Star Wars: Galactic Racer Crossplay, Party Size and Offline Play

Yes, Star Wars: Galactic Racer has crossplay between PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, switched on by default, and since the 22 October quality-of-life update online parties hold up to six players. There is still no split-screen or private lobby. The single-player campaign, Arcade events and Scenarios all run offline, according to the developer FAQ posted on 6 October 2026.

This guide is built on that FAQ, the Steam store listing, Fuse Games' support pages and the 8 October hotfix notes, the 22 October quality-of-life update notes, plus reporting from VGC, Push Square and PC Gamer. Everything was first checked on 11 October 2026 and re-checked on 23 October 2026; we have not played the game ourselves, so nothing here is based on first-hand testing.

Is Star Wars: Galactic Racer crossplay?

Yes. The FAQ says crossplay between PC and consoles is enabled by default in online multiplayer, and that it can be turned off if you would rather only meet players on your own platform. The Steam page lists "Cross-Platform Multiplayer" among the game's features, which matches.

The PC version is sold on both Steam and the Epic Games Store, and the game launched on 6 October 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S at the same time. Switching crossplay off is the obvious choice for console players who dislike facing mouse-and-keyboard drivers (keyboard and mouse are supported on PC), but it shrinks the pool you are matched from. Fuse Games has not said how that affects queue times; it only says empty grid slots are filled by AI racers.

How many friends can you party up with?

Six, including you, since the quality-of-life update of 22 October 2026. At launch the cap was three. That limit drew enough complaints that the game's official X account promised to raise it to six "within the first few weeks of launch", as reported by VGC. Fuse Games delivered it 16 days after the 6 October launch. The patch notes add one warning: check your campaign vehicle customisation after installing the update, because it has reset for some players.

One matchmaking quirk catches small groups out. According to the FAQ, the game first tries to slot you into a race that is missing players; if none exists, it only creates a new Tour or Quick Race once at least two unique players are searching. A party of two therefore needs a third player from outside the party before a fresh race starts. Matchmaking prefers your own region and falls back to other regions when nobody is available.

Which online modes are there, and how many players fit in a race?

There are four online modes, split by vehicle class: podracers race separately from landspeeders, speeder bikes and skim speeders because of their speed and size. Tours are a compressed version of the campaign's runs-based structure: on Xbox Wire, creative director Kieran Crimmins explains that you pick a Racer Style, add parts, upgrades and abilities, then gamble it all on a final knockout event. PC Gamer's review counts five races in a multiplayer tour.

Winning a Multiplayer Tour pays out a large amount of XP, which unlocks characters and customisation options, according to the Xbox Wire interview. Podracers cannot be customised, the FAQ notes, so builds matter only for the three speeder classes.

Is there split-screen or a private lobby?

No to both. The FAQ states plainly that the game does not support split-screen multiplayer, and Push Square noted at launch that there is no way to set up a private lobby or a custom game. Those two requests, along with party size, are the ones that keep coming up in player feedback; so far only the party-size change has been promised.

In practice, a group of friends cannot race only against each other. Even a full party of three will share the grid with strangers or AI racers until private lobbies arrive, if they ever do.

Can you play offline, and do you need PS Plus?

You can play the solo campaign, Arcade events and Scenarios offline, and PowerPyx's trophy roadmap lists none of the game's achievements and trophies as online-only. A connection is only required for patches, multiplayer and the Arcade leaderboards, which show your best times against friends rather than a public ranking. PC is the exception at first boot: the FAQ says you must be online the first time you launch the game for authentication, and Steam's Deck compatibility notes flag the same requirement for first-time setup.

On consoles, online racing follows the platform rules. Sony lists online multiplayer as included with all PlayStation Plus memberships, and Microsoft lists online console multiplayer among the Game Pass benefits. On PC there is no subscription. If you only care about the campaign, you do not need either, and the single-player modes are where most reviews spent their time.

Is there cross-save or cross-progression?

Nobody official has said so. The FAQ covers crossplay but says nothing about carrying progress between PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and a player who asked about cross-save in the FAQ thread on 6 October had no developer reply by 11 October. On Steam, the store page lists Steam Cloud, so saves follow you between PCs on the same Steam account. Until Fuse Games documents anything more, treat each platform as separate.

Can you play it on Amazon Luna or Steam Deck?

Amazon Prime members can stream the single-player campaign plus the Arcade and Scenario modes on Luna at no extra cost, GamesIndustry.biz reported; neither that report nor VGC's mentions online multiplayer being included. We covered the Luna deal and the launch scores in our Galactic Racer launch news.

On 11 October 2026 the game was rated Verified for Steam Deck on its Steam page, and the FAQ says a consistent 30fps is achievable there with the optimal settings. PS5 and Xbox have no performance or quality modes: Fuse Games says it designed the game to run at a consistent 60fps on both consoles.

What should you do if multiplayer will not connect?

Fuse Games keeps a multiplayer error list on its support site. The codes start with GR and fall into a handful of families; the table groups them so you can tell a matchmaking failure from a party problem.

The official fixes are the same for almost every code, in this order:

1. Close and relaunch the game (or the cloud session, if you stream it).
2. On Steam, use Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity of game files.
3. On PS5, boot into Safe Mode and choose Rebuild Database.
4. Reinstall the game, then contact support through the official form if the error persists.

PC players should also know about the 8 October hotfix: it raised the minimum graphics driver version, which the game now checks at boot, and made stability fixes to the DLSS options. If you are asked to update your driver, the next launch takes longer while the shader cache is rebuilt.

What changed in the 22 October quality-of-life update?

Fuse Games' first quality-of-life update, posted on Steam on 22 October 2026, is mostly about multiplayer. Anything you read before that date about a three-player party cap is now out of date.

• Online party size goes from three players to six.
• Keyboard layout presets for AZERTY and left- or right-handed play. Full key rebinding is promised for a future update, with no date.
• Joining a Multiplayer Tour mid-way now pays 6,000 credits instead of 4,000.
• The 'Exit the game' option is gone from the multiplayer menu on PC, to stop accidental quits.
• Party stability fixes, a fix for a PS5 connection issue and a fix for a crash linked to AMD Frame Interpolation, plus smoother Spectator camera transitions.

Is the multiplayer worth buying the game for?

Not on its own, yet. Most reviews focused on the runs-based single-player campaign, although PC Gamer called the multiplayer tour mode a chaotic arcade racer crossed with a MOBA that works. The six-player party fixes the biggest launch complaint, but the online side still lacks private lobbies and split-screen. Our evidence-based Galactic Racer review weighs what critics and Steam players say, and the Star Wars: Galactic Racer hub collects everything else we have published on the game. We will update this guide when key rebinding or private lobbies arrive.