Split-screen on PC

Paint the Town Red

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

4Verified handler

Handler “Paint the Town Red” by Cabura, version 3

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Paint the Town Red 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 “Paint the Town Red” by Cabura does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 3, updated 16 Apr 2022. Paint the Town Red is a shooter, role-playing and adventure game from 2021.

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

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

To use workshop maps subscribe to the ones you want in the Steam workshop then go to Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\337320\ and copy the mod folders to NucleusCo-op\content\PaintTheTownRed\InstanceX\PaintTheTownRed_Data\Plugins\x86_64\steam_settings\mods\ for all instances after you run the handler once, make sure you clicked on the wrench icon and ticked keep instances content folder in Nucleus UI first, that way Nucleus Co-op will not delete the instances folders when you close the app or run the handler again.

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

About Paint the Town Red

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Summary from IGDB