Now that Spider-Man PC has launched, it’s time to jump into Insomniac’s hugely popular Spidey game on your computer of choice (or perhaps you’ve even got it on a Steam Deck).
Whether you like playing with a controller or prefer to embrace the traditional PC experience with a mouse and keyboard, there are plenty of controls you’ll need to master if you want to succeed in Spidey’s many battles and explore New York to its fullest.
Without further ado, then, let’s run through the Spider-Man PC controls. We’ll start with the button mapping for controllers, before moving onto the mouse and keyboard way. Check it out!
Spider-Man PC controls for gamepad or Steam Deck
If you’re playing the Spider-Man PC port with a controller or the Steam Deck’s built-in buttons, these are the default button mappings that you’ll want to be aware of:
- Move: Left analogue stick
- Look around: Right analogue stick
- Show objective: Press down on right analogue stick
- Heal: Down on the D-pad
- Aim: Left trigger
- Swing/Sprint: Right trigger
- Perch/dive: Press down on left analogue stick
- Shoot gadget: Tap right bumper
- Change gadget: Hold right bumper
- Equip camera: Up on the D-pad
- Pause: Menu button
- See map: ‘Change view’ button
- Web Strike: Y (Triangle on a PlayStation controller)
- Dodge: B (Circle on a PlayStation controller)
- Jump/Web Zip: A (X on a PlayStation controller)
- Attack: X (Square on a PlayStation controller)
- Finisher: A and B together (X and Circle on PlayStation)
- Activate suit power: Press left and right stick together
- Yank and throw: Left bumper and right bumper together
- Photo mode: Find in the pause menu
Keep on reading and we’ll get into the mouse and keyboard side of things!
Spider-Man PC controllers for mouse and keyboard
- Move: WASD keys
- Look around: Mouse
- Show objective: V
- Heal: 1
- Aim: Right click
- Swing/Sprint: L-Shift
- Perch/dive: X
- Shoot gadget: E
- Change gadget: Middle mouse button (scroll the wheel)
- Equip camera: R
- Pause: Space bar
- See map: Tab
- Web Strike: F
- Dodge: Double tap any WASD direction
- Jump/Web Zip: Space bar
- Attack: Left click
- Finisher: 2
- Activate suit power: 3
- Yank and throw: Q
- Photo mode shortcut: P
In the pause menu, you’ll also find the option in your settings to tinker with the X and Y axis of your mouse, if you prefer them to be inverted or perhaps more sensitive.
And that’s not to mention all the graphics options you have! There are loads of them in the settings menu, so have a play about until you get the game looking as nice as possible.
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