Is Mycopunk crossplay? The answer, and what it costs you

The short answer

Mycopunk reached 1.0 on 20 October 2026 on PC and PlayStation 5. It arrived without crossplay and without cross-save.

That means two separate player pools:

• Steam players can only group with other Steam players.
• PS5 players can only group with other PS5 players.
• A profile does not move between them. Anything unlocked during Early Access on PC stays on PC.

Four checks that settle it

"No crossplay" is easy to write and easy to get wrong, so here is exactly what was checked on launch day.

The pattern is consistent across all four: a feature this size would appear in the patch notes if it shipped. It does not appear.

What the studio has actually said

Crossplay has been described as an intention, never as a feature:

• April 2025, before Early Access. Asked on the Steam discussion board whether the game would have crossplay, the Pigeons at Play account replied: "for early access we'll just be on steam but down the line we hope to release on consoles with crossplay!" That is a hope, not a commitment.
• 3 September 2026. The studio confirmed the console version on Bluesky: "yes, mycopunk will be on console". A fan replied asking "With crossplay?" — as of 20 October, no answer.
• 20 September 2026. Devolver's 1.0 press release set the date, the $14.99 price and PS Plus Extra / Premium access. No crossplay.
• 14 October 2026. The PlayStation Blog confirmed a day-one Game Catalog launch. No crossplay.
• 20 October 2026. The full 1.0 rundown arrived as patch notes, followed by the launch post "OUT NOW ON PC + PS5!!!" at 1:09 PM EDT. Neither mentions crossplay.

What this costs you, in practice

The decision is made by where your friends already play. Nothing else on this page overrides it.

• Squad on Steam, buying on PS5 — you play alone, or you buy it twice.
• Squad on PS5, buying on Steam — same problem in reverse.
• No squad yet — the platform with the cheaper entry wins. That is PS5 if you already pay for PS Plus Extra or Premium, and Steam otherwise.

The half nobody asks about: saves

Cross-save is also absent, and it is the part that bites later.

A PS5 profile starts from zero. Weapons, employees, upgrade-grid progress and cosmetics earned during the PC Early Access period do not transfer. The two platforms keep separate save files and separate unlock states.

That matters most for players who put a year into Early Access and then bought the PS5 version for the couch — the account does not follow them.

Playing with friends, platform by platform

The Steam voice chat detail is worth knowing before a session: it defaults to push-to-talk, with an open-mic option in the audio settings, and 1.0 added an input-device selector.

If crossplay ever ships

The signal will be visible in three places at once, and any one of them is enough:

1. Steam's tag list gains Cross-Platform Multiplayer.
2. The PlayStation Store listing gains a cross-platform line.
3. The patch notes say so in plain language.

Until two of those three change, treat any "crossplay is coming" claim as speculation — including the ones circulating in Reddit threads written before launch.

What still needs a second player

Crossplay affects more than convenience: five achievements require a second player, including Full Crew, which needs four different employees in one crew. On a split squad those stay locked until the group consolidates on one platform.

The full breakdown, including the eight hidden achievements, is on the achievements and trophies page.