Steam Has Added Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Support In Its Latest Client Beta

Been using it since the announcement came out, it works pretty dang well. Over wireless, whenever the connection becomes flaky, Steam does all sorts of weird, but when wired, it works absolutely fine.

Heck, using shortcuts, I'm able to use the screenshot button to both screenshot my game, and to record the previous 30 seconds in video, the screenshots being done by Steam, and the videos being done by Windows 10's game bar thing.

I've been debating re-buying some Steam games that got Switch releases. This may put a halt to that.

@BensonUii Good catch! We do NOT condone the physical consumption of any Nintendo hardware!

I don't play PC games anymore.
I play Nintendo games everyday.

Does it work on Mac?

I'm really happy to hear about this, now I can use my Pro Controller instead of my Xbox controller on steam!

Does this mean that Nintendo owns Steam now? That's my headcanon anyways. Nintendo is 1 Infinity Stone away from destroying half of the gaming competition -_-

Neat! Definitely worth keeping in mind in the future.

I don't even have the controller, so...eh.

I will probably never use this but it’s cool to have the option to...

Half-Life 3 must be coming to Switch.

It's working beautifully, I was so happy by the announcement. How do I know which games support motion controlls though?

@Anti-Matter such a pitty

Haven't been on Steam for a long time (the Switch has been keeping me busy xd) so I've got 2 questions:

1. Does the support effect button prompts for QTE's and other stuff in games? Had a lot of trouble in the past playing QTE heavy games with my Dualshock 4, due to it having icons on its buttons instead and the Xbox controller has its letters shifted around compared to the Nintendo controllers, so that's gonna be even more confusing.

2. Does this mean we can play games with gyro support (it's kinda like using a mouse so don't see why it couldn't be supported)?

i really love that controller! i cannot try it on Steam

@NinjaSyao
1. dont know
2. yes!

@Alucard83
Pitty what ?
My PC isn't designed for PC gaming anymore after several times broken.
I left from PC gaming since then.
I found Nintendo games are my True Love.

@Anti-Matter ok, nothing wrong with that. I thought you were limiting yourself by using only 1 hardware. There are still great PC games that are not on Nintendo. But hey each his own

Does it also unlock its Gyro functionality for games?

So...does this mean Portal is coming to Switch?

But can it run Crysis?

@Anti-Matter this is for people who DO PC gaming and want to use the switch pro controller. This article is not about if you like pc gaming.

don't have it yet.

how is this controller compared to the ps4 and xbox one controller?
is the rumble function better then the joycons?

Tried it out yesterday and it works like a charm. Finally I don't need to rely on faulty GC drivers to play Rivals of Aether or other stuff.

Half Life 3 Switch exclusive confirmed!!!!!!

@RupeeClock @Moi You can remap the gyroscope to just about any function for whatever game you want. Aiming is the obvious one.

@NinjaSyao

1: No the effect button prompts for QTEs are hard coded into games.
2: yes

@JamesJose7 Yes it supports motion.

Neato!

A proper dpad that doesn’t work properly

I can conclude from the comments that this confirms Half Life 3 and Portal 3 are coming to the switch. Neat.

I also heard a rumour that when you use your pro controller with steam the secret message above the right stick changes to ''HL3 Cnfrmd''

@SwitchVogel @BensonUii Indeed, it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

So now I can play my Steam games with my Steam controller, Xbox One controller, PS4 controller, and now Switch controller. I like those options.

@YummyHappyPills

Figured as much. Well, can atleast play with a better controler that has gyro support ^_^

Awesome Can't Wait!!

Pretty sweet.

Interesting, more options for Steam PC player.

I’m planning on getting a gaming pc in the near future, so this is perfect timing

Very cool that this is a thing. But I use my 8bitdo controller with PC usually. It would annoy me to "Switch" the pro-controller back and forth between PC and Switch because of the annoying process of pairing them.

Wonderful news! I'm still using my GC controller for Steam with missed results 😁

I for one am super happy about this! While an Xbox controller is nice, I've always preferred Nintendo's pro controller lineup more

@YummyHappyPills

O... My... God I have to try playing portal with motion controls now!!

@Enrique_Marrodz me too.

I was waiting for the d-pad debacle to be clarified before looking into getting a Pro Controller.

Huh, that's nice. My old LG Xbox-type controller still works fine (and I don't use it that often), but having more options never hurts. Now all that's needed is for devs to include Switch Pro Controller in their UI.