Split-screen on PC

Satellite Reign

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

4Verified handler

Handler “SatelliteReign” by Talos91, version 2

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 4 players can play Satellite Reign together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice. The free community handler “SatelliteReign” by Talos91 does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 12 Jan 2022. Satellite Reign is a real-time strategy, strategy and indie game from 2015.

Players4
ControllersNot supported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Satellite Reign 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 Satellite Reign handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Satellite Reign and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Satellite Reign is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player joins with their own keyboard and mouse 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 Satellite Reign 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
Satellite Reign 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 keyboard and mouse per player. Controllers · Keyboards and mice
A PC that can run 4 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Satellite Reign, 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 very carefully. Multiple keyboards and mice only as the game lacks gamepad support. Host a multiplayer LAN game in one instance and join in the others (change internet to local in the host and join menus). Reduce in-game graphics settings to improve performance.

Using this increases performance a lot: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Satellite_Reign#Improve_performance

Follow this guide if you want to play with more than one controller: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vwidk3pmH_X8IHWgEEbuX3MkUFRZBZu2yo__nfCKhjM/edit?usp=sharing

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

About Satellite Reign

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game. You control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a simulated, living cyberpunk city. Customise your team with the strength to destroy your enemies head-on, or hack into their facilities to manipulate their infrastructure without them ever knowing you were even there. Will you take down your enemies with brute-force? Covert espionage and infiltration? Or will you use propaganda to influence the citizens of the city and overthrow the controlling powers? The world's governments are controlled by mega-corporations, democracy to the highest bidder. Society is structured for the benefit of those in power. The poor exist in the dark squalid underbelly of the city, while the wealthy swim in opulence and luxury on the upper tiers, and the vast middle-class are too comfortable with their lives of convenience to see the world for what it really is. Corporate police patrol the streets, brutally maintaining the status quo, all under the guise of keeping the people safe. The time for change is now, as a mysterious organisation rises from the slums of the city. They'll have to bribe, steal, hack, kill and augment their way through the barriers between them and their ultimate goal...but what are they trying to achieve? To free the masses from the corporate stranglehold, or to take control for themselves? That, is up to you.

Summary from IGDB