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Steam Machine and Steam Frame: verified compatibility program launched

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:48:51 +0200

Valve has expanded its “Verified” compatibility program to two new devices: Steam Machine and Steam Frame, both launching this summer.

The Steam Machine is a SteamOS PC for the living room - roughly six times more powerful than the Steam Deck - running the same software stack (SteamOS, Steam UI, Proton). Verification requirements are nearly identical to the Steam Deck: games already verified there need no additional work. The Steam Frame is primarily designed for high-performance game streaming, but can also run SteamOS games standalone, including VR titles.

Steam Controller: How to Get the Most Out of Your Trackpads – Official Guide

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:13:07 +0200

Valve has published a detailed guide to the Steam Controller trackpads covering all configuration options in the Steam Input Configurator.

The trackpads serve two primary use cases: as a full mouse replacement (ideal for FPS, point-and-click, and strategy games) and as a button mapping surface for keys, shortcuts, and system functions. Available modes include As Mouse, Flick Stick, Scroll Wheel, Directional Pad, Button Pad, and virtual menus (Radial Menu up to 20 options, Touch Menu up to 16, Hot Bar).

Steam Controller: now available

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The new Steam Controller is now available for €99 from Valve!

SC-Controller: v0.4.8.13 released

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux user-mode driver for the Steam- and other controllers (eg. DS4), has been released in version 0.4.8.13.

v0.4.8.13 Latest EOL release Invert Gyro Roll for Steam Deck input handler Fixed state handling with Steam Deck input handler Changed svg_widget and osd keyboard for newer ElementTree behavior Added HAS_RSTICK flag for Steam Deck module Make special path for RIGHT when using Steam Deck Fixed binding of ABS_X to Gyro Per Axis CI and AppImage generation workflows added to project. Contribution by Christian Hotfix BT controllers on SteamOS 3. Contribution by pattontim Support custom UDP port. Contribution by Christian Removed cpp namespace prefixes from cemuhook_server c code. Contribution by Christian Changes to AppImage workflow

SC-Controller: v0.4.8.11 released

Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux user-mode driver for the Steam- and other controllers (eg. DS4), has been released in version 0.4.8.10. UPDATE The hotfix 0.4.8.11 has also been released.

Version 0.4.8.10 Latest DualSense support, various fixes Added support for standard DualSense controller. Includes contributions from theY4Kman and psstoyanov Use HIDRaw for DualSense Bluetooth support rather than evdev. evdev provided as backup method Updated gitignore rules. Contributed by alex Fixed tests showing broken Key enum deserialization. Contributed by alex Added github action so that test status is visible. Contributed by alex Lower LS and RS dead zones from DS5Controller reader class Fixes for stick mouse support for mouse action type Fixed EnumType error for AxisAction description generation. Changes in checks deprecated since Python 3.8 Updated EnumType checks in a few actions Enabled quaternion calculations for DualSense. Needed for Gyro Tilt controls Fixed file not found error with AppImage in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

SC-Controller: v0.4.8.7 released

Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux user mode driver for the Steam- and other controllers (e. g. DS4), has been released in version 0.4.8.7.

v0.4.8.7 AppImage tested on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Fedora 35, Fedora 33, Manjaro, and PopOS 21.10 Updated AppImage scripts for setuptools behavior changes and library path changes Migrate setup.py script to use setuptools rather than distutils. Try to comply with PEP 632 regarding the deprecation of distutils Fixed Turn Off Controller option for BLE connected controller. Contribution by labsin Changed feel of rumble emulation support. Period and amplitude of haptics change depending on data in ff_rumble event struct. I find that it feels better Fixed long packet support for BLE reader. 3 input packet payloads now work in BLE reader Fixed hotplug detection for BT connected Steam Controller Added report ID 3 to feature report packets to allow BLE support to work again. Needed to make BLE support work with later versions of BlueZ (5.64) Fixes to allow Bluetooth evdev and HID controllers to appear in controller registration list. Contribution by chewi Fixed some HID driver and evdev driver crashes. Contribution by Alastor27 Fixed popup positioning and layering (somewhat) on Wayland. Contribution by Supreeeme Allow deadzone calculations for analog trigger output. Full usable analog trigger range Fixed Mouse Region output Small fixes for HID report parsing Added lowercase VDF button aliases to button dictionary Properly clamp rotated touchpad coordinates to s16 range Use proper limits for output 360 axes Add DS4 v.1 detection to ds4drv driver Fix display names for mapped X and Y buttons due to busted Linux aliases

SC-Controller: v0.4.8 released

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux-user-mode-driver for the Steam- and other controllers (e. g. DS4), is now available as version 0.4.8.

v0.4.8 New: Hip fire style action for trigger (implemented by @ren2r) Fixes: AppImage works on Ubuntu >= 20.04 Added DualShock 4v2 over Bluetooth udev rule (thanks @Alastor27) Button labels on Gyro Tilt mixed up (thanks @Patola) Cemu hook not working with Dolphin Emulator (thanks @cjxgm) Radial menu drawing broken on HDPI displays Gesture recognition not working with DS4 “Confirm menu selection by releasing” not working at all Moving STICK and LPAD at once can make buttons stuck Issues with non-ascii (and especially Chinese) charaters in profile name

SC-Controller: v0.4.6 and v0.4.9.2 released

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux-user-mode-driver for the Steam- and other controllers (like DS4), has been released today as Version 0.4.6 and v0.4.9.2. The new branch v0.4.9.2 is a complete rewrite of the driver in C. It is currently experimental but works besides on Linux also on BSD, Windows and (eventually) Android:

v0.4.9.2 Very experimental release of c port of SC Controller. There is no GUI and a lot of stuff doesn’t work yet, but what works works on Linux, BSD and Windows. And also Android, eventually. See this wiki page on how to use scc on Windows and report issues, preferably here New since v0.4.9.1 Support for XInput on Windows 8 and above Configuration is now editable (see Registry -> Current user -> software -> SCController) Implemented a lot of actions and modifiers NetBSD / OpenBSD support

SC-Controller: v0.4.5 released, last version "for a while"

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

sc-controller, the Linux-User-Mode-driver for the Steam- and other controllers (e.g. DS4), has been released in version 0.4.5 today. The main-developer Kozec said on Patreon, that he disagrees with the direction of the Linux-Kernel-developer-community, and that he is not going to release more versions of sc-controller for a while:

Closing this thing up I’ll try to keep this short, so bear with me; As you probably already heard, earlier this week, Linux became part of political movement. It’s movement that I strongly disagree with and wish to not be associated with in any way. Because of that, I don’t feel welcomed in Linux community anymore. Or, to write it like human being, with all this mess, coding is not fun at all. So I’m throwing hands up and walking through the middle. Luckily, my projects are mostly complete. There are feature requests that I’d like to eventually finish, but even if I end up never touching them anymore, current state should work well. And I’m not dying, so if some interesting bug comes around, I’ll probably still be there to fix it. I’m writing this mostly because I can’t expect you to continue supporting me under those conditions. And because I don’t think it would be OK to disappear without a word, I’m not sure if I can close my Patreon account without nuking this message right now. In worst case scenario, you should be able cancel pledges from your side. So, thank you all for your cash, bug reports, cash, support, suggestions, cash, pull requests and cash. You were seriously great :) I’ll try to keep this short, so bear with me; As you probably already heard, earlier this week, Linux became part of political movement. It’s movement that I strongly disagree with and wish to not be associated with in any way. Because of that, I don’t feel welcomed in Linux community anymore. Or, to write it like human being, with all this mess, coding is not fun at all. So I’m throwing hands up and walking through the middle. Luckily, my projects are mostly complete. There are feature requests that I’d like to eventually finish, but even if I end up never touching them anymore, current state should work well. And I’m not dying, so if some interesting bug comes around, I’ll probably still be there to fix it. I’m writing this mostly because I can’t expect you to continue supporting me under those conditions. And because I don’t think it would be OK to disappear without a word, I’m not sure if I can close my Patreon account without nuking this message right now. In worst case scenario, you should be able cancel pledges from your side. So, thank you all for your cash, bug reports, cash, support, suggestions, cash, pull requests and cash. You were seriously great :)