I originally thought I would really hate the game, based on watching some youtube video, but got it for VR because I was running out of VR games and it was free on epic. I ended up absolutely loving the game and got some major progress, now I want to get Odyssey but I don't want to use Epic, so is it possible to purchase the game on steam, and transfer progress?
External link →That only works for Steam accounts created before 2019 (April I think). Back then, buying the game on Steam gave you a full Frontier account version of the game.
Since then, the Steam version of the game requires Steam to validate your copy with Frontier. Likewise, the Epic version of the game requires Epic to validate your copy with Frontier. Although they still link with a Frontier account, the validation procedure is different so you can't use Steam to play your Epic account, or vice versa. And you can't start the game with just the Frontier account (Epic or Steam not running) anymore (you can if you purchased it on Steam before 2019).
Hey there. This isn't strictly the case.
With the newer non-key copies it's the account link that matters. So long as you actually own a copy of the game on the platform you're linking to, then it will work.
If you own the game on Epic, and link to Epic, you can access it. If you own the game on Steam and link to Steam, you can access it :) Even if it's the same Frontier account.
The link on your account allows the ED launcher to verify what you own on the relevant platform.
-Luna
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