Split-screen on PC

Forager

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

4Verified handler

Handler “Forager-MPBuild” by Talos91, version 1

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Forager together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers or keyboard and mouse. The free community handler “Forager-MPBuild” by Talos91 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 1, updated 29 Apr 2021. Forager is a puzzle, role-playing and simulation game from 2019.

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

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

IMPORTANT: Requires the latest Steam multiplayer beta build that was released before the mp was cancelled. Read the handler notes in the UI very carefully.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/49549841

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

About Forager

Forager is the popular crafting, exploration and base building game that can best be defined as “the idle game that you want to actively keep playing”. A quirky mix between old school 2D Zelda experiences and modern Minecraft or Terraria-like crafting games that places players into a small piece of land with just a pickaxe and a desire for expansion and exploration. Players can buy procedurally generated lands to uncover secrets, solve puzzles, find dungeons, treasure and forgotten relics and to expand their sprawling bases. Nearly impossible to put down, there is always something to manage or work towards!

Summary from IGDB