LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet

Media Molecule · 2008

Build, invent, and make the world unmistakably yours

96WhatsNext
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSide-on

Crossplay

No. PlayStation only.

This is PlayStation only. PS3 and PS4 copies cannot share one live session. The PS4 version can run on PS5 as the same game.

How you play it

2-4 players online · 2-4 players couch

Online co-op · up to 4Couch co-op · up to 4

Crossplay

Does LittleBigPlanet have crossplay?

No. PlayStation only.

This is PlayStation only. PS3 and PS4 copies cannot share one live session. The PS4 version can run on PS5 as the same game.

Play on PlayStation+
  1. 1Use the PS4 version on PS4 or PS5.
  2. 2Invite PlayStation friends to online co-op if the servers are up.

Play together anyway

These do have crossplay

PlayStation Blog on LBP3 compatibility.

The WhatsNext verdict

If you enjoy experimenting with level editors, decorating playful worlds, and browsing community-made stages, LittleBigPlanet delivers a creative platforming sandbox with lasting variety. Skip it if you want precise, tightly focused platforming or have little patience for building.

What it does best

  • Build, invent, and make the world unmistakably yours

  • A game the community extends into an endless second game

  • A revolutionary toybox disguised as a platformer

  • A handmade world you recognize from a single frame

What might put you off

  • Platforming controls can feel slippery and imprecise

  • The creation tools ask for substantial patience

The setup

What you are walking into

Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to play. LittleBigPlanet is a world with no limits – a world that’s yours to shape, build and explore.

Where it lives

PlayStation 3

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Platform

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FantasyComedySandboxKids
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