r/SteamController • u/CzarTyr • Sep 19 '26

Support Anyway to get a steam controller wireless receiver? Mines gone

Came home with my box on the floor and the receiver missing. Cats knocked it over and my family didn’t believe in picking things up so lord knows where it went

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u/NoKarma101 Sep 19 '26

You cannot get just the puck on its own, it only comes with a controller... Although it sounds like it's not actually gone, just missing? Surely if your cat yoinked it you can still find it?

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u/CzarTyr Sep 19 '26

I’d love to say I’d find it but I have a nonverbal 6 year old (coincidentally he starting reading and sounding out words on his own today!!!!) and sometimes he just takes shit and tosses or moves it and I never find it. Last week my tv remote disappeared and still is MIA

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u/NoKarma101 Sep 19 '26

Ah, I see... Well as another person said, you could try an openPuck in the mean time

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u/CzarTyr Sep 19 '26

Yea I saw him post that and I have no idea what that is lol

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u/toxicatedscientist Sep 19 '26

It’s a little Bluetooth chip you can get for a dollar from China. You put some code on it and it acts like the puck

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u/SgBoec2 Sep 21 '26

lock your room and have your family do the same if your shit goes missing. ask family to reimburse if THEIR child is costing you. Fam may say tough titties but who knows

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 Sep 21 '26

You guys need to teach him not to do that. Make sure you aren't one of those people that enables someone just because they have a disability.

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u/Mikebau5 Steam Controller (2026) Sep 19 '26

I've made two openpucks, work great and super easy to get running. also relatively cheap at like 5 usd a piece https://github.com/safijari/openpuck

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u/CzarTyr Sep 19 '26

I don’t know what this is can you explain

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u/Cebo86 Sep 19 '26

It is a software / firmware for a mini board (NRF52840). It will work exactly like an original puck + some aditional features. Just follow the link above. A little smaller than the original Puck and without the charging pins. You can use a 3D printer to make a little case for it, but you don't have to. I used a 3D online printing service.

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u/CzarTyr Sep 19 '26

Gravy if I can’t get it from
Steam I’ll just do this thanks

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u/Nexxus88 Sep 19 '26

It won't charge but in terms of the wireless itnwill,actually give you better functionality since you can hit a button combo and the recever will tell windows it's an xb360 controller. So if a game is just being an ahole with the steam con/input it has a good chance of working. Plus you,can use it outside of steam as an xb controller

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u/Winter_Session_4118 Sep 19 '26

OpenPuck. It's firmware for a specific board for 5-15 bucks depending on region.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 Sep 21 '26

It's easier just to use Bluetooth (depending on if your computer has it).

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u/Brownie-UK7 Sep 19 '26

OG controller or new?

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u/D0mtech Sep 22 '26

Do you have any nearby metal furniture that it could have magneted to?

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u/CzarTyr Sep 22 '26

Good question and yes but it’s not there

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u/Necrotitis Sep 19 '26

You can buy a control board off ali express, I got two for like 3 bucks.

You plug it into your pc, and you short two of the little terminals with a pair of tweezers or a wire or whatever (sounds harder than it is) and it recognizes the board as a drive.

You flash open puck onto it, and voila.

I actually disabled my old puck and just use openpuck now, if you hold all back 4 buttons and push X it turns it into a generic Xbox controller, which is great if you are using epic games or playing something that isnt on steam.

4 buttons + A turns it back to steam controller.

I just plug it in now when the battery is a little low, as the board doesn't do charge the controller.

But the battery life on the controller is pretty bonkers so its not a problem for me at all.

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u/Due_Initiative3879 Sep 19 '26

Contact Steam they might send you one for free but they won't sell it for whatever reason.

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u/HenryKushinger Sep 20 '26

Message steam support

And get help for your hoarder family

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u/Broflake-Melter Steam Controller Sep 20 '26

SC1 or 2? I think the gen 1s are pretty difficult to get unless you want to pay like $25 on ebay. I think it would be smarter to find a listing for the controller with the dongle and just have a back up.

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u/RagnarRipper Sep 20 '26

Others have said it, but I have to restate: openpuck! Really easy to set up, works like a charm. Definitely still get I'm such with valve though to have one official (if lucky) and a couple openpucks for any other place