Hori’s Official Steam Controller Is Up For Preorder At Amazon Ahead Of Holiday Release

Despite being marketed as a “Steam controller,’ the Wireless Horipad for Steam differs from the official Steam controller that Valve discontinued in 2019. Unlike Valve’s Steam controller, which featured uncommon inputs like dual trackpads instead of thumbsticks, Hori’s controller features a traditional controller design. It has all the expected face buttons, shoulder bumpers, triggers, a D-pad, and two thumbsticks that are offset like those on Xbox and Nintendo Switch Pro controllers.

While the Wireless Horipad for Steam looks like a standard controller, it offers a few extra features you won’t find on your typical third-party Windows gamepad–for example, the inclusion of the Steam Deck’s Options and Quick Access Menu, which lets you call up and navigate Steam’s various Big Picture Mode menus.

The Steam Horipad also has four additional remappable buttons–two on the front and two back paddles–trigger locks with two stop points, and support for gyro controls and turbo mode. Sadly, there is no rumble functionality, and the thumbsticks lack anti-drift Hall Effect sensors that are becoming more common on third-party controllers–but they do feature touch sensitivity, just like the thumbsticks on a Steam Deck.