Steam – How is Multiplayer and achievement tracking done with Steam and Origin

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I bought a bundle (the HumbleBundle), and it provided me with codes for the game on both Steam and Origin. I activated all the codes successfully on both clients, but I was wondering:

If I play a game (say, Medal of Honor) online, how will it track my stats? It won't matter if I start it through Origin or through Steam, right?

If I play a campaign and get achievements, and make progress, will that matter between Origin or Steam?

The games included in the bundle were:

  • Dead Space™
  • Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box
  • Crysis® 2: Maximum Edition
  • Mirror's Edge
  • Dead Space™ 3
  • Medal of Honor™
  • Battlefield 3™
  • The Sims™ 3 + Starter Pack

Edit: Since the answer seems to be "depends on game", I'm most interested in the Multiplayer save data for Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3. Please add specifics based on those games, if possible.

Best Answer

I would highly recommend choosing one or the other. As Raven Dreamer said, they do not share between each other. For some like Medal of Honor where your multiplayer loadouts and statistics are saved on a server, you could do either one, but only for multiplayer. Singleplayer is saved in each individual client.

Finally, there isn't much point in having the game installed twice on your machine. I personally activated everything I could on Steam and only activated Origin exclusives on Origin.

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