Game Center · Free + Pro
The right profile, automatically.
Your games as a library grid. OmniControl switches to the matching profile the moment a game takes focus, and back again when you leave.
Finds your games
- Automatic game detection
- Steam and Epic library scanning
- Manual game addition
- Favourites
On launch
- Loads the game's profile automatically
- Starts emulation
- Opens the overlay
- Launches games directly
On exit
- Restores the previous profile
- Stops emulation
The limits are listed under Limitations.
In depth
Why use it
Different games want different things from a controller. A racing game needs one stick curve, a shooter needs another, and a game that only accepts Xbox input needs emulation running. Managing that by hand means opening OmniControl before every session and picking the correct profile from memory. Automatic game detection removes that step. It watches for a known game to launch and applies the matching configuration for you.
This helps anyone who plays more than one game seriously. Instead of a single compromise setup, you build a tuned profile per title and let Game Center apply the right one every time.
Use cases
- Keep a shooter profile with your aim curve and Xbox 360 emulation, and a separate racing profile with a linear steering curve. Game automation swaps between them as you open each title.
- Add a game that only accepts controller input, link it to a profile that runs emulation, and have the virtual pad start automatically on launch.
- Mark your most-played titles as favourites so they sit at the top of the grid.
- Let OmniControl open the overlay only for the games you stream, driven by each game's profile.
- Add a game outside Steam or Epic manually, then treat it exactly like a scanned title with its own profile and automation.
Supported devices and compatibility
Game Center works with every controller OmniControl supports over USB or Bluetooth: Sony DualSense, DualSense Edge, DualShock 4, and DualShock 3; Microsoft Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Xbox Elite Series 2; the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller; and generic HID gamepads. The profile a game loads can target any of them.
Automation that starts Emulation presents your controller to the game as a virtual Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through the ViGEmBus driver, installed with OmniControl. DualSense extras such as adaptive triggers, gyro, touchpad, and lightbar are only available over USB, so a profile that relies on them should assume a wired connection. OmniControl runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.
Limitations
The library and manual adding are free, but automatic per-game switching, starting emulation on launch, and launching games directly are all part of Game automation, which is Pro. Detection covers Steam and Epic library scanning plus games you add by hand; a title OmniControl does not know about will not trigger automation until you add it. Because the launch action can start emulation, a game that rejects virtual controllers will still reject it here.
Tips and best practices
Build the profile first, then link it. Set up a game's remaps, stick and trigger feel, and emulation output in Profiles, confirm it plays the way you want, and only then let Game automation apply it on launch.
Give each game its own profile rather than reusing one across several titles. Because Game automation restores your previous profile on exit, a clean one-to-one setup means every game gets exactly the configuration you tuned for it and nothing bleeds between sessions.
Keep favourites trimmed to the games you actually play often, and recheck automation after adding a new title so its profile is linked before you launch.
OmniControl contains no anti-cheat evasion. Emulation presents a genuine virtual device through ViGEmBus, but that does not exempt any title's rules. The pack catalog includes keyboard-and-mouse packs for online first-person shooters, and a publisher can penalise your account for playing that way. That risk sits with you as the player, so check a game's rules before you play. If a game blocks virtual controllers, that behaviour is expected and OmniControl does not bypass it.
Works with the rest of OmniControl
Game Center is the layer that ties the platform together. It applies your per-game profiles, starts Emulation when a game needs a virtual pad, and can open the Overlay for the titles you stream. The remaps it loads come from Remapping. For the full walkthrough, read the profiles and game automation guide, and see Pricing for what Game automation unlocks.