Torchlight II’s online multiplayer now signs you in with your Steam account instead of a separate TapTap.io account, after an update to the game’s default Steam branch on November 11, 2026, the Torchlight II team announced on Steam. You no longer need to register for or log in to TapTap.io to play online.
Who It Affects and How to Get Online
The change applies to everyone playing Torchlight II on Steam. To play online now:
- Update the game. Let Steam download the latest version on the default branch. If you joined the optional public_beta branch, it has used Steam login since October 23.
- Choose online multiplayer. The game signs in through the Steam account you are logged in to, with no TapTap.io screen.
- Invite friends through Steam. The game loads your Steam friends list. Friends you added through TapTap.io do not carry over, so add them as Steam friends first.
- Match your friends’ branch. On October 23 the team said the default and public_beta branches cannot play together, so everyone in a group needs the same version.
Single-player mode and local saves are unaffected. The team says the update changes only how online multiplayer signs you in, not game content or other multiplayer services.
Why TapTap.io Was There
The TapTap.io requirement was only weeks old. A September 15 notice announced a server migration for 8:00 PM PDT on September 21, after which online play needed a TapTap.io account and a new display name, and friends lists from the old Arc Games account service could not carry over.
On October 23, the team opened the public_beta branch with Steam login, saying players had “encountered issues when registering for or logging in with TapTap.io accounts,” and promised to bring it to the default branch once the build was stable. That post also says TapTap.io friends are not deleted: they stay saved to the original account.
What This Means for Players
If the extra account kept your group away, co-op is back to a Steam invite. The team says it is still working on other reported issues. For multiplayer problems, it points players to the steps in its November 6 update post: add the EXTRALOGGING launch option (right-click the game in your Steam Library, then Properties, General, Launch Options), reproduce the problem, and send the logs privately to the address in that post.
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When and Where
The Steam login is live now on Torchlight II’s default Steam branch. Runic Games’ action RPG came out in September 2012, and XD publishes it on Steam.
Source: The Torchlight II Team, “Default Branch Update: Steam Login Replaces TapTap.io for Online Multiplayer,” Steam, November 11, 2026.