Split-screen on PC

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

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

4Verified handler

Handler “EDF: WB” by Talos91, version 3

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 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 “EDF: WB” by Talos91 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 3, updated 23 Nov 2021. Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is a shooter and strategy game from 2020.

Players4
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 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 Earth Defense Force: World Brothers handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Earth Defense Force: World Brothers and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 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 Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 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
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 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 Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, 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

Read the handler notes carefully. They removed the split-screen in the PC port unlike in other EDF games, luckily Nucleus exists. Complete or skip the tutorial in all instances, then go to the online play option, create a public room in one instance and join in the others.

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

About Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

Unlike the original "EDF" series, which are drawn in a photo-realistic world, this game is boldly drawn in a voxel world! For people who just hate the look of huge real insects, or who are not so good at some brutal in-game expressions, this game can be your first EDF experience which you can exhilaratinglly defeat gigantic enemies.

Summary from IGDB