Split-screen on PC

Nightingale

Up to 6 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.

6Verified handler

Handler “Nightingale” by birden, version 1

P4+2 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 6 players can play Nightingale 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 “Nightingale” by birden does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 1, updated 25 Oct 2025. Nightingale is a role-playing and adventure game from 2024.

Players6
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Nightingale 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 Nightingale handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Nightingale and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Nightingale 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 Nightingale 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
Nightingale 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 6 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Nightingale, 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/Showcasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLktbVSKcso

Works with Epic games and Steam version.

IMPORTANT: start the game once before trying split screen.

When you get in-game you will get a Steam error prompt at the start, simply ignore it, and when pressing play you will also get a Steam error prompt, ignore it again. After that host a game (Steam or LAN works) and join in with others.

If you get the error when getting to the main menu: Warning: SteamAPI failed to initialize, conditions not met.

Do this: In your router change your DNS servers to Google DNS and do the same in your windows internet DNS settings. I set up both IPv4 and IPv6. - Dayanandji

About Nightingale

Nightingale is a shared world survival-crafting game set in a rich gaslamp Victorian fantasy setting. Players venture through portals where adventure and mystery awaits across a myriad of beautiful and increasingly-dangerous worlds.

Summary from IGDB