SWORN multiplayer guide
SWORN supports 1–4 players online on PC, PS5 and Xbox, and 1–2 on Switch. Use friends invites for a first run together; the sections below separate official player counts from community reports about revives, unlocks and disconnects.
Who can join
The official FAQ and the console store pages say 1–4 players online on PC, PS5 and Xbox, and 1–2 on Switch. Reddit threads about finding a game describe invites between friends rather than a matchmaking queue. I have not found an official sentence that says “there is no lobby,” so that line stays a community reading.
A first playthrough can be shared. Unlocks stay on the account that earned them. A thread on imbalanced unlocks says a friend’s progress does not fill your weapon list. Difficulty is said to scale with the party. Rogueliker’s review and a Bullet Haven summary both mention scaling, and neither quotes a formula, so I do not print a percent.
Downs, drops, and bringing a friend back
Players describe a revive that costs gold, or a chunk of one player’s health, or a max-health curse on the party. The three costs show up in different posts. I list them as reports, not as a menu price.
The same discussions say there is no host migration. If the host leaves, the run dumps everyone to the menu. An Xbox thread about multiplayer disconnects matches that description. Bringing a disconnected friend back into the same room is the feature those posts are asking for, and they do not show a button that does it.
Cross-platform questions belong on the crossplay page. Couch play is answered on local co-op.
FAQ
How many players in SWORN?
1–4 online on Steam, PS5 and Xbox. 1–2 on Switch. Local shared-screen is not listed.
Can I rejoin after a disconnect?
Community posts say the host dropping ends the run for everyone. That is a player report, not a patch note.
Related
Sources
- Official FAQ — checked 2026-11-10
- Reddit: Xbox and PC together — checked 2026-11-10
- Reddit: imbalanced unlocks — checked 2026-11-10
- Reddit: Xbox disconnect — checked 2026-11-10
Page updated 2026-11-10. Site check date 2026-11-10.