Split-screen on PC

Dead Island: Riptide

Up to 4 players on one PC, with controllers or keyboard and mouse.

4Verified handler

Handler “DeadIslandRiptidex86” by Talos91, version 2

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Dead Island: Riptide together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers or keyboard and mouse. The free community handler “DeadIslandRiptidex86” by Talos91 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 3 Aug 2021. Dead Island: Riptide is a shooter, role-playing and hack and slash game from 2013.

Players4
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceNot supported
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Dead Island: Riptide 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 Dead Island: Riptide handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Dead Island: Riptide and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Dead Island: Riptide 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.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Dead Island: Riptide 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
Dead Island: Riptide 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; one player can use the keyboard and mouse. Controllers
A PC that can run 4 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Dead Island: Riptide, 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

ONLY for the original 32 bit Steam version of the game.

Authors and Contributors of this handler: Talos91 from the Split Screen Dreams Discord.

About Dead Island: Riptide

They thought they had escaped Banoi, but can't wake up from this nightmare. Thrown back into the midst of the Zombie outbreak, the fight for survival continues! Dead Island Riptide takes players to the island of Palanai on the Banoi archipelago, infested with bloodthirsty Zombies and only a few remaining Survivors still fighting for their lives. Introducing new terrifying enemies, deadly weapons, a new playable character and much more, Dead Island Riptide will draw players back into a world that has grown corrupt - with the last rays of hope vanishing in rising tides.

Summary from IGDB