Controller support, ratings and user reports

Peter Repukat November 9th, 2026

SteamInputDB now tracks controller support and rates it, and users can submit reports regarding both

Controller support info

It’s been a while since my last news post here on SteamInputDB, more than half a year already 🤯

This doesn’t mean there haven’t been any updates, though.
The most obvious, yet unannounced, change since the last news post is the new controller support section that SteamInputDB has featured for a while now.
Gyro evangelist AL2009man and controller nerd QuizzicalCube have been quite busy since then adding and updating detailed general controller, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support info for hundreds of Steam games.

At the end of October, SteamInputDB also added a game-search function where users can quickly search and filter Steam games by controller, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support.
This makes SteamInputDB not only the go-to source for finding any Steam Input configuration on Steam, but also one of the best (imho) sources for quickly finding detailed information on whether a game supports Mixed Input, Native Gyro, Steam Input API and how well it does so and if any mods improving controller support exist.

However, since the end of September a rating system, similar to what ProtonDB does, but for controller support, has been teased.
Also, information for hundreds of games is far from complete, and relying on a few select individuals to fill in all this information isn’t really ideal.

So, to expand on the database, this changes today with the biggest update SteamInputDB has seen yet, introducing:

User Reports

Any logged-in user can now submit controller support reports to SteamInputDB for any game on Steam.

The user reports are built from a questionnaire, consisting of (mostly optional) togglable options, including things like glyphs, supported hardware features, Mixed Input and Steam Input API support.
However, as not everything can be expressed with simple toggles, there are also free-text fields for any additional info that users might want to be displayed on any game’s SteamInputDB page.
Additionally, the reports include ratings of general controller, Mixed Input, and Steam Input API support.

To protect against spam, malicious reports and other bad actors, reports will need manual approval from a moderator before being publicly visible.

Ratings

A report rates a game in up to three categories: general controller support, Mixed Input, and Steam Input API support.
The total rating is a weighted average of all given ratings combined.
The final ratings that are shown on a game’s page are based on the (time-weighted) median of all user ratings and displayed as tiers from Platinum down to Coal.

You can learn more about the rating tiers and their requirements in the FAQ.

It is important to note that the requirements for the tiers are not hard, but chosen as general guidance, as different genres of games may have different needs.
For example, a racing game really does need strong controller support, but might not benefit from Mixed Input at all, whereas a first-person shooter greatly benefits from Mixed Input. Thus, and to have an easy way to react to patches, a team of curating moderators can knock a game up or down one or more tiers if required. Note that moderator edits will not affect individual reports, but only the rating displayed on an individual game page.

If you want to share any feedback regarding the report system or the ratings, make sure to join the Discord.