Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Release Date, Platforms & Crossplay


By - Che Browndon
Written-on - August 26, 2025

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Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream is an RPG game officially launched worldwide on October 4, 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream is a multiplayer action RPG developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco. One of most popular features in this game is crossplay. This article will give details about Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream release date alongside emphasis on which platforms support crossplay.


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Release Date


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream was released on October 4, 2024. It is an RPG game developed by Dimps and Bandai Namco. The game might not be well known among people who aren't sword art online fans but dedicated SAO fans would know about the game. The game was released worldwide and it was loved by dedicated Sword Art Online fans. Sword Art Online

Fractured Daydream was considered ‘fresh’ by SAO fans because it took a new direction compared to other titles in the SAO Video game franchise. In Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream, players can fight alongside or against characters from different arcs of the Sword Art Online Universe making it new. An example of this was the introduction of Sachi and Philia to Fractured Daydream. Other Sword Art Online games such as Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment, Sword Art Online Lost Song, Sword Art Online Hollow Realization and Sword Art Online Alicizition Lycoris would just follow the anime’s main story arc.


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Platforms


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream is available on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and also on PC via Steam. This game was different compared to past Sword Art online games because it was launched on almost all major gaming platforms instead of just the PlayStation. Almost all Sword Art Online Games were PlayStation exclusives. This includes Sword Art Online Infinity Moment, Hollow Fragment, Lost Song, Hollow Realization, Last Recollection etc. The only two Sword Art Online games that aren’t exclusive to the PlayStation include Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet and Fractured Daydream.

Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream was unfortunately designed only for new hardware meaning SAO fans who use the PlayStation 4 and Xbox one cannot play this game. This is because the game was designed for multiplayer environments that support a very high graphical fidelity and older consoles won’t be able to handle it. Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream simply won’t run smoothly on the old gen consoles. The case on Nintendo Switch is different because the visuals and performance are scaled down when compared to the PC, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Crossplay


One of the most exciting features in Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream is “Full Crossplay Support”. This means players on PC, PlayStation5, Xbox Series X/S and the Nintendo Switch can all join on the same servers and play together without restrictions. In fact, compared to other Sword Art Online Games, this is feature that makes SAO Fractured Daydream stand out the most. In previous SAO game titles, multiplayer was limited to players on the same system. Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream supports up to 20 players in an online match making it very active. All platforms connect to the same global server so matchmaking times are shorted and the player base is always active

In order to use Crossplay, first enable the crossplay feature in the game setting so you can play with players across different platforms. After that, you navigate to the online multiplayer section of the game where you select from the various modes be it cooperative missions or boss raids. Join a session or create your own and the game will match you with players across all supported platforms. Once is a session, you can now communicate or cooperate with players from different platforms to complete quests and objectives.

Despite the above, there’s no information on cross-progression (carrying one’s save to another platform). Maybe that feature will be added later on in future similar to the addition of Sachi and Philia or even in the next SAO game but this game doesn’t support it yet.


Closure


Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream launched on October 4, 2024 on all major platforms. The game supports full crossplay making it extremely unique and it keeps the game severs active. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t support cross-progression and people with old gen hardware (PS4 and Xbox One) can’t play the game.


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