Question: If you buy this game on XBox Live (the MS Store) can u also play the game on Steam?

[LordOfDarkFlame]

"For XBox One & Windows 10"
https://www.destructoid.com/ul/470650-h1.jpg

[Nervatel]

Not on steam, unless you buy it on steam

Only through the windows store

[LordOfDarkFlame]

Are you sure, because the XBox One case says you can if you buy the physical case version.
I'm curious to know if you buy this game digitally through the XBox Microsoft Store does that also give you the ability to play it through Steam?

[Nervatel]

Originally posted by LordOfDarkFlame 🔥:

Are you sure, because the XBox One case says you can if you buy the physical case version.
I'm curious to know if you buy this game digitally through the XBox Microsoft Store does that also give you the ability to play it through Steam?

Steam is a different company, Microsoft would need to get and distribute steam keys in order for it to work, and if they did that for every game then they would lose money because some groups of people would be selling their steam key
The same problem would happen if steam gave you keys for the windows store, more so because someone could buy the game on steam to get the key and then refund the steam version, so they can play on both the Xbox and PC.

The play anywhere feature is solely for the use between games bought on the windows 10 store and Xbox One, they would lose money if the feature worked for game versions bought from a different company

[OpaquePlacebo]

Cuphead is a "Play Anywhere" game when purchased on the Microsoft Store or Xbox One. This means you can play the game either on your Win 10 PC or Xbox One, using the same save files.

You can't play the game outside of the microsoft store or Xbox if you purchase it on either of these 2 platforms. The same logic applies when you buy it either on Steam or GoG. You own that game for that platform.