SteelSeries Rival 3 Gaming Mouse

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Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Reddit IconFuggaDucker
7 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 IconNameWrong9552
12 months ago

I love steelseries prime's shape and sensor but it's skates are outdated. For Rival 3, I think that it's click and sensor latency are bad and skates are outdated on this gaming mouse too.

Reddit IconQuazz
11 months ago

Got a rival 3 wired to replace my old Logitech g pro wireless. A quarter the cost and I'd argue performance is on par. Only criticism so far is that the most 5 button kind of sucks.

Reddit Iconroomfordisease2
8 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 IconTyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret
10 months ago

Been using a Kone Air Pro for almost 2 years now and love it. They make a corded version you can buy on amazon from the manufacturer direct as well for less than 40 and on sale recently was 21.99 (turtle beach as they have dropped the Roccat line branding though they have always been the actual makers/owners). Logitech has wheel and button click issues these days and it drives many of us nuts. The G502 is abysmal for everyday use with the cord. and both wireless and corded suffer from the pointed left and right mouse pad clickers. Feels like cheap garbage and honestly has no reason to be like that at all imho. YMMV SteelSeries used to make some very affordable mid tier mice that were fairly competitive and had basic but functional software for tuning them. I owned the Rival 3, 1st gen and it was a good one until it died just 7mo into it. At the time it was a $99 dollar mouse. The new versions are redone but have not used them. They do a some theme branded stuff for high dollar, Diablo 4/ WoW etc. for 149.99 if you are into that stuff. Glorius Model D is as good and you can by them refurbished to new for 15.99 on amazon direct from manufacturer. Actually very good for FPS /Shooter games. Not as good as the Model O but for the price very hard to beat. Lots of other high end and boutique gaming mice but i am a bit frugal unless the product is just superior for durability/function many are also quite good. If you have a best-buy, or Micro center or similar place with mice on display to use and feel i suggest that, it can help a great deal. good luck Cheers!

Reddit IconVileDespiseAO
11 months ago

My thoughts as well. I'm actually astounded SteelSeries isn't anywhere to be seen. I've been using a $30 Rival 3 / 300 for ~7 years at this point and it has been the most rock solid mouse I've ever used. I've got a few friends who took my recommendation years ago as well and similarly none of them have had any problems with their mice. I suppose it's all subjective to a point at the end of the day, and I can't speak for or against their present day build quality either as I've never had to replace it.

Reddit IconYungWithNoSoul
10 months ago

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

Reddit Icon118shadow118
11 months ago

Same. Had a Rival 100 from 2016 to 2024 and now I'm using a Rival 3

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