Split-screen on PC

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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

2Verified handler

Handler “TDPAHouseOfAshes” by Bizzo, version 1

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 2 players can play The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 “TDPAHouseOfAshes” by Bizzo does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 1, updated 31 Oct 2021. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is an adventure game from 2021.

Players2
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 2 copies
Each player runs their own copy of The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, 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

(If you don't use the pointer auto-hide option with at least a keyboard player, you will need to click 'OK' on the Clavier window when it pop ups.)

Host a lobby on the first instance, click ok on the Nucleus prompt and start the next one.
The second instance should join in after you click "Space/A" on the title screen.
After both instances are inside the lobby, click 'OK' on the last Nucleus prompt (hook/send fake message).

Now keyboard players should press the 'END' button for restric the input.
If you don't use the pointer auto-hide option, press 'ALT+E' for hide/show the mouse pointers. (You will need to move it for take effect).

Credit: Nucleus Co-op, Flawless Widescreen, WSGF, Clavier, nomousy, Nircmd and the Splitscreen Dreams discord.

https://flawlesswidescreen.org/

https://www.wsgf.org/

https://gryder.org/software/clavier-plus/

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

Donate if you like the project: https://www.reddit.com/r/nucleuscoop/comments/fjdqid/list_of_new_supported_games_and_faq/

About The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of standalone, cinematic branching horror games where the decisions you make in the game determine the story you receive. House of Ashes is the third game in the series. At the end of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier. To survive the night below they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above. Navigate a subterranean labyrinth and escape the starving creatures that found their new prey to hunt. Play online with a friend or up to 5 friends offline, share your story and cooperate wisely to save your cast.

Summary from IGDB