Split-screen on PC

Takedown: Red Sabre

Up to 12 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.

12Verified handler

Handler “Takedown: Red Sabre” by ZeroFox, version 2

P4+8 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 12 players can play Takedown: Red Sabre 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 “Takedown: Red Sabre” by ZeroFox does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 23 Nov 2021. Takedown: Red Sabre is a shooter, simulation and strategy game from 2013.

Players12
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Takedown: Red Sabre 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 Takedown: Red Sabre handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Takedown: Red Sabre and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Takedown: Red Sabre 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 Takedown: Red Sabre 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
Takedown: Red Sabre 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 12 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Takedown: Red Sabre, 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

Unforgiving tactical FPS. 1 hit, you're dead and AI reacts with perfect aim in like 1-2 seconds. Game has multiple coop and versus modes, up to 12 players.

About Takedown: Red Sabre

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter. The player that takes things slow, aims carefully, and plans their moves right will overcome the player who runs in with guns blazing. Close-quarters battle brings the fight inside, as you would see SWAT teams or SOF units taking down small numbers of dangerous adversaries. Non-linear environments allow for multiple routes and tactics and add replayability. The operation to clear pirates from a hijacked oil tanker by Russian special forces in May of 2010 is a perfect example of the types of missions in TAKEDOWN.

Summary from IGDB