Multiplayer DLC/Crossplay List

Many games companies have different policies when it comes to games with DLC that have multiplayer components. Some need everyone to own the DLC, others need only one person, usually the host. As such it can be difficult to tell what games you can play with your friends without needing to ask them to pay up front to play with you or requiring you to play a game with whole sections of the game you are used to carved out.

Some games will not allow crossplay between platforms like Playstation and Xbox, some even won’t allow the same platform purchased from different stores, like Steam and Epic. This is another hurdle to playing games with your friends.

This is our attempt to catalogue all the games we come across that fall into this category and give you the basic run down on how they work. Having played a variety of games that all have different rules, it can be a pain trying to find out which ones are worth looking into.

You will be able to use this to look up a game you are interested in playing together or to search for new games that one person can buy everything for and the others just the base game, or, as we tended to do, all chip in to buy the host each DLC to spread the costs of what can sometimes be hundreds of dollars worth of DLC.

Game Title	DLC Sharing?	Crossplay Platforms	Platforms	Comments
Anno Series	❌	Epic / Steam / Ubisoft Connect	Windows, Playstation, Xbox	All players must have a DLC to enable it. No console / PC crossplay but progression can be shared between platforms allowing you to use the same account if you have it on multiple platforms.
Europa Universalis Series	✅	Steam / Epic/ GoG / Paradox Launcher	Windows, Mac, Linux	Only the host needs any particular DLC for all players to play with it.
Hearts Of Iron Series	✅	Steam / Epic/ GoG / Paradox Launcher	Windows, Mac, Linux	Only the host needs any particular DLC for all players to play with it.
Crusader Kings Series	✅	Steam / Epic/ GoG / Paradox Launcher	Windows, Mac, Linux	Only the host needs any particular DLC for all players to play with it.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius	❌	Steam / Epic/ GoG	Windows, Linux	Every player needs each DLC to use that faction but players can play with factions that not everyone in the lobby owns.
Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition	❌	Steam / Xbox One /Xbox Series S/X	Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X	Every player needs each DLC to use that faction but players can play with factions that not everyone in the lobby owns.
Grim Dawn	❌	Steam / GoG	Windows, Xbox One	No DLC sharing. No PC/Xbox crossplay.
Total War Series	❌	Steam / Epic	Windows, Mac Linux	All content is in the game for all players regardless of DLCs but the DLCs are needed to play the connected factions. Playing co-op as the same faction requires both to have the DLC.
Endless Space Series	✅	❌	Windows, Mac	Only host needs DLC to enable features for all players. If host does not have DLC players with DLC will lose the ability to use it. No crossplay between Steam / Game Pass / Epic
Sins Of A Solar Empire Series	✅	Steam / Epic	Windows	Only host needs DLC to share with all players.
Star Wars Battlefront Series (Newer Games)	❌	Steam / Epic / Origin	Windows, Playstation, Xbox	Players without DLC cannot access content even if party members can.
Borderlands Series	❌	Steam / Epic	Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation, Xbox, Switch	All players need DLC to access that content. No console / PC crossplay besides Steam and Epic.
TheHunter: Call Of The Wild	✅	Steam / Epic	Windows, Playstation, Xbox	Players without DLC will be able to join maps the host owns. If the host leaves players will have 15 mins before being kicked out of the game.