Path of Exile 2 on a Mac with a controller
The Path of Exile 2 layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
On a Mac: No Mac version. It streams to a Mac from a Windows PC you own. The stream normally passes a controller to the game's native scheme. Turn on WASD movement in Path of Exile 2's options. The layout's movement rows send W, A, S, and D.
Yes, Path of Exile 2 plays on a Mac with a controller, streamed from a Windows PC you own, and its full native gamepad support is the better way when the stream passes your pad. This layout is the fallback, and a good one, because PoE 2 added WASD movement: the left stick moves, the right stick aims, and the skills come off the triggers and face buttons without a cursor fighting you. Turn on WASD movement in the game's options first.
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Move. The left stick sends W, A, S and D, which needs WASD movement turned on in the game's options.
- Aim. The right stick moves the cursor at speed 20 across and 16 up and down.
- Skills. The primary skill on the right trigger (left click), the secondary on the left (right click). The movement skill on the bottom face button (Space), Q on the right, E on the top, the middle-mouse skill on the left. R and T on the left and right bumpers.
- Flasks. Flasks 1 to 4 on the D-pad, flask 5 on the left stick click.
- The rest. Hold the right stick click to highlight items on the ground (Option). Inventory on Back (I), menu on Start (Escape).
WASD movement is the option that makes a pad layout work.
Tune it
- A slow pointer for the passive tree. Duplicate the four right-stick rows, set While also holding to a spare button on the copies, and give them half the speed.
The passive tree is where the slow pointer earns its row.
If the game sees the pad
Steam lists full controller support for Path of Exile 2, so use its gamepad mode whenever the stream passes your pad, and keep this layout as the fallback.
Path of Exile 2 controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists full controller support for Path of Exile 2, so the game was made to be played on a controller, menus included. A keyboard and mouse work as well, and the choice is yours.
From Steam's listing, checked in October 2026. Every game's listing is in Mac games with controller support.
If your controller is not working in Path of Exile 2
When Path of Exile 2 does not react to your controller on a Mac, check these in order:
- Check that the Mac sees the controller. Open the gamepad tester and press a button. If nothing lights up there, the problem is the connection, and a controller that is connected but not working covers that first.
- Pair the controller with the Mac first. A streaming app such as Steam Link, Moonlight or Parsec passes on only a controller the Mac already sees, so pair it before you start the stream, then press a button once Path of Exile 2 is running. Streaming PC games to a Mac with a controller has the checks for each app.
- Play it from keys. If Path of Exile 2 still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls Path of Exile 2 already reads. Turn the game's own controller option off while it runs, or a press can arrive twice. The layout works whether or not Path of Exile 2 ever sees the controller.
Get it in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Path of Exile 2 and pick it. The layout is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
Path of Exile 2 controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is Path of Exile 2's default keyboard and mouse controls, as this layout expects them. If you changed a key in the game's settings, change the same row in InputConfig.
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Move left (A); needs WASD movement mode in Options |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Left stick up | W | Move up (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move down (S) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | Aim cursor right (mouse) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | Aim cursor left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Aim cursor down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Aim cursor up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Right trigger: primary skill (left mouse) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Left trigger: secondary skill (right mouse) |
| A / Cross | Space | A/Cross: movement / utility skill slot (Space) |
| B / Circle | Q | B/Circle: skill slot Q |
| X / Square | Middle click | X/Square: third top-row skill (middle mouse) |
| Y / Triangle | E | Y/Triangle: skill slot E |
| LB / L1 | R | LB/L1: skill slot R |
| RB / R1 | T | RB/R1: skill slot T |
| D-pad up | 1 | D-pad Up: Flask 1 (1) |
| D-pad left | 2 | D-pad Left: Flask 2 (2) |
| D-pad right | 3 | D-pad Right: Flask 3 (3) |
| D-pad down | 4 | D-pad Down: Flask 4 (4) |
| Back / Share / Select | I | Back/Share: Inventory (I) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start/Options: Escape / menu |
| L3 (left stick click) | 5 | L3: Flask 5 (5) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Alt / Option (Left) | R3: highlight items on the ground (hold Left Alt) |
Names follow the editor's Xbox / PlayStation pair, and a Switch pad fires by position.
Questions
Does Path of Exile 2 run on a Mac?
Path of Exile 2 does not run natively on a Mac. It streams from a Windows PC you own, and the stream usually passes a controller through.
Does Path of Exile 2 have controller support?
Yes, full controller support on Steam, and a stream normally passes your pad to it. That is the better way to play. This layout is for a stream that does not see the controller.
Can I play Path of Exile 2 on an M1 Mac or a MacBook Air?
Yes, through a stream. Path of Exile 2 runs on the other end, on your own PC, so the Mac only plays the video and sends your input. An M1 MacBook Air streams it like any other Mac.
Does Path of Exile 2 run in CrossOver on a Mac?
I have not tested Path of Exile 2 in CrossOver. CodeWeavers keeps a compatibility list where players report how each Windows game runs. If it runs and the controller is not seen, this layout plays it from the keys and mouse.
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