Epic Games Store and Steam Finally Get Cross-Play Support

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One of the biggest problems for PC multiplayer games seems to have been eliminated, as Epic Games Store and Steam all started to support cross-play through new cross-compatibility tools for developers, allowing players to experience the game on different launchers.

For users who are alternately using both Steam and the Epic Games Store to play games, this is really annoying. While apps like GOG Galaxy have long added cross-compatibility with the Epic Games Store and Steam, the two biggest game publishing platforms on PC have been difficult to co-exist – especially when players try to Tried playing a game available on both launchers, like Dead by Daylight or Fall Guys, and found that their progress didn’t match.
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This seems to be finally changing, as Epic has released a new free “plug-and-play” PC toolkit that allows developers to easily implement cross-play support across launchers. All are designed to “give developers everything they need to connect their games with communities across platforms and stores.”

According to Epic’s introduction, the tool will initially allow developers to implement cross-play between games on Steam and the Epic Games Store, with console and even mobile functionality “coming soon”. The tool includes the feature of matching friends list, linking accounts, integrating game invitations, etc.
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