How to play Local multiplayer games on a PC with Keyboard and only 1 controller

Local multiplayer is something that is one of the best things to do at a get-together with your fellow gamer friends. Physical interactions, more jokes and double the fun! However, these local multiplayer games usually require 2 external controllers with no support for a keyboard and mouse. Now, what if you only have one controller? Is there a way of playing popular local multiplayer titles like Minecraft dungeons using only one controller and a mouse/Keyboard? In this guide, we will show how you can play Local multiplayer games on a PC with only 1 controller and Keyboard.

Converting your Keyboard into a controller

Most games don’t support keyboard & mouse as a player input when playing local multiplayer. Hence we need to work our way around this by emulating your keyboard as an Xbox 360 controller.

How to use your keyboard as a virtual Xbox controller

The Keyboard splitter application allows users to convert their keyboards into virtual Xbox controllers and use their keyboard as an input device in games it doesn’t support. The Keyboard splitter provides the following features.

• Use the keyboard as an input in local multiplayer games
• Use keyboards to play games that only support controllers.
• Use multiple keyboards in a single PC by emulating them as virtual controllers to play games like FIFA.

Steps to follow to emulate Keyboard as a controller

• Download the Keyboard Splitter here
• Extract the zip file and launch Keyboard Splitter
• A prompt will be asking you to download the necessary drivers and Restart your computer
• Open Keyboard Splitter.exe
• On the home screen select the mouse or keyboard you would like to convert.
• If you aren’t sure which keyboard is yours use the ‘3 dots’ in order to take input and automatically detect the correct Keyboard.
• In the Preset section specify the controller keys as per your convenience.
• Hit start and your keyboard will act as a virtual controller.

Additional features provided by Keyboard Splitter

A Computer normally doesn’t detect more than one keyboard and is only capable of taking input from only one of them. The Keyboard splitter allows your PC to take input from more than 1 keyboard. Changing the number of slots and allows you to convert multiple Keyboards and emulate them as a virtual controller. You can select up to 4 keyboards at once and personalize them separately. This allows you to play Local FIFA multiplayer by just using Keyboards if none of your friends owns a controller.

Read our guide on how to connect wireless headphones to a computer without Bluetooth here.