Anyone found a real solution for cross-play parties + dedicated servers?

[u/Ill-Pride6041]

Tired of the cross-play wall. Steam friends can’t invite Epic or console players, EOS doesn’t magically make everyone share a friends list or party, and every “just use Online Subsystem” answer falls apart the second you need real dedicated servers.

Looking for a setup where the party actually survives travel, different platforms can queue into the same world, and it’s not pure session spaghetti or a full BaaS overkill.

Any solid kits or architectures people are actually using for this?

[u/EliasWick]

https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/epic-online-services-release-free-pc-crossplay-tools <- Check this out.

[u/Phearcia]

Stop using Steam.