Any USB cable should work, as long as it is micro USB on one end (the small, thin connector on the controller) and either USB-A (the “standard” wide, rectangular connector) or USB-C (the newer, rounded connector) on the other.Ĭonnect the controller to your PC with the cable, and your Windows 10 PC should recognize it automatically. Ideally, though, you’ll probably want a longer cord to add a bit more range. You can even use the one you use for charging your controller. The easiest way to pair your controller with your PC is with a USB cable. Use a USB cable to connect your PS4 controller to your PC Just follow our step-by-step guide to get started. Whether it’s for comfort or the game itself, you’ll be glad to know you can easily use your DS4 when playing games on your PC.

Some gamers are also more comfortable using a controller than a mouse and keyboard setup. You can leave a comment on my original post.While many PC games work best with a mouse and keyboard, some titles were designed for a controller, like the DualShock 4 (DS4) that comes with a Sony PlayStation 4. Hit Back at the bottom of the previous window and you’ll find yourself back at the General Settings dialogue. Feel free to change the light colour and saturation while you’re at it, then hit Submit. That’s fine though as it’s now really dim and much better than before. You can’t turn it off completely, so the setting below is the lowest I could set. It’s not a slider really, it only has 4 positions or so. The Preferences dialogue will let you the Controller Light Brightness, although it wasn’t very intuitive to set. The design here looks like Big Picture mode, but it’ll switch back automatically when we’re done. Now select your controller at the bottom, which will make a new option available on the right called Preferences. Choose the option at the top that reads General Controller Settings. Head over to Steam – Settings and select Controller. Thankfully we can change this in the Steam Settings, and we don’t even need to change into Big Picture mode for that. This means even if I’d be able to dim it with DS4 Windows, the native PS4 controller is as bright as daylight – at least by default. It’s not an issue when I connect the controller via DS4 Windows, but many games on Steam (and increasable EPIC) support the PS4 controller natively. The PS4 light at the front is a nice gimmick, but it drains the battery and when set too bright really annoys me when I play at night.

Using your ps4 controller on steam