Split-screen on PC

Batman: Arkham Origins

Up to 8 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.

8Verified handler

Handler “Batman: Arkham Origins Online” by birden, version 3

P4+4 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 8 players can play Batman: Arkham Origins together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice. The free community handler “Batman: Arkham Origins Online” by birden does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 3, updated 20 Apr 2026. Batman: Arkham Origins is a hack and slash and adventure game from 2013.

Players8
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Batman: Arkham Origins split screen on PC

Get Nucleus Co-op
Download Nucleus Co-op, free for Windows 10 and 11, and unzip it into its own folder, for example C:\NucleusCo-op. There is no installer.
Keep it out of Program Files, your user folder and OneDrive.
Download Nucleus Co-op
Install the Batman: Arkham Origins handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Batman: Arkham Origins and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Batman: Arkham Origins is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player presses a button on their own controller to join and takes a spot on the screen. Pick a layout that fits your players.
Playing with several keyboards and mice? Press End once everything is in place to give each window its own cursor.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Batman: Arkham Origins per player and lays the windows out on your screen. Then link them in game, usually one player hosts a LAN or online session and the others join it. The handler notes say how.

What you need

A Windows 10 or 11 PC
Nucleus Co-op runs on Windows only. System requirements
Batman: Arkham Origins for Windows
Installed on that PC. Nucleus starts every player's window from that one install.
Nucleus Co-op, free
With .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later and the Visual C++ 2015–2022 runtimes (x86 and x64). Download
Something to play with
One controller per player, or one keyboard and mouse per player. Controllers · Keyboards and mice
A PC that can run 8 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Batman: Arkham Origins, so the PC carries several times the usual load. Lower the graphics settings if it struggles. Performance tips
A multiplayer mode
Nucleus links the windows through the game's own LAN or online mode; the handler takes care of it.

Handler notes

Tutorial/showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQek-j9kxY4 (Tested with Steam version only).

This needs a minimum of 3 players to start a match.

When you download the game it comes with SP and MP files in separated folders on Steam. The .exe you choose for the handler is in:

Online\Binaries\Win32

Download server emu here: https://github.com/KiwifruitDev/ArkhamRevivedSelfHosted/releases/tag/v1.0.1, place it anywhere (doesn't need to be inside the game files) and start it before playing split screen, to understand how to use it watch the video with the handler or use the tutorial that comes with it.

If you know what you are doing, press SETUP > point the server to all the instances folders Nucleus makes in its folder.

Big thanks to KiwifruitDev/ArkhamRevivedSelfHosted without it, this handler wouldn't be possible.

About Batman: Arkham Origins

Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.

Summary from IGDB