SteelSeries Rival 3 Gaming Mouse - 8500 CPI TrueMove Core Optical Sensor for Precision Performance

Ryan: I've owned the Orochi V2, SS 650 wireless, G305, and others. This is the only mouse I will ever buy. Perfect size perfect weight. Uses replaceable batteries which is a must imo. Sensor is unnoticeable accuracy difference compared to $120+ mice I have owned. Switches don't die in 3 months like the Orochi. No double click or connection issues like the G305. SS did it rite with this one.

United States on Oct 05, 2023

Xavier Storey: Me and my girlfriend love this mouse as her mads are a bit tiny and mine are bigger. I like to grip the mouse most of the time and it just a little too small but in general it's still very comfortable.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Brian: Pretty great mouse! It is so close to being a good feel & size for me. I was looking for a replacement for my Razer Abyssus Essential but this isn't quite it. This mouse is smaller than the Steelseries Sensei 310 & Sensei Ten, but it is still too long and heavy for me. This Rival 3 seems like it is made for claw users, who have more of the palm on the mouse and grab it a bit farther towards the buttons. Where I naturally grabbed this mouse was on the edge of the sides, where it transitions from thinner to thicker sections, which was not good for moving the mouse as the balance was off. I don't recommend this mouse for fingertip users, but for palm and especially claw users, this mouse deserves a try :) I would improve the buttons, as just like the Sensei 310 & Sensei Ten, they feel cheaper than Razer's mouse buttons at least and feel like they will wear out in 2 years. The scroll wheel also is somewhat slippery and sticks between notches every now and then.

United States on Sep 18, 2023

J Schmee: I have the entire Steel Series suite... led mouse pad, Arctic 7 speakers, Nova wireless headphones.

The gear is awesome. The mice, however, have been hit and miss.

The PRIME mouse for example, was amazing until it wasn't. It bricked from a firmware update and Steel Series support was completely useless on the matter. No live chat... just a stream of emails asking if I tried turning it on/off, reinstalling etc. The issue could not be resolved -which sucks- because: i) the Prime was primo dinero $$$ and ii) SS chose not time fix the issue and instead dedicated resources to building a new Diablo mouse.

Suffice to say, I was hesitant to replace the Prime with another SS product but chose the RIVAL 5 (wired) since all my suite is SS.

The Rival 5 is a great mouse. It is ergonomic, has good balance, it lights up nicely and the clicks are sharp.

The ONLY issue I have with the Rival 5 is a glaring design flaw.

That the silver 'trigger' button for the thumb... is COMPLETELY out of reach unless you have alien long fingers (which 90% of us don't have) which renders said button COMPLETELY useless.

I had read the other complaints about this issue...

Canada on Sep 16, 2023

ISRAEL MURILLO: la comodidad y no me gust el color que sale del mouse le falta mas calidad

Mexico on Aug 27, 2023

JasonJason: I am new to PC gaming. Already had the steel series, keyboard and pro headset. I was using a wired razor mouse. There was something about it. I didn't like the wire but I didn't know the other things that were wrong with it until I used this mouse today. The steel series wireless mouse has a much different feel to it. It has a little bit of weight which I'm now figuring out I needed. It also has this metallic feel and it just feels very sure of itself. It feels like a professional mouse which is how the keyboard feels. And the headset for that matter. But I had no idea this mouse would improve things for me so much. Like I said, it's a mixture of how it feels the way it fits in your hand. The weight behind it makes me understand how much I'm moving the mouse versus something with no weight. I'm in love with this mouse and my other steel series stuff. I will stick with this company as long as they keep making stuff like this. I didn't know how much my other mouse was. Annoying me but this thing feels right at home.

United States on Aug 27, 2023

Mark: I'm not getting nearly the advertised battery life. I keep it on a short sleep timer, but do use the 2.4GHz connection which is more power intensive than Bluetooth, but "400+ hour battery life" is an outright lie, I go a couple weeks between battery changes with 2 standard amazon basics rechargeable AAA batteries. I just keep an extra pair next to me to swap out when I need them in case it happens mid game or something. I wish there was a low battery warning of some kind like the light turning red or something, because it sucks when the mouse dies in the middle of a game with no warning. Its a good battery life compared to other mice I've used, just not anywhere near what's claimed.

Besides that, good mouse. Responsive (I only use 2.4GHz connection, can't speak much to its Bluetooth responsiveness), accurate, has nice settings if you have the SteelSeries GG software, and its pretty mid as far as comfort, not great, not bad. Good weight too.

United States on Aug 05, 2023

Julien NEGRE: Bonne prise en main, bouton sur les côtés facilement accessibles, clics agréables, capteur précis.
Le logiciel steelseries permet une personnalisation de tous les boutons, de la sensibilité, de la fréquence, de l'accélération et des couleurs sur 3 zones.

France on Jul 27, 2023

Dujardin Magalie: Dommage d'avoir dû la renvoyer pour un échange, il fallait débrancher et rebrancher le dongle à chaque allumage du pc. L'échange s'est très bien passé et l'actuelle fonctionne très bien et sans soucis

France on Mar 03, 2023

Pedro J.: Buen día. Este es el primer mouse gamer que tengo y definitivamente recomiendo muchísimo este mouse tan versátil, ya que lo uso para jugar TPS (Third-Person-Shooters) como: Rogue Company, así como FPS (First-Person Shooters) como: Splitgate y también para RPG's de acción tal como: Genshin Impact y es una maravilla las opciones de configuración que te ofrece Steel Series para adecuar las funciones de los botones para cada juego y así realizar distintas acciones.

PROS:

Su Software (SteelSeries GG "Engine"), permite crear y guardar perfiles para cada juego y una vez se crean estos basta con abrir el software para elegir 1 y aplicarlo al juego que se desee, sin necesidad de estar configurándolos y guardándolos una y otra vez.

*Todos sus botones son configurables, incluso el de CPI, permitiendo así pasar las funciones de los botones del teclado a los botones del mouse de nuestra preferencia.

*Se pueden ajustar los CPI (Cantidad por Pulgada) desde los 100 hasta 18,000. Lo cual es estupendo dependiendo de la sensibilidad que más le guste al jugador.

*El sensor es muy preciso y en verdad se nota a la hora de jugar.
*Los botones se sienten...

Mexico on Jan 17, 2023