SteelSeries

Rival 3 Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries Rival 3 Gaming Mouse

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Sentiment score62% positive
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Last updated: Jul 6, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit IconFuggaDucker
9 months ago

SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen2 is what I use for gaming. It is symmetrical and very high resolution. Don't install the mouse software. It wont do anything but slow your machine down and enable controlling the rgb colors. This is true for all mice (and kb).

Reddit Icon_Phox
6 months ago

I use a steel series rival 3 wired, had it for 4 years no problem, nice and light. Had a Razer DeathAdder Chroma wired for 6 years before. My friend likes heavy mice for some reason. Don't think it really matters what you get. Getting a comfortable sensitivity is what matters.

Reddit Iconroomfordisease2
10 months ago

Was one of the first mice i ever bought the steelseries rival 3 wired a long time ago unfortunately clicking issues started and i had to bin it after nearly 2 years currently using the atk u2 plus chinese clone of the zowie u2 and its amazing

Reddit IconYungWithNoSoul
12 months ago

9k hours, got a wired steelseries rival 3 gen 2. It has 1.35ms response and its freakin fast

Reddit IconAqueor
3 months ago

I am just using my steelseries rival 3 that I already had. The drivers are a bit jank on the mac. I could only change things after plugging the dongle. It works fine tho

3 months ago

Funnily, this mouse shows up the battery status in the widgets while my magic mouse 1 does not.

Reddit Iconbonbonvxx
3 months ago

Steel series rival 3 has worked well for me but I’m sure someone will have something better, the difference from a cheap mouse to an expensive one is truly noticeable though

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