One of As Dusk Falls' most interesting features is its multiplayer options - here's how to set them up.

As Dusk Falls is the 2022 interactive fiction game from Interior Night that puts you at the heart of a robbery in 1998, and the fallout when it all goes wrong. It's a stylized blend of high-tension crime drama with interactive decision-making and quick-time events.

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The game is available on Xbox Series X|S and One, across Xbox Game Pass, and on Windows and Steam, along with mobile connection via the As Dusk Falls companion app. An interesting feature of As Dusk Falls is its multiplayer approach, which allows people across devices to take part in the choices facing the multiple characters of the game, and is sure to add another layer of tension on top of the central story.

As Dusk Falls allows you to play with up to eight players in a lobby, either connected locally or online, in a mode that brings an element of party play to the game's key moments.

Playing As Dusk Falls with cross-platform play is possible; however, each online player must be connected to an Xbox account.

Whoever is controlling the action of the game sets up a lobby by creating a new profile, or choosing an existing one, after selecting 'Play With Friends'. The rest of the group can then join in various ways.

You will need multiple controllers to add more than one player account using the device hosting the game. Go to an available slot in the lobby with your controller and create or select a profile.

You can also interact with the game locally via the As Dusk Falls companion app, which is available on compatible Android and Apple devices.

This requires an internet connection, and the app and the machine running the game must be connected to the same Wi-Fi or LAN network.

If you either lose your connection, exit the game, or leave the app, you will no longer show up in the game. The device will be reconnected to the session when the connection is regained or the app is reopened.

You can invite friends from other Xbox consoles or PCs playing As Dusk Falls to join your game via the lobby.

You can add and remove players at any time via Manage Players in the pause menu.

Add Players will take you to the lobby, and you can then rejoin from your last auto-save point.

Broadcast Mode allows a direct connection to your Twitch channel and stream chat to vote on choices.

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