Titan Quest on a Mac with a controller
The Titan Quest 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, or from GeForce NOW, which lists the Steam Anniversary Edition (checked September 2026). The stream normally passes a controller to the game's own scheme. This layout is for streams that do not see the pad.
Yes, Titan Quest plays on a Mac with a controller, through GeForce NOW, which lists the Anniversary Edition, or a stream from a Windows PC. The Anniversary Edition has gamepad support from the console port, so use it when the stream passes your pad. This layout is the mouse way, the same as Grim Dawn's, because it is the same engine underneath.
On this page: 9 sections
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Cursor. The left stick moves the cursor at speed 16.
- Click. The right trigger moves and uses the core skill (left click), the left trigger the secondary skill (right click).
- Face buttons. Evade on the bottom (Space), potion on the right (Q), skill 3 on the left (E), skill 4 on the top (R).
- Skill slots. Slots 1 to 4 on the D-pad.
- Panels. Inventory on the left bumper (I), character on the right (C), the map on Back (Tab), menu on Start (Escape).
Attack on a trigger and four skills on the D-pad, as a mouse player would expect.
Tune it
- Health and energy. Set two face buttons' outputs to the game's health and energy potion keys.
- A slow pointer for the inventory. Duplicate the four left-stick rows, set While also holding to a spare button on the copies, and give them half the speed.
Two potion keys are the change to make first.
If the game sees the pad
A stream normally passes your controller to the game's own scheme. Try that first with the preset off. Press Activate only if the game ignores the pad. With both running, every press does two things.
Titan Quest's pad mode comes first over a stream, and the layout is for when the stream misses the pad.
Titan Quest controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists partial controller support for Titan Quest: it plays on a controller, but some parts, such as a launcher, text entry or a menu, still expect a keyboard or a mouse. This layout sends keys and mouse movement from the pad, which can cover the parts the game's own support leaves out. With partial support, a layout fills the gaps the game leaves.
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 Titan Quest
When Titan Quest 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.
- Press a button after the stream has started. A stream only picks up a controller that is paired with the Mac, and a browser shows a controller to a page only after a button press. Start Titan Quest, then press any button. Streaming from your own PC has its own checks, in how to stream PC games to a Mac with a controller.
- Play it from keys. If Titan Quest still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls Titan Quest 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 Titan Quest 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 Titan Quest 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.
Titan Quest controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is Titan Quest'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 | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Cursor left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Cursor right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Cursor up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Cursor down |
| Right trigger | Left click | Move / core skill (left click) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Secondary skill (right click) |
| A / Cross | Space | Evade |
| B / Circle | Q | Potion (Q) |
| X / Square | E | Skill 3 (E) |
| Y / Triangle | R | Skill 4 (R) |
| D-pad up | 1 | Skill slot 1 |
| D-pad left | 2 | Skill slot 2 |
| D-pad right | 3 | Skill slot 3 |
| D-pad down | 4 | Skill slot 4 |
| LB / L1 | I | Inventory (I) |
| RB / R1 | C | Character (C) |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Map (Tab) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Menu (Esc) |
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 Titan Quest run on a Mac?
Titan Quest does not run natively on a Mac. GeForce NOW lists the Anniversary Edition, and a Windows PC you own can stream it. This layout covers a stream that does not see the pad.
Does Titan Quest have controller support?
Partly. Steam lists partial controller support for Titan Quest: it plays on a controller, but some screens still expect a keyboard or mouse.
Is Titan Quest better with a controller or a keyboard?
A controller works for most of it. Steam lists partial controller support for Titan Quest, so some screens still expect a keyboard or a mouse, and a layout like this one can put those on the pad.
Why is my controller not working in Titan Quest on a Mac?
First check the Mac itself sees the controller, with the gamepad tester. If it does and Titan Quest still ignores it, activate the Titan Quest layout in InputConfig, which sends the game's keyboard and mouse controls from the controller.
Can I play Titan Quest on an M1 Mac or a MacBook Air?
Yes, through a stream. Titan Quest runs on the other end, on a cloud service or your own PC, so the Mac only plays the video and sends your input. An M1 MacBook Air streams it like any other Mac.
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