{"id":198280,"date":"2022-08-08T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=198280"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:32:20","slug":"steam-nintendo-switch-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/steam-nintendo-switch-controllers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam adds support for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re a massive fan of all things Nintendo, you\u2019re going to love this tidbit: Steam has been kitted out with support for Nintendo Switch\u2019s Joy-Con Controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nintendo has a lot of hardware, more so than most other console manufacturers. The latest Steam update, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/SteamClientBeta\/announcements\/detail\/3387288790681635164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"still in its beta phase\">still in its beta phase<\/a>, focuses primarily on<strong> extended suppor<\/strong>t for Nintendo\u2019s numerous hardware setups. First off, the new Steam update adds support for the widely-used Joy-Cons. Secondly, the new update also ships with improved support for the plethora of modernized classic Nintendo controllers that have been showing up everywhere in recent years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valve addressed the new update to its Steam client with a short and incredibly concise set of patch notes. The gist of these was that the update exclusively affects players with a proclivity for <strong>Nintendo controllers<\/strong>. This is a particularly exciting update given that Nintendo Switch\u2019s Joy-Cons now have expanded functionality outside of the Nintendo realm. They are, therefore no longer a niche purchase and rather significantly expand the ways in which players can interact with the games they purchase on Steam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the expanded patch notes, just in case we\u2019ve missed anything:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steam Client Beta August 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Added support for Nintendo Joy-Con controllers, both individually as a mini-gamepad and combined into pairs<\/li><li>Improved support for the Nintendo Online classic controllers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it, the full patch notes for the latest Steam update.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that these are additions to the beta version of the Steam client, you\u2019ll need to opt-in to test new features before you see them active. However, these additions should make it into the next stable update of Steam, so if you\u2019re in no rush to see how this extended Nintendo controller support is going to affect your <strong>playstyle<\/strong>, you won\u2019t be missing out on much.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Steam-adds-support-for-Nintendo-Switch-Joy-Con-controllers-3.jpg\" alt=\"Steam adds support for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers\" class=\"wp-image-198286\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If the new update isn\u2019t going to change anything other than extended support for Nintendo controllers, why does it actually matter? Well, honestly, it&#8217;s all a matter of personal preference. Some gamers prefer to tackle Steam games with the<strong> now-supported DualSense controllers<\/strong> or newer controllers for Xbox consoles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other gamers prefer the simplicity or nostalgia associated with the legacy Nintendo controllers. This way, if you want to try them out and see what all the rage with these older controllers is, now you can. And if you have no interest, these updates will be nothing more than two lines of text in a set of patch notes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other Steam news, <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/articles\/steam-deck-users-may-get-banned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam Deck users may get banned for playing certain popular games.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a massive fan of all things Nintendo, you\u2019re going to love this tidbit: Steam has been kitted out with support for Nintendo Switch\u2019s Joy-Con Controllers. Nintendo has a lot of hardware, more so than most other console manufacturers. The latest Steam update, which is still in its beta phase, focuses primarily on extended &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/steam-nintendo-switch-controllers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Steam adds support for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":198285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2337,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-198280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionsteam","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323403,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198280\/revisions\/323403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198280"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=198280"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=198280"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=198280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}