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It Takes Two is not fully cross-platform, but it is cross-generation within each console/PC family.

Quick Scoop: Is It Takes Two cross platform?

• It does not support crossplay between different hardware families (PlayStation vs Xbox vs PC vs Switch cannot connect together).

• It does support cross‑generation inside the same family (PS4 with PS5, Xbox One with Series X|S, different PC launchers with each other).

• Nintendo Switch players can only play with other Switch users.

• Friend’s Pass lets a friend play online with one copy of the game, but still only within the same platform family, not across different systems.

Who can play together?

Here’s the compatibility in a compact view:

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<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Your Platform</th>
      <th>Friend's Platform</th>
      <th>Can You Play Together?</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>PS5</td>
      <td>PS4</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Cross‑gen via PlayStation Network and Friend’s Pass.[web:7][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>PS4</td>
      <td>PS4</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Standard online or couch co‑op.[web:5][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Xbox Series X|S</td>
      <td>Xbox One</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Cross‑gen via Xbox Network and Friend’s Pass.[web:7][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Xbox One</td>
      <td>Xbox One</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Standard online or couch co‑op.[web:5][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>PC (Steam)</td>
      <td>PC (EA App / other PC storefronts)</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>PC players can match within PC ecosystem via EA backend.[web:7][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nintendo Switch</td>
      <td>Nintendo Switch</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Local or online within Switch only.[web:7][web:6]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>PlayStation (any)</td>
      <td>Xbox (any)</td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>No cross‑platform between Sony and Microsoft consoles.[web:5][web:7][web:9][web:10]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Console (any)</td>
      <td>PC (any)</td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>Consoles and PC are separate ecosystems.[web:5][web:6][web:7][web:9][web:10]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nintendo Switch</td>
      <td>PlayStation / Xbox / PC</td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>Switch is fully isolated for online play.[web:7][web:6][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Why isn’t it cross-platform?

• The game relies on tight, synchronized co‑op mechanics and uses a peer‑to‑peer networking model, where one machine hosts and the other is the client.

• Making that work reliably across different platform networks (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC) would require major netcode changes and extra server infrastructure, which the developers have not implemented.

• Official FAQs and guides explicitly state that full cross‑platform play is not supported, and that only cross‑generation within the same family is available.

Friend’s Pass: what it does and doesn’t do

• One player buys the full game, and the second downloads the free Friend’s Pass to join them in online co‑op.

• It reduces the cost barrier but does not bypass platform limits; both players must still be on the same platform family (e.g., PS5 + PS4, not PS5 + Xbox).

TL;DR

If your question is “Is It Takes Two cross platform between different systems?”, the answer is no — only players inside the same platform family (including old/new gen of that family) can team up.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.