Crossplay
Geyser and Floodgate, handled
Chloe, our plugin, installs them from the official builds and keeps them updated. You never download a jar or edit a config file.
Console players can’t type your server address.
On Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, the friends list is the only way in. Crossplay puts your server there, and keeps it there.
- Xbox
- PlayStation
- Switch
- Phone & tablet
- Windows
How it works
Your server, on every console’s friends list.
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Your server gets its own Xbox account
You make a free Microsoft account for it during setup, which takes about five minutes. From then on we run it: signed in, online, and pointing at your server. There is no bot for you to host.
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Your players add it as a friend
Your server shows up in their friends list as a game they can join. They press it and they’re in. Nobody types an address, because nobody can.
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We keep it running
We check it every 60 seconds and bring it back when it drops. If your server or its spot on the friends list goes down, you get a message in your Discord.
Getting set up
Five steps, about ten minutes.
A guided setup checks each step before the next one opens, so you never pay for something that can’t work.
- Your serverType its address. We ping it the way a console would and show you what we find.You · 1 min
- ConfirmPick your join-page name, choose whether Chloe looks after Geyser for you, and subscribe.You · 1 min
- Join accountMake a free Microsoft account for your server and enter the code we show you. Your bot starts straight away.You · 5 min
- Install ChloeOne file, already linked to your server. Drop it in your plugins folder and restart.You · 2 min
- First joinAdd the join account from any console and press Join. Setup ticks it off when it sees you arrive.You · 1 min
Start setup
You see your own server checked before you pay anything.
Free check · no account
Can console players join your server right now?
We ping it the way a console would. If they can’t get in, we’ll tell you why, even when it’s something you can fix without paying us.
Your server’s address, like play.yourserver.com. 19132 is the usual port for console players. If your host gave Geyser a different port, use that one.
What you get
Console players get in, and you stop thinking about it.
Always on their friends list
We check your server’s spot on the friends list every 60 seconds and bring it back when it drops. You never restart anything.
Nothing for players to install
No BedrockConnect, no DNS tricks, no apps. They open their friends list and press Join.
Alerts where you already are
Faults go to your Discord: once when it breaks and once when it recovers, not every minute in between.
Block someone in one press
See the console players who added your server and whether they got in. Block takes effect within a minute, and bans them from your Java server too.
One link for your players
It shows the exact gamertag to add and warns them if the server is down before they waste time trying.
Compared to everything else
Nobody else gets console players in with this little work.
| Feature | Crossplay | Changing console settings BedrockConnect |
Running your own bot on your machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Players change nothing on their console | Yes | No | Yes |
| Geyser and Floodgate set up and updated for you | Yes | No | No |
| Checked every 60 seconds | Yes | No | No |
| Somebody else fixes it at 3am | Yes | No | No |
| No bot to host or keep signed in | Yes | Yes | No |
Console “featured servers” are the only other route, and Microsoft only approves a handful of partners for it. Self-hosted bots are good software; the difference is who gets woken up when one stops.
Read this before you pay
What we would rather you heard from us.
Crossplay uses Xbox Live services that Microsoft has never published for this, and Microsoft can change them without warning. If that ever stops console joining, it could be for a while or for good.
If it happens, we stop billing you and refund the unused period. That promise is in our refund policy, not just in this paragraph.
Pricing
Less than the server it keeps reachable.
One plan with everything in it.
Server
£4.99/month
About 16p a day.
- One join account, up to 1,000 console players
- Tile and server both checked every 60 seconds
- Alerts to your Discord when either stops
- See who got in and who was turned away
- Block and unblock from the panel
- A page you can send your players to
- Cancel from the dashboard, any time
Extra join account
£3.99/month each
Only if you outgrow 1,000 players.
- Room for another 1,000 console players
- Added before you hit the wall, not after
- Most servers never need one
Email support@crossplay.ing to add one.
If it never works for you, you pay nothing
- It never worked. If we can’t get console players joining your server at all, you get everything back, however long it took to establish that.
- An outage on our side. Tell us, and we refund the affected period.
- Microsoft breaks it. We stop billing and refund the unused period.
- Charged after cancelling. Refunded in full, always.
The full terms are on the refund policy page, including the cases where we probably won’t refund. We’d rather refund than argue.
Prices include VAT where applicable. Paddle is the merchant of record, so they appear on your statement and handle the tax.
Straight answers
The questions you were going to ask anyway.
How long does setup take?
About ten minutes. Check your server, subscribe, make a free Microsoft account for your server and enter a code, then drop one file into your plugins folder and restart. The Chloe you download is already linked to your server, so there is nothing to paste into a config file.
The setup page tells you where you are at every step, and you can close it and come back.
Can my players get banned for this?
We have never seen it happen, and there is no reason it should: your players do nothing unusual. They add a friend and press Join, which is the ordinary use of a console friends list.
The only account doing anything unusual is your server’s own Xbox account, which is why setup asks you to make a new one rather than use your personal account. Your players’ accounts are never involved.
Is this against Microsoft’s rules?
It uses Xbox Live services in a way Microsoft has not documented or published for this purpose. It is not a hack, an exploit of a security flaw, or a modification of anyone’s game. But it is not a supported integration either.
The honest position is the one in the section above: Microsoft can change it whenever they like, and if they do, we refund you and stop charging. We would rather tell you that than pretend there’s a partnership here.
Do I still need Geyser and Floodgate?
Yes, you do, and they’re free. Geyser and Floodgate are what let a console player’s Bedrock client play on a Java server at all. We don’t replace them, and we won’t pretend to.
What we do is take the upkeep off you. Tick one box during setup and Chloe, our plugin, installs both from GeyserMC’s official builds, keeps them updated, and tells you the moment either one stops running, so you hear it from us rather than from a player who couldn’t get in.
Run the free check and it will tell you where your side stands right now.
What happens to my players if I cancel?
The service runs to the end of the period you’ve paid for. After that the join account stops publishing your server, and console players can no longer get in through it. Nothing happens to your server, your world, or your Java players.
Your server’s Xbox account is yours: you made it. When your subscription ends we stop using it, and you can remove our access from your Microsoft account at any time. The details are in the terms.
Why should I trust you with this?
Don’t, yet. The check above is free, needs no account, and tells you the truth about your own server, including when the fix is something you can do without us.
Every company we share data with is listed in the privacy policy, and you can cancel from the dashboard any time.
Put your server on every console’s friends list.
Setup checks your server before you pay, and takes about ten minutes.
Cancel any timeRefund if it never works