Want to play your favorite Steam games with a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller? It's easy. I'll show you how to set it up over both wired and wireless connections—and how to get non-Steam games running with just a bit of extra work.

Steam expands the options available to gamers while playing on PC with the addition of support for two more Nintendo controllers.

Now that the Switch 2 has arrived on the scene, Valve has issued a Steam Client Beta update for November 2025 that adds support for the Switch 2 Pro Controller. Valve has also "added support for GameCube adapters in Wii U mode with rumble on Windows". You can see the official patch notes on the Steam community page.

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I'd get more use out of the Switch in handheld mode anyway! But I still wanted to play it on a bigger screen without the weirdness of holding two tiny, untethered controllers that barely fit my hands.

If you need an alternative to quality family time over the next few days, Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden 2 have been added to the Switch’s NES app, while Bionic Commando and Kid Icarus are now in the Game Boy app.

Nintendo has issued a fresh system software update for the Switch and Switch 2, bringing both consoles' firmware up to Version 21.0.1.