# Enshrouded Crossplay and PS5 > Enshrouded 1.0 launches on 15 October 2026 for PC and PlayStation 5. What is settled about crossplay, consoles and dedicated servers — and what explicitly is not. **Short answer:** On 15 October 2026. The game leaves the early access that began on 24 January 2024 and launches on PC and PlayStation 5 the same day. | | | | --- | --- | | Game | Enshrouded | | Category | Crossplay | | Difficulty | Beginner | | Reading time | 7 min | | Last updated | 2026-09-16 | | Language | en | | Source | https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5 | | Other language | https://agrarchaoten.com/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5 | --- ## Contents - [What happens on 15 October](https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5#release) - [Crossplay: the honest state of things](https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5#crossplay) - [What it means for your server](https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5#server) - [Preparing your server for 1.0](https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5#vorbereiten) - [What about Xbox?](https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5#xbox) --- ## What happens on 15 October 2026 **Enshrouded leaves early access on 15 October 2026 and launches on PC and PlayStation 5 the same day.** The Xbox Series X and S version follows later — announced for early 2027. That closes an early access period which began on 24 January 2024 and carried the game by Keen Games past five million players. **This page reflects 16 September 2026.** A lot about 1.0 is officially confirmed — the date, the platforms, the later Xbox release. Other things, crossplay above all, explicitly are *not*. We keep those apart here and update this page as soon as Keen Games says more. | Platform | When | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | PC (Steam) | 15 October 2026 | confirmed | | PlayStation 5 | 15 October 2026 | confirmed | | Xbox Series X and S | early 2027 | announced | | Crossplay between platforms | open | not confirmed | ## Crossplay: the honest state of things The short answer to "does Enshrouded have crossplay?" as of today is: **no — at least not confirmed.** Keen Games has described cross-platform play as a possible longer-term goal, not as a launch feature. If you are counting on your PC and PS5 friends standing in the same world on day one, you are counting on an assumption. Why we put it that bluntly: around release, comparison sites and hosts will advertise "crossplay ready" by the dozen. It costs them nothing to claim and costs you an evening when it turns out to be wrong. **What you do know today:** PC players play together without restriction, across the Steam and Microsoft Store builds, as long as both run the same version. Everything involving consoles only becomes clear at release. ## What this means for your dedicated server The Enshrouded dedicated server has been around regardless: it runs on Windows and Linux, takes up to 16 players and keeps the world permanently. The open question at release is only *who* is allowed to connect. - **Certain:** PC players keep connecting to your server by IP and port, exactly as today. - **Certain:** your world survives the version jump. The server keeps loading the same `savegame` folder. - **Open:** whether PS5 players can reach a dedicated server at all, and how they would pick one. Consoles normally have no field for an IP address. **If consoles do join:** other games solve this with a short join code instead of an address. Should Enshrouded go that route, we will show the code in your customer area — the way we already do for Valheim. Nothing for you to set up. ## Preparing your server for 1.0 Four weeks ahead you can clear everything that would otherwise cause stress on launch day. In this order: **1. Back up the world** Download the whole `savegame` folder once and put it aside. A version jump this size is the one occasion a year where your own backup beats any promise. In our panel that is a folder download as ZIP. **2. Check your role passwords** If `userGroups` still contains `ChangeMe1` and friends, change them now. Around a launch, far more people go poking at unfamiliar servers than usual. **3. Update the server first on launch day** Steam updates your game automatically; the server does not update itself. While it runs the old build, nobody gets in. With us that is one click on *Update* and a restart — plan those ten minutes before everyone piles in. **4. Touch settings only afterwards** Big updates bring new fields into the config. Check your `gameSettings` again after the first 1.0 start — see [Enshrouded server settings](https://agrarchaoten.com/guides/enshrouded-server-einstellungen). ## What about Xbox? The Series X and S version is announced but is not part of launch day. For groups with someone on Xbox that means the shared evening runs on PC until then. The moment that changes it lands here — and in our Discord you will get an answer faster than any page gets updated. **By the way:** Keen Games is based in Frankfurt. Our Enshrouded servers stand in Germany — so there is no ocean between you and Embervale. --- ## Frequently asked questions **Q: When does Enshrouded 1.0 release?** A: On 15 October 2026. The game leaves the early access that began on 24 January 2024 and launches on PC and PlayStation 5 the same day. **Q: Does Enshrouded have crossplay?** A: As of 16 September 2026, crossplay between PC and consoles is not confirmed. Keen Games has described cross-platform play as a possible longer-term goal rather than a launch feature. PC players play together without restriction. **Q: Can PS5 players join a dedicated server?** A: That is open at this point. The dedicated server takes up to 16 players, but Keen Games has not said whether or how consoles connect. Consoles normally have no field for an IP address. **Q: When does Enshrouded come to Xbox?** A: The Xbox Series X and S version is announced for early 2027 and is not part of the 1.0 launch on 15 October 2026. **Q: Does my world survive the 1.0 update?** A: Yes, the server keeps loading the same savegame folder. Before a version jump this size it is still worth downloading the folder yourself. **Q: What should I do on launch day?** A: Update the server first, then play. Steam updates your game automatically but the server does not — while it runs the old build, nobody can get in. --- ## About this guide This guide was written by Agrar Chaoten — a German game server host specialising in Enshrouded. Rent a server: https://agrarchaoten.com/gameserver *Source: https://agrarchaoten.com/en/guides/enshrouded-crossplay-ps5* *Agrar Chaoten — https://agrarchaoten.com* *Support: support@agrarchaoten.com | Discord: https://discord.gg/YgredRdvY6*