How To Play Steam Games With Ps3 Controller Mac

Use your gamepad or joystick like a mouse and keyboard on Mac OS X.

Use the instructions that came with your wireless controller to put it into pairing mode. Then learn how to pair a controller with your iOS or iPadOS device, Apple TV, or Mac. Pairing mode steps, button controls, and button customization vary across game controllers. Check with your game controller manufacturer for details. Wait for the controller to show up in the Bluetooth menu. Once the phrase 'PLAYSTATION (R)3 Controller' displays with the word 'Connected' underneath, your PS3 controller is connected. At this point, you can unplug the USB cable.

  • Enjoyable-1.2.zip (311KB)
  • git clone http://git.yukkurigames.com/enjoyable.git

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7+
  • One or more HID-compatible (e.g. USB or Bluetooth) input devices

Mappings

I play games with a Playstation 3 controller, so these will be useless if you have a different controller. These are the mappings I use for games I like. To use them, just save them and double-click on them in Finder, or use ⌘O in Enjoyable to import them.

License

How To Play Steam Games With Ps3 Controller MacPlay2013 Joe Wreschnig, 2012 Yifeng Huang, 2009 Sam McCall

Enjoyable is free software written by Joe Wreschnig and is based on the Enjoy codebase written by Yifeng Huang and Sam McCall.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

Connect your wireless controller to play supported games from Apple Arcade or the App Store, navigate your Apple TV, and more.

See which wireless controllers are supported

  • Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth (Model 1708)
  • Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2
  • Xbox Adaptive Controller
  • PlayStation DualShock 4 Wireless Controller
  • Other MFi (Made for iOS) Bluetooth controllers might be supported

How To Play Steam Games With A Ps3 Controller

Microsoft and Apple are working together to bring compatibility for the Xbox Series X controller to customers in a future update.

Pair a controller with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac

How To Play Games With Ps3 Controller On Pc

Use the instructions that came with your wireless controller to put it into pairing mode. Then learn how to pair a controller with your iOS or iPadOS device, Apple TV, or Mac.

Pairing mode steps, button controls, and button customization vary across game controllers. Check with your game controller manufacturer for details.

How to play games with ps3 controller on pc

If your controller doesn't connect or work as expected

  • Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, or macOS.
  • If you need to update the firmware on your controller, check with your game controller manufacturer.
  • Check that you’re in range of your device and there isn’t interference in the area.
  • If you still can't pair or connect, get help pairing your Bluetooth accessory to your iOS device.