Can You Connect a Gaming Mouse on Xbox Series X/S?
Xbox Series X/S is compatible with most wired and wireless mice but there is a small list of games that partially or fully supports keyboard and mouse on Xbox.
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How do you connect a mouse on Xbox?
Thanks to Xbox having a similar operating system as Windows it is pretty easy, you just connect the keyboard and mouse using the USB, and it will be recognized immediately by the console. Xbox series X/S is only compatible with wired devices and a keyboard and mouse that uses a 2.4 GHz dongle. It seems Bluetooth devices are not supported.
Your mouse will work almost the same as it was connected to a PC. Mouse acceleration might be an issue but in general, it is negligible. Mouse also doesn’t work with the Xbox UI, you will need to use a controller or your keyboard to navigate the Xbox UI menu.
What games support a keyboard and mouse on Xbox?
Though the Xbox is compatible with a mouse and keyboard, it doesn’t mean software support. Some popular games that are supported are the following:
- Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
- Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition
- Alan Wake 2
- Ark: Survival Evolved
- Atomic Heart
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Cities: Skylines
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Fortnite
- Forza Motorsport
- Halo Infinite
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Minecraft
And a few more Xbox games. To get a full list you can look at the list made by the Purebox website: https://www.purexbox.com/guides/all-xbox-games-with-mouse-and-keyboard-support
