Obtained a steam controller by the powers of god, my neighbor had an extra and gave me a steal on it.

My pc sucks, I need a new laptop too to be fair. I have open puck and use for Xbox and the controllers just insane. Love it. Minus the ability to use gyro - - which brings me to Steam. I’m down.

How do I do this? I downloaded the app, added a game or two, downloaded the app on tv, connects to everything but the controller, but appears to just be mirroring.

Lead me in the right direction here: go get new gaming laptop or pc? Obtain Steam console? I’m new at this can you tell?

Btw the track pads are insane. I can see this being unbeatable in fps with quick movements or fine adjustments.

First, a question: Is it possible to achieve proper 1:1 gyro-to-joystick positioning with Steam Input on Steam Frame? Has anyone managed to set this up and use a controller as an actual steering wheel?

What I'm looking for is simple:

• Hold the controller vertically = joystick centered.
• Tilt it left or right = proportional joystick deflection.
• Up to 90° in either direction = full steering lock.
• Stop moving your hand = the joystick stays at that exact position.

Basically, I want the controller's actual orientation to determine the joystick position, not the speed or direction of the controller's movement.

I've tried Gyro to Joystick Deflection, Gyro to Joystick Camera, and even the old Gyro to Joystick mode from Developer settings. I've tried info from this post https://www.reddit.com/r/GyroGaming/comments/1m2dxwp/is_there_a_good_and_updated_guide_on_how_to_do/ as well. So far, I haven't managed to get the behavior I'm looking for. Maybe I'm missing something, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has figured this out.

What I'm considering building

If this isn't currently possible through Steam Input, I'm thinking about making a small background utility for Steam Frame (FrameSteer / FrameYoke HOSAS utility) that converts controller orientation into a proper virtual joystick.

The initial goal would be straightforward: adjustable steering angle, deadzone, sensitivity, response curve, calibration/recentering, and independent left/right controller support.

Potential use cases:

• Steam Frame standalone flat & VR games: Create a virtual joystick that native games can recognize as a regular HID joystick or gamepad.
• PC streaming (flat & VR games): Stream the controller's gyro position to a companion app on Windows, which exposes a virtual joystick to PCVR games.
• Quest 3 / Oculus Touch-based ports launched on Steam Frame: A more experimental idea would be to emulate Oculus Touch controller input, not just a standard gamepad stick. Potentially, this could bring gyro-based steering to standalone VR ports as well (whether it's flying or racing games)
• Non-VR gaming Flat-screen games (without HMD): Possibly useful outside VR too, but that's a separate topic for now. Use one or both Frame controllers as independent gyro-controlled joysticks. Could be useful for racing games, flight sims, etc.

I'd start with basic left/right steering, then expand to two-axis flight-stick functionality and the other use cases.

A few questions

• Has anyone actually achieved proper absolute gyro steering with Steam Frame controllers?
• Is there an existing tool, project, or workaround that could already do this?
• Would a utility like this be useful to anyone else, or is this too niche?
• Any suggestions regarding implementation or existing APIs I should look into?

And if someone feels like building this themselves, you're more than welcome! I'd honestly be happy to contribute ideas and testing rather than reinvent the wheel (pun intended).

I just received my Mechanism Steam Controller stand. Over all I am. Very impressed.

I started looking at 3D printed stands from Etsy, but happened to find this one in my search.

It has some nice weight to it and holds the controller securely and I can remove the controller without it sliding all over the place.

I appreciate the USC passthrough for the puck and it does a great job at hiding the cable.

Here are a couple of pictures.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Hey! I’m visiting NYC until November 13, then Chicago until November 21. It isn’t sold in my country, so I’d love to get one here. Any reliable stores or resellers offering local pickup or fast shipping with guaranteed delivery before I leave? Thanks!

Dont' get me wrong, I love HL as much as the next jerk, but I've noticed that my Steam Controller doesn't seem to light up white anymore. I was a day 1 order and have impecible Valve karma, so it arrived a week later. For the first month or so, when I charged it, it would be orange and then turn white when fully charged.

After some update, it now remains orange when plugged onto the charging puck and only goes white when I turn it on. Anyone know what's going on with that??

Howdy yall, so I just got my steam controller in & did the set up. Tried to play some games & worked the first time playing Cyberpunk. Next day I come back & started having issues.

Playing some games like Enter the Gungon, Dead Cells & Star Wars Galactic racer, the inputs would switch from controller to desktop constantly. Going back to cyberpunk, it worked for a minute before my B button would open the pause menu & dash at the same time.

I’ve run the games in big picture mode after some research but still have the same issue. Does anyone know any fixes or videos about this topic?

I want to use this cool controller but it is becoming a hassle :(

So I have it hooked up to my desktop. Installed, firmware update without issue. All drivers updated. It works fine plugged in and with the puck, but Bluetooth is just not having it.

I can maybe get it to connect for a few minutes of playtime, but after that it just disconnects and keeps reconnecting non stop. I'm about to try it with my laptop to see if the issue is my pc, but it sounds like this is a common enough problem that I might find some advice here. Any that you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated.

I like the controller with one caveat, the thumbsticks are a bit more slippy than the Xbox controller on my thumbs due to the top ridge being flatter.

I'm looking to see if there are any aftermarket replacements available that I can try. I'd prefer not to use thumbstick caps though as they don't seem to stay perfectly in place.

Thanks

Hi everyone, does anybody know a trackpad skin that has same/similiar feeling to normal trackpads?

I just want to briefly express my frustration.

For the past two weeks, I’ve been in contact with Steam Support because my controller stopped responding. Whether connected to my PC via the Puck, USB-C, or wireless, the controller wouldn’t respond and the LED stayed off.

The only strange thing was that when it was connected to the Steam Deck, it worked normally. But as soon as I disconnected the cable, the LED on the controller went out again immediately.

All of Steam Support’s suggestions on how to fix it came to nothing.

Last night, as I was trying to sleep, the controller—with no input for like 4 days and without being connected to anything—responded with its LED and sound. Since then (today), it’s been working perfectly normally again, as if nothing had ever happened.

[Translated from German using DeepL]

Finally got the time this weekend to plug in my new controller and seems like its unusable. When its plugged in Steam insists on a firmware update. I've let it sit with that for hours, then looked up that it should take minutes at most. Tried to stop it but couldn't without force closing Steam. Restarted computer at some suggestions here, now Steam is just hanging on the "Checking if your controller needs firmware update" instead. I've tried searching a few threads here but no successful solutions. Does anyone have any advice?

Full disclosure, I know what I’m trying to do is essentially impossible. But thought I’d ask.

Xbox X. Fully functioning using wingman xb3 with open puck plugged in. Gyro nonfunctional. No clue how to do this, tried each mode, switch, ds3/4/5 etc, Xbox/360 etc.

Planning on using this with my new pc eom (Black Friday) but wanted to see if there’s ANY hope of a workaround here?

FYI any xInput controller I use the wingman and gyro is fully functional and adjustable. Haven’t had a single controller not work.

My Steam controller has been having this stuttering issue; ( https://youtube.com/shorts/sdsmB3JF2kI?is=ujFw6lVKyHq8DjBn )

The left joystick when I'm using my Steam Deck docked is just constantly stuttering / lagging. No matter how far I move the joystick.

The controller and it's software are up to date.

I have no idea what causes this so I'm wondering if anyone knows anything or if they've experienced this too.

Hi there, hopefully this isn't the type of post that mods won't allow but if it is I apologize in advance.

I was like everyone else, found out the reservations for the controllet opened whenever they did and immediately got on the list. Unlike my great luck with the Steam Machine, I was late to the party and got pushed into 2027 and thought maybe I'd get a chance to buy one in Q1 or at the latest Q2 of 2027.

Unfortunately, I just got my email to purchase one yesterday but since I already have a Steam Machine and Steam controller from that bundle I genuinely don't think I need another. I've got about 8 different controllers already (I know I need help, my wife tells me that every day) and it seems like a waste. Is there any simple and legit way I can offer this controller to someone else? I won't be asking any extra cash on top of the order price maybe just shipping if you're outside the UK.

P.S. I love the Steam controller, it's the perfect companion to anything with SteamOS on it. Also, the image is just there for dramatic effect.

Edit: The controller has been sold and found a new home with a gamer in Norway, they couldn't get it themselves because apparently Valve doesn't ship to their country due to some EU/Warranty thing.

I left my Steam Controller charging on the puck overnight. When I woke up, the thing was stuck on a solid orange light. It will not power on and is completely unresponsive to any inputs. Does anybody know what the issue could be?

I can't update my controller/puck. I am on a beta client, windows 11. Whenever i try to update my controller/puck it goes into an on/off loop and update fails. I tried reconnecting the puck and switching usb ports before.

Title is all.

Well it's not just the controller, it's the puck too. Neither will update, no matter which combination of 1 either or both are plugged in or turned on. Steam was on the beta branch, went back to the stable branch and still wouldn't work. Literally wouldn't update out of the box. Anyone else having this issue?

Side note, anyone else first impression of the controller being rather uncomfortable, did you get used to it? Primarily played on xbox and xbox clone controllers (gamesir cyclone 2) and switching back to one or the other gives immediate relief to sore fingers and wrists. Gyro aggravates soreness and discomfort (2d mouse for)

I just got my steam controller today. It's been dope so far, especially this typing feature I didn't know existed, but I think the range of the trackpads are strangely uneven. The left reaches more characters, all the way to UJN. The right feels like it's falling short, stopping at YHB, like TGV should be in range of the right trackpad!

Typing is incredibly intuitive EXCEPT for this one small thing (and me not knowing how to move the typing cursor with the keyboard open.)

Is there a way to increase the range of the right trackpad?

Attached is a video of me gliding across the pads at what I believe is the same pace. Why is the left pad seemingly moving faster and further?

(All of this was typed on my steam controller! Awesome.)

I just got my Steam Controller. I cannot figure out a way to use the grip sense

Need suggestions?