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Can I use a controller?

Yes. The game supports gamepads and shows the full layout on its Gamepad controls screen.

  • PlayStation controller confirmed.
  • Left stick steers (click and push up or down to zoom); right stick looks (click for the cursor).
  • LT boosts, RT fires the main thrusters; LB cycles targets, RB drifts.
  • Y harpoon, B module 5, A reverse thrust, X cargo; the D-pad uses modules 1–4.
  • Hold View to ping; Menu opens fitting.

Good to know

  • With the harpoon attached, LT winches in and RB winches out.
  • In menus, the left stick moves the cursor, A selects and B goes back.
The game's gamepad controls screen: a controller diagram with each button's action labelled.
The game's Gamepad controls screen (Beta Patch 2). Art © the Citadel team.
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phyzixteacherDeveloper25 Sep 2026
phyzixteacherDeveloper3 Oct 2026

Paraphrased from the Citadel Discord. Developers and official documents are named; other players by trust tier. Last verified 4 Oct 2026 for Beta 1 (wipe 1).

Also drawn from

  • In-game Gamepad controls screen (4 Oct 2026): The gamepad layout: sticks, triggers, bumpers, face buttons, D-pad, View and Menu, harpoon winch and menu controls

Collected from the Citadel Discord and added on 3 Oct 2026.