This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

Minecraft Dungeons is headed to Switch (as well as a bunch of other platforms) at the end of next month, and being the dungeon crawler it is, the game is all about teamwork. We now know that that team won’t consist of randoms, with online play restricted to those on your friend list.

Over on the game’s FAQ page, it’s been confirmed that random matchmaking won’t be a feature, with players limited only to their friends when it comes to teaming up:

“Will there be online matchmaking?
No. Minecraft Dungeons is designed to be played together with your friends – either on a comfy couch or in a comfy online session.”

The good news though is that elsewhere in the FAQ cross-play is confirmed to be on the horizons, so if your friends are playing on Xbox or a PC, you’ll still be able to take on the hordes together. Here’s the relevant snippet:

“Does Minecraft Dungeons support cross-platform multplayer?
At launch you´ll be able to play online multiplayer with players on the same platform. Our goal is to let everyone play together regardless of platform, and we’re looking forward to enabling cross-platform play in a future free game update.”

Are you disappointed by the lack of online matchmaking, or have you already got your squad assembled and ready to go. Let us know down in the comments!

Source: Minecraft.net, va My Nintendo News