Best Enjoyable Alternatives & Competitors in 2024

Joystick Mapper, An app for Mac OS X that allows you to use gamepads in any app or game

JoyToKey enables users to control the keyboard using any USB compatible controller (Dualshock 3, Xbox 360, etc.)

Controllers turns your Mac into a console gaming experience.

It's a simple GUI tool to create/modify gamepad mappings for games that use SDL2 Game Controller API. Created to be an alternative to Steam Bigpicture gamepad configurator.

AntiMicroX is a program used to map keyboard and mouse actions to gamepad/joystick buttons. It is useful for playing games with poor or no gamepad support. It is a new fork of discontinued AntiMicro

Use a XBOX controller as a mouse.

Now you can test one or more controllers for malfunctioning or failures via this online gamepad controller test and monitor their performance.

Open Source

Pinnacle Game Profiler enables the use of virtually any game controller (gamepad, joystick, etc.) with any PC game. It's preconfigured for most game titles and controllers. Just download and play.

This is the home page of QJoyPad, a simple Linux/QT program that lets you use your gaming devices where you want them: in your games! QJoyPad takes input from a gamepad or joystick and translates it into key strokes or mouse actions, letting you con…

MotioninJoy is a PlayStation Controller Adapter driver for emulators that is specially designed to connect PlayStation controllers to your Windows PC.

A tool for mapping keyboard and mouse events to gamepads and joysticks.

DS4Windows is an open-source gamepad input mapper and virtual emulator designed to use and connect your PlayStation controller (DualShock 3/4 and DualSense 5) to a Windows 10 & 11 PC.

Xpadder simulates the keyboard and mouse using your gamepad What does Xpadder let you do?