Good controller for someone with one hand?

[voidofopinion]

My wife is currently down a hand and she misses gaming.

She mostly plays "The Sims" and "Civilization" but is the steam controller something that she could do more things with one (right) hand with?

[Pariah Zero]

Not steam related, but some of the new streaming boxes which only have a remote (AppleTV, maybe Amazon’s firetv stuff, etc.) are pretty good.

I know I played a lot of one handed games on an AppleTV when my son was born. I held him in one arm, and played games with the other.

[Vepar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5_BdqZCnk

Short answer, yes.

Long (but not really long) answer: You'll have to mess with the configuration for each game and experiment what feels good for your wife. And since the steam controller has a gyro built in, she can even play an RPG or whatever has camera movement because you can control the camera (and mouse or whatever you set the gyro to) with only turning the controller...

Experimentation is key, but yes, if it can be done for Skyrim, it's possible for a lot of games, and Steam configuration is really extensive, you can do a lot of bindings on each button (one press, double tap, long press, action layers and mode shifting, action sets).

Good luck!

[voidofopinion]

Thank you so much for the video!

That's really promising!

[Vepar]

If you decide to get it and need some help or ideas witht he configuration, post on the forums and someone will help you.

[Bri Thompson]

i only have my left hand via disablilty . thankfully i am ONLY just able to use a xbox controller and i am very good at most games i play. the ps4 controller is to wide for me to use unfortunately , been playing computer games since i was tiny . iv had to put long screws into my trigger buttons so i can reach the right trigger and use my stump as it is known for my rs movements . there is one handed controllers out there https://www.amazon.co.uk/TGC-%C2%AE-Xbox-Handed-Controller/dp/B00SBUR568/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1509894258&sr=8-2&keywords=one+handed+controller+ps4

[RambleCan]

You have to be more creative with configs but it's definitely doable. As a test I tried to make a profile for Far Cry 2 using only one hand awhile back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmPh4zgFcdE&t=1s