Can I play the whole game with a friend?

No. The campaign is single-player only; co-op belongs to the endgame that follows it.

How many players can play together?

Four. A party of five has been described as under consideration, with no decision announced.

Is there crossplay between PC and consoles?

Nobody has said, in either direction. The game is planned for PC and both console families at once, which is not the same as saying they share a session.

Is there split-screen or local co-op?

The co-op that has been described is online. Local play has not been mentioned by anyone, which is an absence rather than a denial.

TARAE: The Unbound co-op — can you play…

The short answer

Yes, there is online co-op, for up to four players, and it belongs to the endgame. The campaign is single-player only — you play it alone from start to finish.

That split is the important part and it is the part most easily missed: this is not a game you buy to play through with a friend. Whether you will ever play it together depends on both of you finishing a solo campaign first.

What is settled

Co-op exists, online, at the endgame.

The party size is four. Raising it to five has been described as under consideration, and no decision has been announced.

The campaign is solo. Additional characters can skip it, which is how a second character reaches the part of the game that has other people in it.

What nobody has said

How you find other players: no matchmaking, lobby, clan or friend system has been described.

Whether co-op crosses platforms. Nobody has mentioned crossplay in either direction.

Whether there is any shared social space at all, or only a party.

Whether co-op scales difficulty or loot, and how drops are shared.

None of those is a secret being withheld — they are simply questions nobody has been asked in public yet. When they are, this page changes.

See also: what the endgame is and whether there is PvP .

Frequently asked

Can I play the whole game with a friend?: No. The campaign is single-player only; co-op belongs to the endgame that follows it. Verified
How many players can play together?: Four. A party of five has been described as under consideration, with no decision announced. Verified
Is there crossplay between PC and consoles?: Nobody has said, in either direction. The game is planned for PC and both console families at once, which is not the same as saying they share a session. Verified
Is there split-screen or local co-op?: The co-op that has been described is online. Local play has not been mentioned by anyone, which is an absence rather than a denial. Verified

The short answer

What is settled

What nobody has said

Frequently asked

More answers

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