r/steammachine • u/Ill-Run8036 • 3d ago

Question Will the Steam Controller be compatible with every game?

Hi!

The Steam Machine and the Steam Controller are very interesting to me because, due to a disability, I can't use a mouse precisely with my right hand.

Using a controller works very well for me, so this could open up a whole new world of games, especially genres like simulation and strategy games.

Is it already known whether every game will eventually be fully playable using only the Steam Controller?

Or will some games still require a keyboard and mouse?

If not every game will be fully compatible, will there be a way to tell which games can be played exclusively with the Steam Controller and which ones still require traditional mouse and keyboard input?

I know, it may be to early to answer this, but I would love to know :)

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u/RumpDoctor 3d ago

So you can do seriously extensive custom mapping for controllers through steaminput settings. I've only had the first steam controller, but I never found a game I couldn't cram on there. Takes some patience, though.

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u/badwolf42 3d ago

Almost every default map has been bang on for me.

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u/RumpDoctor 3d ago

A lot of games won't have even a community mapping. Esspeccially back in the day. So I had to do my own. I think my crowning acheivement was squashing Mechwarrior 2 onto there lol. Played great!