Hori brings officially licensed Steam controllers to the good old US of A. The company has listed the gamepad on Amazon, with a release date of December 16th. Pre-orders are now available and the controller costs $60.
This gamepad for Steam was originally released in October, but only in Japan. It has a large button for bringing up the Steam menu and a joystick touch sensor for motion control. It also comes with a mappable back button. The gamepad connects to your computer or Steam deck via Bluetooth. To that end, it comes with a USB-A Bluetooth receiver.
According to Hori, the Steam Controller will run for about 12 hours on a full charge, but it can also work while charging with a USB cable. Steam’s controller menu also lets you make adjustments like changing stick sensitivity and gyro controls.
There are some slight omissions. The controller doesn’t have a rumble feature, nor does it have a trackpad or headphone jack. If you can overcome these issues, this seems like a great way to handle your ever-growing Steam collection. Hori makes some good stuff.
As for Valve, it discontinued its own Steam Controller in 2019. This gamepad was notable because it can be configured in a myriad of different ways to suit your unique gameplay style.
