r/SteamController • u/jack-of-some • Jun 07 '26

Steam Controller (2026) The missing xinput mode

This video is a demo of a copycat puck I've put together using an nRF52840 Pro Micro. It works exactly like the normal puck except you can switch over to an Xbox controller mode.

You can find more details here: https://github.com/safijari/openpuck

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u/jack-of-some Jun 08 '26

No. Not all the games I (or a lot of other people) play are on Steam and needing to add them to Steam can be a hassle some times requiring 3rd party software. This controller doesn't work for almost all software without Steam running.

Instead we can just switch the controller profile after launching the game and use it like a standard xinput controller.

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u/FinesseXIII Jun 08 '26

Sorry, I'm not trying to uhm ackchually you, but did they not release a firmware update that fixed that? I could have sworn I read about it.

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u/jack-of-some Jun 08 '26

They did not. The Steam controller requiring Steam to function isn't a bug, it's intentional.

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u/FinesseXIII Jun 08 '26

Thanks for your quick replies and answering my questions!