The Steam controller is one of many items featured at a greatly reduced price during Steam's Autumn Sale. It is typically $49.99 but is on sale for $5.00 -- 90% of its original price.
Steam Controller 2 anyone? A leak suggests a return to a dedicated controller from Valve.
That would be really nice. The Steam Controller was one of the most unique controllers out there. It wasn’t great for traditional gaming, but it worked very well for PC-focused games like RTS, 4X, or FPS.
I just hope they don’t assemble it in the US like the original. That caused serious issues with supply, warranty, and especially spare parts.
Its pretty neat once you get used to the layout. I have mine sync with my steam deck.
TheGamer Writes "I really tried with the Steam Controller. Valve's first foray into creating its own bespoke gamepad tailored specifically for PC gaming was, putting it mildly, poorly received. It launched in 2015, but by 2019 the company had quietly discontinued it. However, while everyone was gleefully dumping on it, I was determined to get my money's worth. I bounced off it immediately like everyone else, but I thought: Valve is smart."
They should of added some sort of center point on the right track pad, maybe a dip in the center or a slight bump, I think that could help in games for controllers?
They really just needed the second stick for me. A control scheme alone the lines of the deck would have been a big improvement
Still use it for controlling my living room pc. Never liked it for games. One neat thing is the scroll-wheel function by dragging your finger around the perimeter of the left circlepad - clockwise for down, counter-clockwise for up.
It's primary value truly is in games that don't support any kind of controller input. You can do a decent job of grafting something usable for games with only direct mouse input, like strategy games and the like, thanks to the touchpads.
Outside that? The customization is really quite excellent, but it is almost impossible to use in place of a traditional controller in a lot of circumstances. It's a nice niche option to have, but I was certainly never able to have it completely replace an XB or PS controller when a game called for one.
I know its cheap and all but I jusr dont find this controller interesting. A great price for people who do
i went ahead and got it, I mean for five bucks i'll see.
Out of stock already;/
I don't like this controller.
First, right touch pad (stick) is above buttons so if you are using x or an a button for action or jump ( and we do) its a long movement down.
Second no proper d pad.
Third no two thumb sticks - touch pads have no fealing and no l3 and r3 buttons. They are probably on the back side or something.
Fourth: Build quality. Plastic on the controller doesn feel right.
It has other purposes on the PC for like rts games but still, I would rather invest in a Xbox or PS4 controller for PC play cause most of the games that you want to play with a controller come from consoles and have button mapping figured out.
For games that don't work that well with a traditional controller (think Civilization, Divinity: Original Sin I & II, Pillars of Eternity, etc....), this controller works great and is a far better option that anything else other than keyboard & mouse. For anything else though? It varies between "this is fine" and "omg why I'm doing this to myself".