Turn your Windows PC into a game console with one click: focus the TV, turn off the other screens, switch the audio and launch your game UI. Quit the game and your desk comes back on its own.
Get 1.5.0, the latest stable version:
ConsoleMode-Setup-x64.exe(recommended): per-user install, no admin, updates itself.ConsoleMode-Portable-x64.exe: a single exe that keeps its data next to it.
On 1.4.0? The app offers the update. If it fails with a timeout, download the installer once; your settings are kept.
Windows 10 or 11, plus Steam (Big Picture), Playnite or the Xbox app. RTSS is optional, for the FPS limit.
- Open the app and pick the screen you play on. The others turn off.
- Press Play now, or use the one-click desktop shortcut. The first time on a new screen, the TV asks "Can you see this screen?" and reverts on its own if nobody answers.
- Quit Big Picture or Playnite and everything goes back: screens, audio, resolution.
Prefer the couch? With the app in the tray, hold the controller's Home button and it starts from there.
| Controller shortcut | Does |
|---|---|
| Hold Home (Xbox / PS) | Enter console mode from the tray |
| Hold Select + Y (Create + △) | Menu over the game: volume, resolution, audio, FPS, HDR, exit |
| Hold Start + Select (Options + Create) | Back to the PC |
- Hide the other screens by disconnecting them, black overlays or DDC/CI
- Per-screen resolution and refresh rate, HDR, VRR and an FPS limit (RTSS) while you play
- Audio goes to the TV (or any output) and comes back afterwards
- Launches Steam Big Picture, Playnite fullscreen or Xbox mode
- Two interfaces: Desktop (mouse) and Console (full screen, Xbox and PlayStation pads)
- Automation with
consolemode://start/stop/menulinks (Stream Deck, scripts) and a local control API - English, Portuguese and Spanish
- Console interface: full-screen home and Settings made for the controller, with Xbox and PlayStation pads
- Select + Y menu over the game: volume, resolution, audio, FPS, HDR and the way out, in horizontal tiles
- Couch shortcuts that also work with DualSense and DualShock 4, no Steam Input needed
- Automation:
consolemode://links,--stopand a local control API - Controller test in Settings, feedback button, Spanish interface, and updates that install from the couch
All the details in the release notes and the changelog · notas em português.
Next: FPS overlay (#66), record the last 30 s (#77), desktop icon positions (#30) · Later: per-game profiles (#69), winget (#13), more languages (#14) · Exploring: HDMI-CEC (#75), Linux and macOS (#74), and more.
- Guide: modes and restore, control API, HDR/VRR/FPS, troubleshooting, building from source
- Feedback: the button next to Settings in the app, or this form. A ⭐ helps other couch gamers find the project.
- Antivirus may flag the bundled helper tools; the source is all here.
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