Games like Controller Companion

90% positive from 2,644 reviewsReleased 2015Steam Deck Unsupported$2.99

What it is

Controller Companion is a PC utility that lets you control your desktop and media with a gamepad. It offers mouse, keyboard, and media playback control from the couch.

What players liked

Players praise it as a perfect tool for couch gaming, offering customizable controller functions for non-Steam games and mouse replacement.

The catch

Abandoned by the developer, so it breaks with Windows updates and support never comes.

Why it is here

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 90% positive, but with 2,644 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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Six games like Controller Companion

Driver Booster for Steam

84% positive from 10,537 reviews2018Deck Unsupported

Driver Booster for Steam is a utility software that automatically updates PC drivers and game components. Its core loop involves one-click driver updates and system optimization for improved game performance.

What players likedPlayers praise it as a worthwhile free tool for automatic driver updates, especially graphics drivers in the paid version, after Windows refreshes.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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EVGA Precision X1

81% positive from 4,826 reviews2014Deck Unsupported

This is a PC utility software for overclocking and monitoring EVGA graphics cards. It offers real-time performance tuning and visual customization for gamers.

The catchThe software has been abandoned for years and breaks with current drivers and Windows.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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Borderless Gaming

81% positive from 4,616 reviews2015Deck Unsupported

A utility that forces any game into borderless fullscreen with saved per-game profiles, adds a GPU effect and upscaling pipeline, and rewindows old titles that only run fullscreen.

What players likedPlayers praise it as an intuitive app that makes unplayable games, like Ultra Street Fighter 4 and EA Sports PGA Tour, work flawlessly in borderless mode.

The catchThe UI rework buried the basic borderless toggle and broke what used to work.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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OVR Toolkit - Desktop Overlay

87% positive from 3,352 reviews2019Deck Unsupported

This is a VR utility that lets you view and interact with your desktop within virtual reality. It features window management and a virtual keyboard for seamless desktop use in VR.

What players likedPlayers praise its helpfulness, responsiveness to feedback, and useful watch interface, despite some features being available in SteamVR.

The catchRecent updates left a clunky UI where windows freeze, fail to open or reset themselves.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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Bigscreen Beta

85% positive from 3,238 reviews2016

Virtual reality social platform for watching media and playing games together. It offers shared desktop screens, a video player, and customizable virtual screens for immersive experiences.

What players likedPlayers praise Bigscreen Beta as a virtual watch party experience akin to a cinema or home setting.

The catchCrashes or refuses to launch through SteamVR often enough to be unusable.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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SAO Utils: Beta

88% positive from 3,032 reviews20183% finish itDeck Unsupported

This is a customizable 3D app launcher with a slide-to-launch mechanic. It offers desktop widgets and stereo web browsing for a virtual desktop experience.

What players likedPlayers say it's like a highly customizable desktop overlay, praised for its immersive anime interface and functional widgets.

The catchLarge parts of the interface stay untranslated, leaving English users guessing.

Both are tagged Utilities and Software.

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