Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on a Mac with a controller
The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 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: Steam lists it for Windows only, and the App Store edition lists iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, not the Mac. Xbox Cloud Gaming carries it in the US and reads a controller directly.
Yes, The Lost Crown plays on a Mac with a controller, as a stream. There is no Mac version: Steam sells it for Windows, and the App Store build runs on iPhone and iPad, not the Mac. Xbox Cloud Gaming carries it and reads your controller itself, and a stream from a Windows PC usually passes the pad too. When one does not, this layout plays the keyboard game.
On this page: 9 sections
- The layout, control by control
- How the layout thinks
- Tune it
- If the stream passes your controller
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown controller support: controller or keyboard
- If your controller is not working in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Get it in two clicks
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown controls: every button and the key it sends
- Questions
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Move. The left stick moves. Up aims and climbs, down crouches and aims down. The D-pad moves the camera or aim with the arrow keys.
- Fight. Melee (left click) is the left face button, the bow (right click) the top, and jump the bottom. The right bumper dashes (Shift).
- Defend and surge. Hold the left trigger to parry (Left Ctrl). Hold the right trigger with attack for an Athra surge (G).
- Powers. The right face button is the Dimensional Claw (F), the left stick click Clairvoyance (C), and the right stick click Shadow of the Simurgh (B). The Home button is the Memory Shard (V).
- Heal and menus. The left bumper drinks a potion (Q). The map (Tab) is on Create and the pause menu on Options.
Parry is a held trigger, so it is always one finger away in a fight.
Tune it
- Amulets. Put their menu key on a chord.
- Memory Shard elsewhere. If the Home button feels risky, press Scan on that row and move it to the touchpad press.
Move the Memory Shard off Home if you ever hold it too long.
If the stream passes your controller
Xbox Cloud Gaming reads your pad directly, and then the game's own scheme is the one to use. Keep this preset off while the game has the pad, or every press lands twice. Jump once with the preset off, and if Sargon jumps, play on the game's scheme.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists full controller support for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, 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. On a Mac, use the game's own controller support first when it sees your pad; this layout is for a pad it does not see, or for buttons it will not let you move. Full support listed means the controller is a first-class way to play Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
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 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
When Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown does not react to your controller on a Mac, climb this ladder, smallest step first:
- 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.
- Play it from keys. If Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 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 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown ever sees the controller.
Get it in two clicks
- Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 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.
To check the controller itself first, the gamepad tester shows every button and stick live in your browser.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown'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 |
| Left stick right | D | Move right, D |
| Left stick up | W | Aim up or climb, W |
| Left stick down | S | Crouch or aim down, S |
| X / Square | Left click | Melee attack, left click |
| Y / Triangle | Right click | Bow, ranged attack, right click |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump, Space |
| RB / R1 | Shift (Left) | Dash, dodge, Shift |
| Left trigger | Ctrl (Left) | Parry, block, Left Ctrl |
| Right trigger | G | Athra surge, hold with attack, G |
| LB / L1 | Q | Consume potion, heal, Q |
| B / Circle | F | Dimensional Claw power, F |
| L3 (left stick click) | C | Clairvoyance, C |
| Home / PS / Guide | V | Memory Shard, V |
| R3 (right stick click) | B | Shadow of the Simurgh, B |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Open map, Tab |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause menu, Esc |
| D-pad right | Right | Camera or aim right, Right |
| D-pad left | Left | Camera or aim left, Left |
| D-pad up | Up | Camera or aim up, Up |
| D-pad down | Down | Camera or aim down, Down |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Questions
Does Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on Mac support controllers?
There is no Mac version. Xbox Cloud Gaming streams it and reads your controller directly, and this layout is for a PC stream that does not see the pad.
Does Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown have controller support?
Yes. Steam lists full controller support for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, so every part of the game can be played on a controller.
Is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown better with a controller or a keyboard?
Both work. Steam lists full controller support for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, so it was made to be played on a controller, and a keyboard and mouse work as well.
Why is my controller not working in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on a Mac?
First check the Mac itself sees the controller, with the gamepad tester. If it does and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown still ignores it, activate the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown layout in InputConfig, which sends the game's keyboard and mouse controls from the controller.
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