If your character walks on their own or the camera turns while your thumbs are off the sticks, you probably have stick drift. I built stickdriftest.com because checking that properly used to mean either buying extra hardware or guessing. This is a free controller stick drift test that runs in your browser.
What stick drift actually is
Unwanted joystick input when you are not touching the stick. The resting check measures what the browser sees while your hands are completely off the controller, so you get the baseline instead of a strong opinion.
How to run the test
- Connect your controller with a data capable USB cable or supported Bluetooth.
- Open stickdriftest.com in a current desktop browser.
- Press a controller button so the browser can see the device, then check the connection.
- Start the live view, move each stick to the edges and let go.
- Start the resting check. There is a 3 second countdown, then hands off the sticks for 10 seconds.
After the run you get a time weighted mean offset, peak offset and average X and Y bias. Diagonal reach and axis extents are reported separately for the stick range check. Your readings stay on your device, and you can download them as JSON or a PNG for comparison later.
Before you change anything
Games, drivers and controller firmware all apply their own deadzones. A small resting offset is normal and it may behave perfectly fine in every game you play. The calibration preview on the site only shifts values on screen, it never writes to your controller, your games or the raw measurement. Treat it as a what if tool, not a repair.
Controller specific pages
- PS5 and DualSense
- Xbox
- PS4 and DualShock 4
- Button and trigger test
- Controller not detected? Start here.
Honest limits
This gamepad tester measures browser visible input. It cannot diagnose a hardware fault or guarantee how a controller behaves inside a specific game. Support varies with controller, OS and browser, so an undetected device does not mean broken hardware, it means the browser did not get a reading.
If you want the background on deadzones before touching settings, read the deadzone guide and the FAQ. Repeat the resting check a few times before buying anything or opening the controller. If the offset is stable across runs, that is information. What you do with it is your call.
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