The short answer: cross-platform multiplayer with your choice of search pool
Yes — Active Matter has cross-platform multiplayer, and editions are available on PC through Gaijin Store and Steam as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
On consoles, you choose where the match search looks for players: only your platform, consoles only, or any platform.
The July 2026 developer Q&A adds the raid-level picture: Isolated Raids will support cross-play, and Open Raids will require manual consent from players on both sides before entering joint battles, given the different platform-specific advantages that can affect gameplay.
Treat cross-play and progress sharing as two different decisions. Shared progress is available only between the Steam and Gaijin.Net versions on PC, which is also the FAQ's answer to the question of transferring progress between the PC and console versions.
Inside that PC pair, linking your Gaijin and Steam accounts moves your progress to Steam, and you can keep playing through the Gaijin.Net launcher or Steam with shared progress.
Decision table: who you match with vs. where progress carries
| Cross-play: choosing who you play with | Progress sharing: choosing where progress lives |
|---|---|
| Cross-platform multiplayer is in the game, and editions are sold on PC through Gaijin Store and Steam plus PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. | The shared-progress pair is Steam and Gaijin.Net on PC, and the technical FAQ treats transferring progress between the PC and console versions under that same restriction. |
| Console search pools: only your platform, consoles only, or any platform — pick the pool matching where your friends play. | Link your Gaijin and Steam accounts and your progress transfers to Steam, playable through the Gaijin.Net launcher or Steam with shared progress. |
| Announced raid rules from the developer Q&A: Isolated Raids will support cross-play, and Open Raids will require manual consent from players on both sides before joint battles. | A console edition keeps its own progression, since the FAQ lists the Steam and Gaijin.Net versions on PC as the only shared-progress pair. |
Step by step: set your pool, plan the raid, then sort out progress
- On console, open the player-search setting for matches and choose a pool: only your platform, consoles only, or any platform.
- For a squad that mixes PC and console, set the console pool to any platform so the search reaches PC players as well as other consoles.
- Before a joint battle, agree on the raid type: the July 2026 developer Q&A confirms Isolated Raids will support cross-play, and that Open Raids will require manual consent from players on both sides before entering.
- To carry progress across your PC versions, complete the account linking between your Gaijin and Steam accounts; after linking, progress transfers to Steam and you can continue through the Gaijin.Net launcher or Steam with shared progress.
- Scope that step to the PC pair: shared progress covers only the Steam and Gaijin.Net versions on PC, the same rule the technical FAQ applies to moving progress between the PC and console versions.
- Open the account-linking instructions for the detailed walkthrough of the linking process.