Cannot play with a friend in Grand Theft Auto Online on PC
Last Updated: May 29, 2024
Question: Whenever my friend and I attempt to play together, we both see each other as Offline in GTA Online and cannot invite each other. How do we play together?
Answer: You can troubleshoot this issue by making sure your Presence Visibility is set to Everyone in the game and try to invite the other player. If that doesn’t work, try joining their session using the Pause menu.
Setting your Presence Visibility in-game
Open GTA Online
Open the Rockstar Games menu
Select the Settings gear
Select Game Settings
Under Presence Visibility, select Everyone
Using the Pause menu to Join your friends
If you and your friend have both set your Presence Visibility to Everyone, try joining them through the GTA Online Pause menu.
Note: You and your friend must be in the same Crew to do this.
Open the Pause menu
Go to the Online tab
Click Join Crew Members
If the above steps do not work, try the following:
Open the Pause menu
Select the Online tab
Select the Crews tab
Select the My Crews tab
Select View Members
Select your friend in the list of Crew Members
Select Join Game