Over the past several years, the gaming industry has adapted to meet more of the community's needs, something that's evidenced when looking at how many great cross-platform games now exist. While some industry trends have been met with negativity, others have become staples that gamers everywhere have come to enjoy. Cross-play or cross-platform support, allowing players to connect with their friends and other players on different systems from their own, has been a very welcome development. 10 years ago, this feature wasn't present in almost any titles; now, in 2025, there are hundreds of games that let you play alongside or against other players regardless of their platform of choice.
Cross-platform games are still few and far between in the grand scheme of things, so it might be difficult to discern which have the feature and are worth playing. If you have friends with a different system but want to play together, we've assembled a look at the 30 best cross-platform games you can play in 2025. This list is in no particular order. Be sure to also check out our lists of the best PS5 games, best Switch games, best Xbox games, and best PC games.
Fortnite
- Developer: Epic Games
- Release Date: July 21, 2017
- Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Android, Nintendo Switch
- Genre: Battle Royale
Fortnite is the game that popularized the cross-platform feature when it was released back in 2017. More specifically, the battle royale mode that took over the gaming community in the late 2010s featured cross-platform play at a time when platform holders were resistant to the idea. Regardless of if you had a friend on PS4 and you were on PC, you could squad up with them by simply adding their Epic Games ID. Developer Epic Games is responsible for many industry standards we see today, but perhaps its most influential work came with adding the cross-platform feature into Fortnite--something that was initially "accidentally" added to the game before being pulled.
