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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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If you adjust the sensitivity, you can make it not require very much movement.
That said, I personally haven't found a use case where I prefer it over other options.
I would be nervous about making it too sensitive, so that only little movement is enough. It could get a little bit twitchy and activate function without me wanting to. Maybe I should actually experiment with the settings and there is maybe a good middle ground for me, and find some use cases just to play around. But I will say that, it's a novelty and pretty cool idea to come up with by VALVE. I don't think any controller had something like this before.
One thing I liked the grips for was Death Stranding, pack stabilizer grips. Set them as double press to grip. Worked well.