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Getting the most out of your Steam Controller: Grip Sense
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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Gyroscope:
DualShock 4, Dualsense, Nintendo Pro Controller or Joycons, some 8BitDo models and some other third-parties.
Touchpads:
Outside of Valve, really only Sony controllers, but I find the touchpad to be way too out of reach to use for anything that isn't quick shortcuts.
There is a third-party controller called "DarkWalker ShotPad" that packs both Gyro and a big ass touchpad, but it only emulates a Keyboard and Mouse (so no Steam Input) and people online complain the touchpad is awfully low resolution so...
Darkwalker shotpad actually looks interesting, and is actually cheap. Despite not having a controller input, i wanted a controller with gyro and trackpads specifically to play games with no controller support.
You could try building the open source version of the steam controller