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How to use online features in Spore 2021.

By bottlejar

Many of you know that if you buy spore right now and log into a new origin account (Past 4 years) that hasn't already been linked with a Spore account you will be unable to log in.

But there is a fix!

Step 1: Own Spore on Origin. IF YOU OWN IT ON STEAM contact EA support and they should be able to put spore in your ea library so as you have you steam linked to your EA account.

Step 2: Buy Spore Creature Creator from origin. What this will do is trick the Spore servers into thinking you already had a Spore account linked. DO NOT DOWNLOAD SPORE CREATURE CREATOR, If you do it can corrupt existing data on the Spore you already have downloaded.

Step 3: Register an account with your EA/Origin login on spore itself do not login.

Step 4: Give this guide an award :)

Also, if you have the disc version of spore contact ea support to have them transfer it to a digital copy and repeat the steps above.

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vee-kay 12 Jun, 2023 @ 1:05pm

Spore games on Steam will not recognize your EA account by default (see workaround below), nor will CDKEYS work (because EA has denied the CDKEYS registration access to Steam due to some exploit issue).

What worked for me is the following workaround:
1. Purchase the Spore Creature Creator game on EA store/app. It is cheap and usually on sale.
2. Install and run the game - it will prompt you to create the Spore account.
3. Launch the Spore games one by one on Steam (in this sequence: 1. Spore, 2. Spore Creepy & Cute, 3. Spore Galactic Adventures), and when each of those games start up, just log in with the Spore account created on EA. This will connect the game to the Spore servers, and the online & Sporepedia functionality will then work. You don't need to login again for future launches of the game.
4. You can play just the Galactic Adventures game as it has the functionality of the Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute, as these games are installed in same folder.

AnonymousShade 8 Dec, 2022 @ 5:06am

So I gave proof of purchase on Steam and they added it to Origin. I made an account on the Creature Creator, but I am unable to login on Spore. Login Failed, There was an error connecting to spore servers.

Sylar 4 Sep, 2021 @ 1:26am

"Buy Spore Creature Creator from origin" - what? Do I need to buy content I already purchased on Steam to access it again on Origin?

I Am Groot 1 Sep, 2021 @ 6:44am

I cannot find that Creature Creator in Origin(I guess region-block).
And why would we waste more money on the title included in the full-game already?
EA, what are you doing?

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