What Can You Play Together?

Co-op scope: friends or random players connect through Steam lobbies for Subjugation and Raids. Story and open-world co-op, player count and crossplay remain unconfirmed in the reviewed sources.
Editorial scope diagram, not a game screenshot or menu sequence. Lines show the developer-described relationship between players, lobbies and activities; they do not specify a party size.

Story and open world: Hound13 said story co-op was not ready for launch and discussed possible later support. That statement does not establish availability in the current build. Open-world co-op is also unconfirmed in the reviewed sources.

Solo play: Steam also lists Single-player. The co-op label does not mean the entire RPG is a shared campaign.

Friends, Random Players and Lobby Features

The developer describes Steam lobbies as the connection for playing with friends or random players. The patch notes confirm the features below, but do not supply a complete invitation walkthrough.

Quick Entry and matching
Update 1.0.7 introduced Quick Entry. Update 1.0.11 removed the old lobby search-range setting; lobbies are searched by fastest response time.
Invite codes and version notices
Update 1.0.11 confirms invite-code joins through a notice shown when the party leader's version differs. Quick Entry also shows a notice when a higher version exists. These notes do not establish the full menu path or a fix for every connection problem.
Retry after a clear or wipe
The party leader can select Retry after a final clear or party wipe to restart a Hunt/Raid, according to Update 1.0.11.
When the party leader leaves or stops responding
Update 1.0.11 describes a warning that the party may disband if its leader leaves. Update 1.0.10 documents disbanding after a long period of leader inactivity; it does not give an exact timeout.

Before planning a session: exact player count, unlock level or quest, the full invite/menu sequence, crossplay, cross-save, shared progression, loot ownership and region restrictions remain unverified here. These are evidence gaps, not a claim that each feature is absent.

Game update reference: Official update 1.1.2 · October 27, 2026 The badge identifies the latest recorded game patch. The lobby details above cite their own applied notes; the source-review date is not a claim of hands-on testing.

Other Multiplayer Questions

Is DragonSword: Awakening an MMO?

The official description presents a single-player action RPG with selected online co-op activities, rather than a shared-world MMO.

Does it have PvP?

No PvP feature was verified in the primary sources reviewed here. The confirmed multiplayer activities discussed above are cooperative PvE.

For character setup comparisons, use Builds; for Hero handoffs, use Teams; for status conditions and Signal Skills, use the combat guide. Those are separate from the multiplayer scope covered here.