Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

May 30, 2026 Jay Peters

You may have heard that Valve's new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. But did you know it can sing songs, too? Let me show you.

Here's the new Steam Controller performing the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros. 2:

Here is "Still Alive" from Portal - fitting for Valve hardware:

I even made it play Doom:

Are you wondering how the controller, which does not have a speaker, is able to make audio at all? Valve's first Steam Controller, even though it was discontinued, was a great gadget for tinkerers - someone even wrote an open-source program to make it " …

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