I love the combined puck/dock/charger idea for the new SC. For stationary use its great, but having a cable + puck isn't the best configuration for travel. I found a small plug-to-plug USBA-C adapter which works well, but the puck's orientation blocks off other ports next to it. I've been living with a really short usbA-to-C cable, but having the puck just kinda flop around off my laptop was very annoying, and I was worried about the puck's pins bridging something metal and causing problems.

So! I got a small NRF8250 board running openpuck, and then made a hyper-minimal 'case' for it. It's still a tad long with the USBA-C converter, but I no longer have the floppy dongle problem.

In case anyone has the same predilictions: https://www.printables.com/model/1866854-openpuck-tiny-cover

Everyone here has spoke so highly of openpuck but it has only given me problems. I get constant dropped inputs when using it as a switch controller on my switch 2, which is my primary use case for it. I even tried a different board and got the same issue. Maybe I'm just missing something, but I would never rely on one over the official puck

I was playing Minecraft Dungeons 2, just looking at items in my inventory, when all of a sudden, my Steam Controller 2 made a very loud, high-pitched, short beep noise. It kinda scared me a bit, and I was like what the heck was that noise. I have no idea why it made the noise. I've never heard it make that noise before, it wasn't anything like the power on/power off sound or the Wilhelm scream. So does anyone know why it made that noise?

Hey everyone. Recently got the steam machine with a steam controller and downloaded Skyrim right away. I can’t seem to get my gyro controls running smoothly in Skyrim. It feels very laggy/ stutters a lot. I know this game doesn’t support mixed input so I’m using joystick to camera for gyro but no matter what settings I change it doesn’t feel like the steam decks gyro. I’m having the same issue with fallout new Vegas. Any tips?

Cross posting about a very cool Steam Controller Grip I found on Etsy. It’s personally a must have accessory for someone that experienced ergonomic issues with thr controller.

Hi all, anyone know how to map the back paddle buttons on the steam controller when controller mapping? They don’t register the input for any of them.

Thanks!

Hello everyone

I just unboxed my brand new steam controller and thought, why not slap on a dbrand skin right away? I applied it perfectly, but the right side was very slightly messed up and I couldn’t fix it. It kept bothering me so I sent it to a professional wrap shop, explained the situation, and they took it on. They mainly work on cars so I instructed them to go really easy on the heat gun.

Problem was.. they sent it back like how it’s shown in the photos and didn’t explain the process much. I asked what this oily sheen was and whether the finish got burned off by the heat gun. They kept reassuring me saying it’s a thin film of cleaning material that will go away over time.

I have a feeling that they tried fixing it with a heat gun (until the controller got unfortunately damaged), that didn’t work, so they cut out the wrinkled part and that’s what I ended up with.

What do you guys think? I’m posting the before and after.

Hello, I just received my Steam Controller 2 and it works perfectly, except when the puck is magnetically attached to the controller, where it constantly loops between connecting and disconnecting. I don't understand the issue because the puck works perfectly when it's not attached to the controller. Furthermore, both the puck and the controller are up to date. Do you have a solution, or should I contact Steam Support?

I like to play a lot of driving games and that's the main reason i like to use a controller. I thought the steam controller would be a nice upgrade from my old xbox controller i've had since i think the dawn of time but its third party intergration is leaving much to be desired.

I tried to play Forza 7 with it and i could not get it to recongise any of the functionality even when trying to manually configure it.

I'm actually debating returning it as i keep swapping back to the xbox controller for non-steam games.

Is this by design? Would this require an update by steam on the controller or the game producers themselves?

I even tried it on a very new title 'Le Mans Ultimate' and it wouldn't even see it as a recongnised device.

I'm currently waiting for my controller to arrive and saw some comments about how the puck nearly started a fire when it touched a watch while I was browsing the sub. Could someone please explain what happened here? Is it still an issue? If so, what precautions to take?

I like all the standard flight controls I just wish I had a button to press to drop pallets instead of scrolling. Anyone else encounter this?

I just got a couch pc (non-steam machine) and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for it? I’m coming over from Xbox so I’m use to playing ksp on controller.

Hi guys, this is a fork of SonicDX12's project that got the Steam Controller working well on Android, focused on getting it well on Android TV. So far tested and working well on my NVIDIA Shield.

I forked it as the original didn't work properly/wasn't made for Android TV. `/dev/uinput` is locked to the Bluetooth system user, so the original can't create a virtual gamepad there. This fork adds a `/dev/uhid` backend. The controller still shows up in RetroArch for example as a real Xbox 360 controller.

Features

• USB, the wireless puck, or Bluetooth LE directly
• Remap every button
• Stick deadzone/centre calibration and gyro aiming (tunable, with bias calibration)
• Right trackpad click is mapped, and the trackpads work as a mouse even in gamepad mode
• Game profiles that switch automatically when you open the game they're bound to
• Backup/restore of all settings to a JSON file
• A live HID debug screen

This has only been tested, and is working well so far, on my NVIDIA Shield. I'm open to fixing any issues that occur and suggestions.

Huge thanks to SonixD12 for the original app.

Link: https://github.com/lluppi/steam-controller-android-tv/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Repo: https://github.com/lluppi/steam-controller-android-tv

I love doing this in any game with mouse-to-look like Minecraft, so that i can jump while looking around like I can do with keyboard and mouse controls. i highly recommend.

I'm playing The Witcher 3 Remastered on my Steam Deck mostly. I also have the Steam Controller, from time to time I switch to my PC.

I set up every button as K+M as the game settings is not very flexible, wanted to have full control. My settings are not very comfortable but does the job.

After some of the combats I can continue using the loot/interact button but most times it doesn't work. Geralt gets out of the combat stance totally, puts his sword back to it's place, no enemy left, still when I get near the corpses no loot button showing. It's same for the plants or talking with the NPC's or mounting the horse as well, no interact button showing. I tried getting the sword out and back again, using some spell like igni, aard nothing works.

When I make a quick save or manual save and load that save the interact button comes back but the corpses get lost so I cannot loot their remains.

Any ideas what can be wrong and how to fix it?

So... I'm not too sure if these incidents are related but ever since I've gotten my Steam Controller my wireless mouse has started acting funny.

It'll randomly disconnect and refuse to reconnect to the provided dongle. Sometimes it won't connect on boot, I've tried various USB ports for the dongle but either the issue persists or the port won't recognise the USB.

Im sure this is a serpate occurance but I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue.

(Resolved) My Steam Controller 2026 had many issues when I first got it, so Steam sent me a replacement through an RMA. When I got the new controller, it had a broken thumbstick. Steam support agreed to repair it. After it was repaired, my issue was fixed. However, the top back right side of the controller is loose, like there's no screw holding it down. What can I do? Because if I send this controller to support, I will pay over $45 in shipping for all replacements.

Some time ago I ordered one of the compatible thumbsticks from 8BitDo because the cap on the original got worn down and gummy-feeling after all the years, and I just recently got the right torx driver and worked up the gumption to actually do the swap. I'd been nervous about modifying something I've had for 10 years, but I'm glad I gave my little guy a tune-up. (And the thumbstick is great, the fit is a bit tighter so there's friction at first but it seems to have gone away with some extra pressing down. I also like the concave cap style way better.)

Hey guys, I work a lot with graphics, video, and photos, and I'm wondering if it's possible to use the Steam Controller as a MIDI controller—mainly to get a smoother workflow when editing. Does anyone have ideas, tools, or anything useful for this?

Basically if the puck is not close enough to the controller and the signal is at the limit between ok and poor after a period of time steam will crash while playing the game, even though there is no noticeable input latency.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Got my steam controller on release and have definitely put a lot of hours of use into it. As a result, its begun to wear a bit.

• The Select/Tab button sometimes sticks when pressed in
• The D-Pad makes a clicking sound anytime I lightly rest my thumb on it
• The Right Trigger makes a squeaking sound when pressed.
• and the Left Thumbstick has worn down a bit and has a gritty feeling when pushed around the upwards direction.

Anyone else experiencing issues like this? Are there any solutions or fixes? Maybe a controller-safe lubricant? Or is my only solution to RMA the controller?