PUBG Controls: Gamepad, Remote Play and Sound

18 August 2026 · 6 min read

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You play PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS with mouse and keyboard, and partly with a gamepad — Steam separately marks the game as available through Remote Play on phone and tablet. Below is exactly what the game’s official Steam page says about this, as of August 2026, nothing borrowed from anywhere else.

What Steam has tagged the game with: the full category list

The PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS store page on Steam lists 11 categories:

The first four describe the mode itself: it’s a multiplayer game with online PvP, and Steam tracks stats separately. The fifth, Family Sharing, is about library access, not controls. The remaining six categories are about controls and accessibility specifically, and that’s what the rest of this guide covers.

Gamepad: partial support, not full

Steam splits controller support into several tiers, and each store page shows which tier the developer declared. For PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS that’s Partial Controller Support — there’s no full controller support badge on the page.

In practice, a “partial support” tag on Steam usually means a gamepad will connect and work, but not every menu or action is necessarily built for it as smoothly as a mouse and keyboard. Steam doesn’t publish details in this category about which actions are covered and which aren’t — the store page simply doesn’t break that down.

Different genres suit a gamepad differently: in turn-based or strategy games a pad is often comfortable right away, while in online first-person shooters mouse aiming precision usually stays higher, even when a game formally supports a controller partially or fully.

If you want to try a gamepad:

1. Plug the controller into your PC and check that Steam detects it — the controller icon at the bottom of the Steam client.
2. Open Big Picture Mode or the Steam Input settings if you want to remap buttons manually.
3. Launch the game and check controls in its own settings menu — partial support means not everything is guaranteed to work equally well.

Remote Play: play from a phone or tablet

The only platform listed for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS on Steam is Windows — no other systems appear on the page. That doesn’t mean you’re stuck at your desk, though: Steam separately declares two Remote Play variants — Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet.

Remote Play, in general, is a Steam feature that streams video and input between a PC and another device over a network: the game itself keeps running on the Windows PC, while the phone or tablet receives the picture and sends button presses back. It’s not a separate mobile version of the game — it’s remote control of the computer.

To make it work you need:

• Steam running on a Windows PC with the game installed;
• Steam or Steam Link on the phone or tablet;
• both devices on the same network, or an active internet connection for cloud-based Remote Play, if the client supports it.

Because of network latency and picture compression, Remote Play usually feels worse specifically in fast-paced online shooters — that’s a general trait of streaming technology, not something specific to this game.

Sound: separate volume, stereo and surround

Three Steam categories relate to sound: Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound.

Custom Volume Controls on Steam usually means a game lets you adjust the volume of different audio channels separately — music, effects or voice chat, for example — rather than a single master slider. Stereo Sound and Surround Sound mean support for the matching audio setups: two-channel (headphones or two speakers) and multi-channel surround. The exact list of sliders and formats inside the game’s own settings isn’t broken down on the Steam page — you’ll only see it in the in-game audio menu after launch.

What the Steam page doesn’t say

There’s no separate badge for text size, subtitles, or a colour-blind mode on the PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Steam page. That doesn’t mean these settings definitely don’t exist in the game — Steam doesn’t break out every accessibility option into its own category. If these settings matter to you specifically, check the in-game menu after installing rather than relying on the store page’s category list.

Another way to get a sense of things is the reviews section on the game’s Steam page: players sometimes write directly about what’s missing for them in controls or sound, though that’s community opinion rather than an official badge.

Likewise, there’s no full controller support badge on the page — only the partial one covered above.

How to check the settings yourself

The categories on the Steam page are a general pointer, not a step-by-step menu guide. To see the actual options:

1. Open the game and go to the general settings menu.
2. Find the controls section — it shows which actions can be remapped to a gamepad or keyboard.
3. Check the audio section separately — that’s where the Custom Volume Controls sliders live.
4. If you’re playing over Remote Play, picture quality and latency settings are set in Steam itself, not in the game.

If you’re after a steadier framerate on weaker hardware, that’s a different topic — there’s a separate guide on FPS settings. For an overview of the PvP modes on offer, see the guide to game modes. And if you haven’t decided whether to pay for the game yet, check the guide on free-to-play and PUBG Plus.

In short

Steam confirms only partial gamepad support for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, but adds Remote Play on phone and tablet plus three sound-related categories. The store page stays silent on text size, subtitles or a colour-blind mode — check those in the game itself.