Dimraeth Controls and Controller Support

§What the developer says you can use#

The official FAQ answers this directly rather than leaving it to the store tags, and the phrasing is worth keeping intact because it distinguishes three layouts instead of two.

• Keyboard and mouse, described as the option for precision and speed
• Gamepad or controller, described as tuned for comfort and immersion
• A WASD-and-mouse hybrid, described as flexible control
• The developer's own Steam FAQ adds that you can play on the Steam Deck, on PC with a controller, or on a handheld PC

§What Steam's own labels add#

Steam classifies the game with full controller support, plus DualShock and DualSense support. Those labels are worth more than a marketing line, because Valve's controller-support label means the game can be played without needing a mouse or keyboard at any point, and the DualShock and DualSense entries mean the game is aware of those specific pads rather than only generic gamepads.

The listing also carries the expected co-op and progression tags, including single-player, co-op, online co-op, Steam Cloud, stats and achievements. None of those change how the controls work, but they confirm the store is presenting the game as fully playable on a pad.

§There is no published keybind list#

This is the honest gap on the page. The developer promises keyboard and controller support but has not published a key mapping, and no first-party glyph map exists in the material reviewed here. A community reference on this topic explicitly refuses to invent one, and this guide takes the same position.

That refusal is not pedantry. Keybinds are exactly the kind of detail that is easy to fabricate and immediately obviously wrong, and a wrong bind costs a reader more than a missing one. Player threads asking for keyboard and controller layouts exist, which means the demand is real and the official answer has not arrived. When a first-party mapping appears, it should be copied verbatim rather than reconstructed.

§Steam Deck: developer support, no Valve rating#

The developer states the game has full Steam Deck support and wrote a pre-launch post describing testing on a personal Deck, with base combat working and menus and inventory still to finish. That is a real first-party signal about intent and testing.

It is not a Valve compatibility rating. Valve's service returns no category for this game, so there is nothing to verify against beyond the developer's word. Describe it as developer-advertised, and check the store's own compatibility line rather than assuming an unrated game will run well.

§Control problems players have reported#

Everything in this section is a player report from the first day or two of Early Access, not an official statement, and none of it is confirmed by the developer. It is included because it is real demand evidence about where the control layer is rough, and because knowing it in advance is more useful than discovering it.

• Controller melee felt stiff and directional compared with mouse aiming, with the player reporting that attacks stuck to one facing - a Steam discussion report from launch day
• Rebinding inventory and in-game menu controls did not work on a PlayStation 5 controller - a community report from launch day
• Swapping the control type from controller to WASD in the settings screen was unclear, with the player asking which key acts as the selector - a community report
• Fast travel was described as awkward on a controller in a long pre-launch playthrough

§Which one to use#

The three layouts are not cosmetic variants of each other. Mouse aiming gives you direct control of facing, which matters in a game where attacks commit you to a direction and enemies telegraph. A pad gives you a consistent, reclined layout and is the only option on a handheld. The hybrid exists precisely to split the difference for players who want a keyboard hand on movement and a mouse hand on aim.

A practical approach for a first session: pick one layout and stay with it long enough to learn the stamina and commitment rhythm, rather than switching while you are still learning the timing. If you play co-op, agree on the layout question only as far as it affects shared actions, since your input method does not change what the host world tracks.