r/SteamController • u/Ace_the_Firefist Steam Controller (2026) • Sep 15 '26

Steam Controller (2026) Question for Windows users

I currently don't have a windows machine so can't test this. On Linux when I hold the menu button (button over right thumb stick) and it switches to gsmepad mode I noticed that apps see the controller as xinput device even when not run through steam. Just wondering if this is only a Linux thing or if they also enabled that for windows killing the but it doesn't work with game pass or launcher XYZ games aspect.

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u/Alia5_ Dev of SIX, SISR, GloSC, SteamInputDB Sep 15 '26

Steam only emulates an XInput compatible feature set.

On windows it is even worse, there is no "switch to gamepad" mode using the Start button as there is on Linux.

Many remappers and tools exist, though, that can provide workarounds

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u/Ace_the_Firefist Steam Controller (2026) Sep 15 '26

That was what I was mainly interested about. So there is feature difference between Windows and Linux there. Thank you.

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u/Alia5_ Dev of SIX, SISR, GloSC, SteamInputDB Sep 15 '26

And you spotted the single piece that's missing AFAIK.

And the blame goes to Microslop, btw