breaks down like this:
• Steam, GOG, Epic = play together without much fuss.
• PC and Xbox = works, though expect an occasional restart.
• PS5 = no option to join anyone else.
That’s it. The game’s fun, the design is solid—just don’t expect to enlist your PS5 buddies unless they’re comfortable playing alone.
