Split-screen on PC

Orcs Must Die! 2

Up to 2 players on one PC, with controllers or keyboard and mouse.

2Verified handler

Handler “Orcs Must Die! 2” by Talos91, version 2

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 2 players can play Orcs Must Die! 2 together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers or keyboard and mouse. The free community handler “Orcs Must Die! 2” by Talos91 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 17 Mar 2021. Orcs Must Die! 2 is a shooter, platformer and strategy game from 2012.

Players2
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceNot supported
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Orcs Must Die! 2 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 Orcs Must Die! 2 handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Orcs Must Die! 2 and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Orcs Must Die! 2 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 Orcs Must Die! 2 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
Orcs Must Die! 2 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 2 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Orcs Must Die! 2, 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 in the UI very carefully. If the invite overlay doesn't show try disabling any external overlays that could interfere.

Known issues: All instances share the selection cursor.

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

About Orcs Must Die! 2

Orcs Must Die! 2 thrusts players and their friends back into battle against a terrifying mob of orcs and other monsters. With a redesigned spellbook, players will have a broader range of options to build a deadly arsenal of defenses. Investing hard-earned skulls in an enormous new upgrade system will allow players to cater to their favorite methods of burning, grinding, tossing, or dismembering orcs. Orcs Must Die! 2 begins days after the ending of the original game. With the rifts closed and the magical Order dead, the War Mage finds himself suddenly thrust into a new battle against the mindless orc mob. He has a powerful, if questionable, new companion in the Sorceress, an ex-War Mage responsible for the destruction of the Order.

Summary from IGDB