Couch-ready PC gaming.
Just play.
Open Big Picture or any fullscreen game and Couchpit handles the chores: audio, power plan, notifications, background apps. Your gamepad drives Windows; the bridge makes non-Xbox pads work in Xbox-only games. Exit and your PC is yours again.
What Couchpit does
One coherent gaming session, applied when you press play, undone when you exit.
Gamepad as desktop control
Your controller drives Windows itself, with full cursor, click, scroll, and keyboard shortcuts. Two built-in layouts: a Classic one (left stick cursor, A click) and a Handheld-PC one that mirrors what Steam Deck and ROG Ally use in their Desktop modes (sticks swapped, mouse on the triggers). Both fully remappable, per game. Hold Back as a shortcut modifier for Task Manager, on-screen keyboard, alt-tab, media, volume, screenshot. The full desktop, from the couch, no keyboard on your lap.
Make Xbox-only games read your controller
Games that only recognize Xbox controllers can read your DualSense, DualShock, Switch Pro, Joy-Con, NSO classic, Steam Controller 2, or your 8BitDo / GameSir pad. USB cable, Bluetooth, or the controller's own wireless dongle, all three work the same. Particularly useful for Game Pass: pads that don't work through Steam, or games that aren't on Steam at all, work cleanly without extra setup.
Map buttons for games without gamepad support
Older titles that only read keyboard get your controller buttons mapped to keys per-game. Couchpit remembers the binding per title and applies it automatically on launch.
Toggle overlays from the couch
A button combo on the gamepad turns on RivaTuner, MSI Afterburner, or any other performance overlay that responds to a keyboard shortcut. Check FPS and temperature mid-game without pausing or alt-tabbing.
One PC, two lives
Couchpit applies a gaming profile on session start and undoes it on exit. Your daily workspace is back where you left it the next morning. The PC you work on Monday at 9 is the PC you used to game on Sunday night, untouched.
Steady audio, no sleep dropouts
Audio switches to your TV, soundbar or receiver on session start. On setups where the audio link goes to sleep between menu and gameplay, Couchpit quietly keeps it awake so you don't lose the first second of music or cinematics.
Display and power
Resolution, monitor layout, power plan and Game Mode flip to your gaming preset on entry, back to desktop preset on exit. Drop unused monitors during gaming and restore them automatically.
Fewer interruptions
Discord, OneDrive, Chrome, Dropbox, Windows Search and 50+ other defaults are paused while you play. Notifications, banners, Xbox Game Bar pop-ups and Windows Update interruptions stay quiet too. Everything wakes up in the same state when you exit.
Stays awake
Prevents display sleep, system sleep and the screensaver during a session, so an idle menu doesn't kick you to the lock screen. The mouse cursor hides automatically when a fullscreen game is in focus.
Big Picture polish
Auto-launches Big Picture on boot if you want. A window-fit guard keeps borderless windows from spilling over screen edges. A focus guard fixes the "Big Picture stole focus when the game opened behind it" annoyance. Or go all the way: optionally unload the Windows desktop entirely and use Big Picture as your only interface, similar to Xbox Full Screen Experience.
Automation hooks
Run any script when key things happen: a session starts, ends, the PC wakes up, a game takes focus, Big Picture opens or closes. Auto-launch OBS on stream start, send yourself a notification when a game ends, or anything else you would normally do by hand.
Countdown timer
Set a timer that ends in sleep, shutdown, or a custom action. Leave Steam downloading overnight and shut down after. Or keep the screen on until 16:00 during a workday and let the PC sleep on its own when you finish. Tray icon shows remaining time at a glance.
Who Couchpit is for
If you have ever sighed at the thought of starting a gaming session on a Windows PC, Couchpit was built for you.
The couch PC gamer
Your tower or gaming laptop is hooked up to the TV (or you wish it were) and you want to stop wrestling with Windows every time you sit down. Whether you came from a Steam Deck or your living-room rig has always been your main machine, the goal is the same: press play, Couchpit handles the chores.
The console switcher
You came from PlayStation or Xbox and the PC gives you more horsepower than you ever had. But the friction of getting into a game kills the impulse to play. You miss the days of pressing one button and being in the game. Couchpit gets you closer to that: press play, less to manage.
The accessibility-first player
If a keyboard is awkward for you, gamepad-as-desktop is not a novelty, it is how you use Windows. Full cursor, click, drag, shortcuts from any controller, configurable per-game.
Silent and honest
Couchpit is a thin, focused helper. It sits between you and Windows while you play. Nothing more.
About Couchpit
Built by Gameeze, an independent software studio focused on the gaming experience around your PC, not just on it.
How we ship Couchpit
Built for Windows 10 and 11. One-time purchase on Steam: install once, Steam keeps it updated, reinstall on any PC where you sign in. No installer files to track, no license keys, no version-check websites. No subscription, no upsell tiers. The full feature set is what you see on this page, on day one.
Localised on day one
14 languages, switchable live without restart. The app adapts to your OS language out of the box. We treat localisation as a baseline, not a marketing add-on.
Direct support
Email support@gameeze.net for bugs, feature requests, or feedback. The address routes to a human at the studio, not a ticket black hole.
Frequently asked
Is Couchpit a game launcher?
No. Couchpit does not manage your library. Steam already does that. Couchpit helps during the gaming session, the moment you press play until you close the game.
How do I get updates? What about a new PC?
Steam handles it. Buy Couchpit once and it stays updated automatically. Reinstall on any PC where you sign in to Steam, one click, always the latest version. No installer files to track, no license keys buried in old emails, no "check for updates" buttons. The same low-friction workflow Steam uses for everything else in your library.
Does it work without Steam running?
Yes. Steam integration is optional and can be turned off. Big Picture obviously needs Steam, but Couchpit also detects any fullscreen game on its own, whether it comes from Epic, GOG, itch.io, Xbox / Game Pass, or anything else you have installed. The Games tab finds them all automatically.
Can I use Couchpit without a gamepad?
Yes. Audio routing, power plan, display profiles, background-app suspension, notification blocking, timers and automation all work without a controller. The gamepad-as-desktop layer and the controller bridge are obviously gamepad features, but the rest of the app is fully useful with mouse and keyboard.
Will anti-cheat flag it?
Couchpit doesn't change your games, doesn't run code inside them, and doesn't hook into how they draw. Any notifications or toasts Couchpit shows are regular Windows windows that float over your screen, not in-game overlays that anti-cheats watch for. A built-in safety switch also automatically pauses the gamepad-as-desktop and controller bridge features when a known anti-cheat is running (Vanguard, BattlEye, EasyAntiCheat, FACEIT). One optional feature ("hide physical controller") installs a low-level driver; some of the strictest anti-cheats can refuse to start with it active, so that driver is opt-in and the bridge can be turned off per game.
My controller is not an Xbox controller. Will games work?
Yes. Couchpit's controller bridge makes your DualSense, DualShock, Switch Pro, Joy-Con, NSO classics, Steam Controller 2, plus 8BitDo / GameSir and other gamepads appear to games as if they were an Xbox controller. So games that only recognize Xbox pads will read them like any Xbox one. For Steam games, Steam keeps working as it normally does; the bridge focuses on the games Steam doesn't reach.
Will Couchpit nag me with admin prompts every time?
No. Couchpit asks for admin permission once on install, then launches silently in the background from that point on. The features that need admin rights are available after the first run, no admin prompt every time you start the app.
What happens if it crashes mid-session?
Every change Couchpit makes is recorded before it's applied. If the app crashes or Windows kills it, the next launch puts everything back the way it was.
I have a Steam Deck. Do I need this?
On the Deck itself, no. SteamOS is already built for the couch. Couchpit is for the Windows machines you also own (a desktop, a gaming laptop) where you want a similar low-friction session.
Ready to play, not prep?
Couchpit launches on Steam at $8.99 with a 25% off launch-week discount. Windows 10 and 11. One-time purchase. No subscription. No tracking. 14 languages.