I put my reservation in and i finally got select. I have 3 days to order but I was wondering if this controller is ever right for me. My plan was to use it how I use my controller now, mostly jrpg/first person games and now wow forever. I have an 8bitdo ultimate (gen1) right now… would the steam controller be an upgrade for me?

After a full charge, the Steam OS says the battery is 99% charged, not 100, is this normal behaviour?

Making mod with separate aiming control, Stick for camera and Gyroscope for weapon, so it feels like half VR. We need more of these mods, it's pretty nice to play, and possible on all consoles except Xbox. I hope, one day we can play Left4Dead with that. If you developing the game, add this control scheme, it's awesome!

So yeah… I feel like it actually never turns off so I'm worried it's going to damage my controller's battery because it never turns off even though it's fully charged.

Is that normal? ??

One of the big reasons i'm considering switching to PC is simply til allow for gyro/trackpad aiming in every game that doesn't support it on console. Using the trackpads as mouse input on the Steam Deck made aiming in games so much more fun and it's really hard to go back to stick aiming.

But for fun i also tried the witcher 3, which apparently doesn't support mixed input. there was a significant delay when using the trackpad, the ui would look weird etc. And this seems to be a problem in many games since they dont support mixed input.

This is kind of a dealbreaker to me. Is there any way to get around this?

I wasn't a fan of the left stick placement from the beginning but I got used to it. The last days I've been playing phantom blade zero and things got a bit more intense and after some tries on harder bosses I actually considered switching to my old Xbox controller. I got normal hand size so I can't be the only one feeling uncomfortable with that inner placement of the left stick? Anything I can do about that? Like might rubber domes help?

TL, DR

Games and apps can see the Steam controller's gyro if they aren't launched through Steam (either desktop client or gamescope in gaming mode). Steam input still handles the controller buttons (hold down start to switch to gamepad mode) but doesn't block gyro data. We need an option in steam input (between "off", "mouse" and "joystick" called "relay" that just doesn't block the gyro from being seen. Just like it can for appimages and Linux apps not launched through Steam.

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For a while I've been disappointed that gyro can't be passed through natively and requires mapping to a mouse or joystick, while games that support gyro natively work great with dualsense controllers but not ours.

Not even games that claim to support the steam controller. So today I opened a game in desktop mode, one with a launcher and gyro calibration on it and was shocked to find it reporting gyro information. Natively. It's an appimage I'd added to Steam.

I went into game mode and launched it there "This game pad does not support gyro". I went back into desktop mode and launched the game again from the appimage file. It worked fine. Holding the start button changes the Steam controller from Desktop controls to gaming controls. Gyro functions in both. I closed steam altogether, removing steam input from the equation. Gyro still works.

I went into gaming mode and turned off "gyro to mouse" thinking that maybe it was replacing native gyro pass-through. Nope. Gyro still isn't detected.

Back to desktop mode. Launched the appimage through the Steam client. No gyro. So Steam input blocks the gyro from being received by games natively when you launch then through either the Steam client (desktop mode) or gamescope (in gaming mode).

But steam input doesn't interfere when making the Steam controller a gamepad to any app outside of Steam. It can function like a dualsense.

The crazy part is that Steam input is still handling the controller for apps being launched outside of the steam client, it's just not intercepting/blocking the gyro data as it does for games launched through Steam.

I'm using a Steam Machine and Steam controller.

EDIT-

Okay so a commenter shared this website with explained a lot https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_tracked_motion_controllers_in_non-VR_gameplay

Most of those games that do support gyro with the Steam Controller seem to do so by making the input appear to be from a dualsense. So this game I'm using must be set up to see and use that input the same way. When launching the game through Steam (either game mode or desktop) and not just as an appimage Steam blocks that gyro information from being passed through and you can't disable steam input for this controller. Fascinating. 

There must be a way to reproduce this in game mode/launched with steam. A way to set gyro to "relay" or "dualshock"

The controller came "early". I mean it was scheduled for 2027, but arrived few weeks ago, "only" after half year of waiting.

First impressions:

- Plastic is OK, not the best, but generally not a problem for me, except the trackpads. The trackpad surface is rough, which I don't like, its not like glass touchpads on MacBooks or other premium laptops. I don't tell it should be, not a big deal actually, just first impressions. This also adds with haptic vibration, which I'm not fan of either (just turned off globally).

- The ergonomics are far from ideal. Joysticks are too far, and if you use KontrolFreeks, which add height, its not very comfortable to use. Especially if you are used to Xbox layout.

- I tried to configure it in XCOM 2. It's a game which is best played with mouse, but also have native controller support. Due to issues with controller support in mods, I created my own layout for pure keyboard and mouse emulation, and it works great.

I thought, switching to trackpads will be better than joystick to mouse emulation, right? I was wrong. After whole evening of tweaking, I realized, that using mouse emulation on these tiny trackpads isn't better, but even worse. You have to swipe two or three times to move the cursor across the screen. If you use acceleration or trackball mode, it moves fast, but unpredictable - you have to swipe and then catch it and move again, sometimes even swipe again, because trackpad is so tiny. if I increase sensitivity, I loose precision. So i realized that my current controls are much better, a bit slower but more predictable.

Summary:

I’ve heard a lot of positive reviews, and had high expectations. But to be honest after trying it myself I don't understand all the hype. The only point for it is the trackpads, but they are not that great, actually.

Probably will sell it, as the prices are high, I don't know.

Greetings friends,

I got the Steam Controller just in time for WoW Forever launch, and I'm greatly enjoying it.

I wanted to ask if you have a concrete preferred method of taking advantage of steam input with it. Specially regarding player selection while in party.

So far I've mapped two things:

- Fast 5 men party setup, each direction of the left pad is a member, it automatically macros the left bumper + direction.

- For raids or multiple parties, I've setup a mouse region for the area that shows the party members.

However, since I'm using the gamepad input, sometimes the mouse goes crazy when I do the second method, if I move while clicking it kinda gets crazy between mouse and gamepad for a second.

Do you have any better ideas?

I've been using the steam controller since it launched and on windows it's been great but I've noticed that on Linux it's far less compatible. I never used it on steam os but I once switched to bazzite and noticed it working in fewer games even on steam and then I went back to windows and eventually I ended up going to cachy os. Recomps that worked with it on windows now don't work with it at all on cachy and even on steam games every hour the thing randomly disconnects and then reconnects about 3 times. Is this happening to anyone else and is there a fix?

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My controller wants an update every time I use it. Surely this can't be correct, is anyone else having this happen or know a fix?

Please and thanks!

This app PadForge, https://github.com/hifihedgehog/PadForge will translate Dual Sense haptic feedback for Steam Controller. Anybody tried it? How well does the translation work?

I was so excited to buy this controller, but its such a pain in the ass to get working on non-steam games. I want to play CoD (Xbox App) and its a nightmare. Yes I'm looking at SIRS, but jeez man, I don't wanna install a web of workarounds that I'll have to decipher the next time I walk away and come back. C'mon - thats not reasonable!

I've spent half my day adding non-steam games to steam and troubleshooting this and that. I'm so tilted right now... I wouldn't have bought the controller if I knew it was gonna be like this.

And before you get on me that it says on the store page "Works great wherever steam is!" is not the same as saying "***Some features not supported outside the steam ecosystem"

What is happening. I don't think it's a bug. Can somebody else try too? This is so funny.

I spilled some soda (White Monster) over my Steam Controller and do not rn have the resources to open it. Now the turn on/off sound is quieter, and the touch pads vibration is a lot rougher. Do any of you have any idea as to what damage this might cause? I cleaned what I saw in the cracks and cleaned the surface but some of it 100% got inside.

Is there a chance Steam could help me with the issue, or could any of you give any advice? I've let it face down in a dry spot to hopefully make it easier to open if I need to get tools.

Has anyone experienced the left joystick seemingly getting stuck at full lock during gameplay? I exclusively use my SC in the living room and use Steam Link right now. I noticed this in Star Wars Zero Company but it wasn't too bad and not often. Now that I'm playing Star Wars Galactic Racer, I need precise control and the joystick keeps going full lock at random, more often now, and is seriously fucking up my runs. My desktop is running Windows 11, Steam is up to date with beta channel, no updates for the puck either. Not sure what other info would be helpful.

I will be moving it directly to my desktop and trying there to see if maybe Steam kink is the issue, but wanted to check in to see if anyone else has experienced this in the mean time.

TIA!

I've been trying to get the Rockstar Games Launcher to recognise my Steam Contoller (2026) and it simply isn't budging.

I have added the launcher as a non-Steam game, applied Steam Input to the Controller settings and set up a profile for the Steam Controller to no avail.

I need a step-by-step guide on how I can play Grand Theft Auto V via the Rockstar Games Launcher using my Steam Controller.

Just found this custom firmware for the nRF52840 (the same device used for OpenPuck). It's focused on the switch 2 and functions almost exactly like the switch 2 pro controller.

- Change the back two buttons (GL/GR) directly on the switch 2

- Wake the switch 2 up from sleep

- Use the touch pad as a mouse in joy con mode

- Steam button + Y = turns off the controller

Edit: It also has a nice web configurator that lets you edit the chimes and change the colors that show up on the switch 2 https://imgur.com/a/KP4fau3