Does Big Walk Have Split Screen or Local Co-op?

Two players cannot share one device

Big Walk has no shared-screen or split-screen mode. One console cannot create a second local player, and one PC cannot open a second view of the same session. Steam lists Online Co-op and Cross-Platform Multiplayer, but not Shared/Split Screen or Remote Play Together.

That also rules out couch co-op and LAN play. The supported route is one online player per device, with everyone joining the host through a friends list or Join Code.

Why local co-op would break the puzzles

The restriction is part of the design rather than a missing menu option. Big Walk repeatedly separates players, blocks sight lines and changes who can hear whom. Looking at the other half of a split screen would reveal information the puzzle is built around hiding.

House House gave the same explanation after release: the game is designed around restricted communication in a way that would not make sense as local co-op. An outside voice call still works technically, but it removes the rule many challenges are testing.

How to play together in the same house

The official FAQ says the same physical space can work when players have multiple devices and multiple rooms. Put each player behind a closed door, use headphones and communicate only through the game. That keeps proximity voice, walls, radios and silence working as intended.

If separate rooms are impossible, sit where screens cannot be seen and use closed-back or noise-cancelling headphones. It is a compromise rather than a local mode: the session still runs online and every player remains on a separate device.

• One device and screen per player
• One simultaneous copy of Big Walk per player
• Headphones so voices do not leak between rooms
• A stable internet connection on every device
• One host who keeps the group save

The usual workarounds do not create split screen

Steam Remote Play Together only appears for games with a local multiplayer mode to stream, and Big Walk does not provide one. Family Sharing may help different people access a library at different times, but it does not turn one copy into two simultaneous players.

Screen sharing through Discord or a capture card creates the same problem as sitting beside the other display: it exposes information the other player is supposed to describe. It may help with accessibility, but it is not an official split-screen implementation.

Use a Join Code when the devices are ready

Have one person host and load fully into the world. The host opens Session Details and shares the current Join Code and password. Other players enter those details from their own device, including when the devices are on different platforms.

If the same-house players cannot connect, test whether every device has the same game version and an accurate system clock before changing the network. Those two checks solve more join failures than moving everyone onto the same platform.