This page is our investigation of cross-play feature in game called Empire of the Ants. We also want to mention that - we always put manual efforts to find the precise, valid, and what is more important official information about different game features without using AI.
Games can have different cross-play combinations, for example the game can have cross-play between PC, Playstation 5, Xbox X|S, but not between old generations like: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC. To avoid any misinterpretations, we group them into so called "cross-play variations".
Any store inside the cross-play variation have a cross-play only with a store in the SAME variation. We also want to notice, that we put into variation not platform, but store + platform. That is required because some games, for example, can have cross-play between a Playstation 5 and Steam, but not Playstation 5 and Epic Games.
Initially game didn't have any multiplayer mods, and was released in an early access program on Steam, and only as development grew, we got a cross-play feature in the game.
On October 31, 2025, Microids (the publisher company) has posted an article with details about a new update that brings not only multiplayer, but also a cross-play feature into the game. You can check the article by following this www.microids.com