How Helldivers 2 crossplay works and how to play with friends on PC, PS5, and Xbox

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Helldivers 2 crossplay means you can play with your pals on PC, PS5, and Xbox, regardless of whatever platform your playing on - Managed Democracy truly has no boundaries. While the crossplay system isn't really explained properly in Helldivers 2, it is at least very simple, requiring you to share friend codes to fill your in-game friends list. TO help you team up with your friends smoothly, we've put together this simple guide on how to play with friends using crossplay in Helldivers 2.

How to set up Helldivers 2 crossplay and invite friends

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Helldivers 2 Crossplay is automatically on for all players, letting you match with PS5, Xbox, and PC players when searching for a mission, regardless of your own platform you're on.

However, to play with friends on different platforms, you need to add them to your in-game friends list, so here's how you do that:

Open the Social menu (press R3 on PS5/RS on Xbox/O on PC) and look at the 'Your Friend Code' section at the bottom of the list.
Follow the 'Generate' button prompt to create an eight-digit Friend Code that you can share with your friends.
Your friends need to select the 'Search' option at the top of the Social menu and enter your Friend Code. Then they can send a friend request to you.
Accept any friend requests and your friends will appear in your in-game friends list in the Social menu.

From here, you can select your friends in your list and invite them to your squad or even join them. It's that easy. So far it has worked like a dream for me, bar some voice chat issues that I'm putting down to my PC being funky for now.

Although, if you want to turn crossplay in Helldivers 2 off, you need to open the Options menu, then under the 'Gameplay' tab, toggle Crossplay off. And if you want to play with only your friends or want to play Helldivers 2 solo with no chance of interruptions, you can also change your Matchmaking Privacy to 'Friends Only' or 'Invite Only'.