Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Crossplay

Image: Atari / Pipeworks Studios, Steam store screenshot

What each version lists for online play

We read all four US store pages on November 6. They agree on the price, $29.99. They do not agree on online.

Sources: Steam, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Nintendo eShop.

The Switch 2 listing is the one that matches the reviews. CBR's review put it plainly: online play "is limited to 1v1 matches and doesn't support crossplay, while the four-player battles remain exclusive to local multiplayer" (CBR, November 2). The Steam demo that ran from October 15 to October 27 was set up the same way: "up to 4 local players, or wreak havoc online in 1 vs 1 quick matches" (Atari on Steam). On PS5, despite the "up to 4" listing, PowerUp!'s review describes online play as one-on-one only. We found no patch note or Atari post that adds online 2v2 or four-player matches, so plan on duels whatever the PlayStation and Xbox listings say.

Did Atari ever promise crossplay?

No. Atari's June 6 announcement promised "online matchmaking" (Games Press), and the store copy on Steam, Xbox and the eShop says "all-new online multiplayer". Neither says cross-platform. The idea came from fan coverage over the summer: a July 11 explainer listed "Cross-platform play across Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC" (Monster Destruction), and that line spread.

The only hint about later comes from a reviewer. Kaiju United, reviewing the PC version, wrote that "there is no crossplay between consoles, but it may be considered for implementation post-launch". The review doesn't say who told them, and we found nothing from Atari to back it. Pipeworks has also been open that the online mode was hard to build: asked how difficult it was, the studio told Nintendo Everything "Very difficult. Unreal has a lot of built-in networking, but it is optimized for certain types of games". After that answer, we would not expect crossplay to arrive in a hotfix.

Players have asked since the reveal. One crossplay thread on the Steam forum is dated June 6, the day Atari announced the game, and a search for "crossplay" there returns 25 threads; none of the four we opened has a developer reply. "This game's online multiplayer will be doa just like mk1 was if it doesn't get crossplay," wrote one fan on October 31 (Steam forum, Jimmylikesmetroid). Another, the day before launch: "Wait MP isnt cross platform!?" (Steam forum, Sephzilla).

Image: Atari / Pipeworks Studios, Steam store screenshot

How to play with four people online on PC

Steam lists Remote Play Together for this game, and that is the workaround. Valve's description: "one player owns and runs the game, then up to four players" can join, over the internet, for free (Steam Remote Play). The game sees a local match, so the four-player mode the online menu lacks should be available; we haven't run a four-player session ourselves.

1. The host owns the game on Steam and launches it. Friends need a Steam account, not a copy.
2. The host invites friends from the Steam Friends list to Remote Play Together.
3. Once they accept, the host starts a local multiplayer battle and everyone plays on the host's screen.

The catch is that only the host's PC runs the game, and everyone else plays on a stream of it. Remote Play Together is a Steam feature, so it does nothing for PS5, Xbox or Switch 2 owners. Pipeworks says "every game you play (local, online, etc) earns research points for your current project" (Nintendo Everything), so a Remote Play match, which the game treats as a local one, should count toward the host's project too; we haven't seen anyone confirm it. For other four-player games where the online and couch rules differ, see our Lost Castle 2 co-op guide and the Sunderfolk crossplay explainer.

If online matches won't start

Check the membership first, because consoles charge for even 1v1: PlayStation Plus on PS5, Game Pass Essential, Premium or Ultimate on Xbox, and Nintendo Switch Online on Switch 2, per the store pages. Steam needs nothing.

Next, update. Atari has shipped two Steam hotfixes since launch. The November 3 one set VSync "On" by default; the November 4 one "fixes an issue where the character roster can become fully locked out when save data is corrupted" and stops Steam picking the wrong audio output device (Steam news). If your roster locked up after save trouble, that is the patch that addresses it.

An empty queue is a different problem. Nintendo Everything's Switch 2 reviewer could not "find any players to test this with during the review period" (Nintendo Everything, November 2). Without crossplay, each platform has its own pool, so we would set up matches with friends by invite instead of waiting on random matchmaking.

Image: Atari / Pipeworks Studios, Steam store screenshot

Which version to buy

Pick the platform your friends are on; the game costs $29.99 on all four US stores, so price doesn't decide it. Steam players are happy with it so far: 96% of 949 reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive, read November 6), and the PC version is the only one where four people can share a match without sharing a couch. If you want online 2v2 or console players mixing with PC, we would wait for an Atari announcement instead of buying on the promise of the summer previews. The $5.99 Digital Deluxe Upgrade adds two skins, the Smash Station map and a black and white filter, nothing that changes online play (Steam).

For other remasters this season and what they cost owners of the original, see The Wolf Among Us Remastered, and for couch-friendly picks our best co-op games list.

Would Atari open 2v2 online before it opens crossplay? That is the next question for its patch notes.

References

• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered on Steam: price, features, Remote Play Together, user reviews
• Steam news for the game: demo post (October 15), hotfixes of November 3 and 4
• PlayStation Store listing: online player count, PS Plus requirement
• Xbox Store listing: player counts, Game Pass requirement, Deluxe Upgrade price
• Nintendo eShop, Switch 2: "Online (2)", Nintendo Switch Online
• Pipeworks Studios game page: official description
• Atari announcement, Games Press (June 6)
• Pipeworks and Atari interview, Nintendo Everything (October 30)
• PC review, Kaiju United (November 2)
• Switch 2 review, Nintendo Wire (November 2)
• Review, CBR (November 2)
• PS5 review, PowerUp! (November 3)
• Steam Remote Play, Valve
• Official trailer and screenshots, Steam store page