Profiles

What is a profile

The active profile in the controller determines how the controller reacts to your input, and which actions will be sent to the computer.

The firmware comes with a few built-in profiles that are carefully crafted for different game genres or activities (eg: FPS, or Racing), tested in hundreds of games of similar genre.

Alternatively the profiles can be modified in the Ctrl app, and is possible to create per-game profiles too.

In total, there are 12 profile slots + the Home shortcuts profile. All of them stored directly in the controller.

Select the active profile

The active profile is changed by holding the Home button and pressing a Directional pad .

Notice how the LEDs on the controller indicate which profile is active, and the direction of the LED matches the direction of the d-pad.

After selecting the most fitting profile for a game, the buttons will never match 100% with your preferences, instead go to the in-game settings and change the key binds as you like, just as you would do when using a keyboard and mouse.

These are the built-in profiles:

Home (shortcuts)

Active while holding Home button

Hold Home     +	Up	Right	Down	Left
DPad normal press	FPS Fusion	Racing	Console	Desktop
DPad long press	FPS WASD	Flight	Console Legacy	RTS
DPad double press	Custom 1 (Empty)	Custom 2 (Empty)	Custom 3 (Empty)	Custom 4 (Empty)

(Some of these profiles are still being developed or waiting for more feedback).

About the home button

Holding the Home button, makes the Home profile temporally active (until release). Showing all the LEDs on. This allow to switch profile and access additional functions of the controller.

Double pressing the Home button, makes the button to behave as the native gamepad home button. This allows for example to bring Steam Big Picture overlay.

Double-pressing and holding the Home button, makes the Console Legacy profile temporally active (until release). Showing all the LEDs off. This allows for example to use shortcuts in the Steam Deck.