No. Noble Fates is a single-player game with no co-op, no online multiplayer and no split screen, and that did not change with the 1.0 release on November 12, 2026. The closest thing to playing with friends is sharing a fortress through the Steam Workshop so they can raid it in their own game.
Below is what the store lists, what developer Xobermon has said about multiplayer, how fortress sharing works, and where that leaves mods.
What the Steam Page Lists
Noble Fates is a PC game, sold on Steam for Windows and published by Living World. Its store page lists these features:
| Feature | Listed? |
|---|---|
| Single-player | Yes |
| Online co-op or online PvP | No |
| Local co-op or split screen | No |
| LAN | No |
| Steam Workshop | Yes |
| Steam Cloud | Yes |
| Steam Achievements | Yes |
| Family Sharing | Yes |
So there is no session to invite a friend into and no shared kingdom. Steam Cloud keeps your saves synced between your own PCs, and Family Sharing lets someone in your Steam family borrow the game, but each person still plays alone.
What the Developer Has Said About Multiplayer
Multiplayer has come up on the Steam forums for most of the game’s nearly six years in Early Access, and the developer’s answer has stayed the same. In one reply on the official forums, Xobermon wrote: “Multiplayer is a thing that would be cool to do, but it’s secondary to making a solid single player experience and isn’t in scope for 1.0. We have some really cool ideas for it, but it’s still quite a ways down the road if it happens.”
In another reply, the developer put any multiplayer work after 1.0, and only if it happens at all. The 1.0 release bore that out. Its patch notes list the new Mage, the Demon Dragon boss, the Gate House, Worship with Altars and Idols, automatic selling through the Ledger, heir succession, patrol routes and two new starting Origins. None of it is multiplayer, and nothing announced since points to it.
That does not rule out multiplayer forever, but it means no date, no plan and no promise as of the 1.0 release.
How to Share Your Kingdom: Fortress Raids
The one feature built around other players is fortress sharing, added during Early Access and still in 1.0:
- Open the Fortresses screen and capture your base.
- Upload it to the Steam Workshop as a Fortress mod.
- Other players subscribe to it on the Workshop.
- They press the Raid button, which starts a new save where they attack an NPC kingdom living in your fortress, with an army scaled to be comparable.
The same screen has a Submit Fortress option, which sends your build to the developer for consideration as an official Fortress. Uploading one also unlocks the Upload Fortress Steam achievement.
It is not live play: your friend fights an AI kingdom in a copy of your walls, on their own PC, while you carry on in yours. Still, it is the best way to test a castle design against a friend, or to see how theirs holds up.
Can a Mod Add Multiplayer?
Noble Fates supports mods through the Steam Workshop, and the official forums have a pinned “Modding Noble Fates” thread for people making them. Neither the store page nor the developer lists multiplayer among the things mods can do, and the developer has not announced or endorsed any multiplayer mod. Treat any download that promises online play with caution, and keep a backup of your saves before installing one.
If modding is what draws you to the genre, our best moddable games list covers the games built for it.
What to Play Instead With Friends
If you want a kingdom or colony sim you can share, you will need a different game. Our best PC co-op games of 2026 list covers the strongest multiplayer picks of the year. For a solo game that scratches the same itch as Noble Fates, our RimWorld guides are a good place to start, and the 1.0 date for Noble Fates was one of the reveals in our Big Break Showcase roundup.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Noble Fates multiplayer? No. It is single-player only at its 1.0 release, with no online or local multiplayer.
Does Noble Fates have co-op? No. There is no co-op of any kind, and the developer has said multiplayer was not in scope for 1.0.
Will Noble Fates add multiplayer later? Nothing is announced. The developer called it something that would be cool to do but said it is a long way off, if it happens.
Can you share your castle with friends in Noble Fates? Yes. Capture your base on the Fortresses screen and upload it to the Steam Workshop, and friends can subscribe and raid it in a new save of their own.
Is Noble Fates on PS5, Xbox, or Switch? No. It is a PC game on Steam, listed for Windows only.