Split-screen on PC
Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op
Up to 4 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.
Handler “Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op” by slothy87, version 1
What works
With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op 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 “Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op” by slothy87 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 1, updated .
- Players4
- ControllersSupported
- Keyboard and mouseSupported
- Several keyboards and miceOne per player
- Hub moderatorsVerified
How to play Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op 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.
Install the Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op is installed.
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 Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op 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 Motherland: Zombie Co-op 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 4 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op, 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
A dark co-op top-down shooter in a post-soviet zombie apocalypse setting. You appear at a random location in the city. The goal is to get to the transport, and you will make the path yourself. In the day - look for resources and build fortifications. At night - destroy the dead and their bosses. Play alone or in co-op!
About Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op
A co-op top down shooter about zombie apocalypse in Russia. Explore russian locations - cities, villages, industrial zones. Enjoy the dark, realistic atmosphere. Shoot from a russian weapons. Run from hords of fast bloodthirsty zombies! Play alone or in a co-op for 4!
Summary from IGDB
Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op screenshots
Version history
- v1Current
Use the mouse cursor to navigate the start menu. Start a lobby in the first instance before launching the second instance and join from the in-game menu.
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