Heya! Just wanted to share some clarification on some of the questions we've been getting regarding EOS!

Epic Online Services is an open set of tools and services that help game developers and publishers build their games. We use EOS to establish all peer-to-peer network connectivity between players regardless of firewalls or router setups across platforms. Using these tools also enables us to allow cross-play between the Steam and Epic versions of the game.

No. No extra accounts are needed to be set up.

No.

The only data that is accessed is your public Steam ID.

Nope.

To play online in Satisfactory you will need to connect to EOS either by using your public Steam ID, or optionally share the EOS connection between your steam ID and Epic Games Account.

No matter what option you pick you will always be able to find and play with your steam friends, and play cross-play via an in-game session ID.

If you choose to share the EOS connection between your steam ID and Epic Games Account you can be online on both accounts at once. Meaning, You will in addition to seeing your steam friends also be able to find your Epic and be able to join them in-game.

In the Main Menu go to Options > Online > Reset Account Linking

You will be prompted to unlink your EGS and/or Steam account. Doing this will give you the option to relink your accounts if you so choose.

If the above method of unlinking doesn't work please use the following form to contact us to manually unlink your accounts here[satisfactorygame.com].

Yes! You can add the launch argument: -NoMultiplayer to the game to disable all multiplayer related connections.

You can set launch options by right-clicking on the game in your library and set it under Properties > General > Set Launch Options

Using steamworks to handle connectivity in the Steam version would also require us to maintain and bug track two completely different systems. Which would make progress slower for everyone and make new features slower to develop. It’s also not open for cross play, as it does not let players from other platforms play with anyone on Steam.