SteelSeries Esports FPS Gaming Mouse – Ultra Lightweight 69g – Prime Edition – 5 Programmable Buttons – 18K CPI TrueMove Pro Sensor – Magnetic Optical Switches – Customization – RGB Lighting – PC/Mac
$34.89
Price: $34.89
(as of Nov 14, 2025 08:07:09 UTC – Details)
Every aspect of the Prime mouse was meticulously designed with a single goal in mind: victory. Co-developed with the world’s leading competitive players, the Prime mouse has a battle-tested shape, lightweight form factor, hyper durable design, textured matte finish, esports pro sensor performance, and on-board customization.
Esport Pro Design – developed in collaboration with over 100 pros for sustained comfort and agility in the most demanding levels of FPS gameplay.
Optical Magnetic Switches – A first in esports, next-gen technology provides faster click-response time with 5x more durability than the competition, lasting for 100 million crispy clicks
TrueMove Pro Sensor–Designed for the settings pros use, the TrueMove Pro sensor offers unrivaled precision and true 1-to-1 lift and tilt tracking with 18K CPI, 450 IPS and 50G
69g Lightweight Design -The ultimate performance at the ultimate weight, the streamlined build of the Prime enhances performance in FPS gameplay
Our Most Comfortable Mouse – specialized engineered shaped the Prime for right-handed Pro players, working with multiple grip styles, like finger, palm, and claw for ultimate comfort and feel-good performance
Customers say
Customers find this gaming mouse performs well for FPS games and appreciate its lightweight design and value for money. The click quality receives mixed feedback, with some praising the clicks while others note the scroll wheel click requires more force. Customers disagree on the functionality, with some reporting it only worked for two weeks. The feel, button design, and shape also receive mixed reviews, with some praising the tactile click and good shape while others find the side buttons awkward and the overall design flawed.
Ken –
My use case is very niche
I bought this primarily for my Mac Mini which had weird mouse lag in the Windows (remote desktop) app with my other gaming mice, which I permanently leave on high polling rates.This mouse indicates its polling rate with the light in its mouse wheel. So I just keep it on orange, which the Windows app on Mac can handle.Niche use case aside, I like this mouse. It’s small. Light. Minimal RGB (just in the wheel). I had apparently grown accustomed to using mice that my hands are too small for. This one fits like a glove.The only thing that I feel might put someone off is the clicky sound of the mouse buttons. The primary mouse buttons on this mouse are slightly louder and require ever so slightly more pressure than the Aerox MMO mouse that I use on my other primary machine.
Tyler –
Great quality and feel for the price
This has been a good replacement for the DeathAdder. I had a OG DeathAdder 3.5G for like 12 years before it broke. Following that, I went through four DeathAdders (Two higher end, and two essentials). I bought two SteelSeries: one for work, and one for my gaming PC. For a $20 mouse, I can’t be happier with the purchase. I got sick of spending a lot of money on mice. I also have their Arctis 5 headset, which has been awesome.
Javier Vazquez –
Review
Ive had this mouse for a few months now and I will say its probably one of the best mouses I have ever gotten, Its really light which helps me make fast movements while I play games and while I game its really comfortabl. The percision is amazing aswell as the scroll speed that you can adjust on their app. The clicks are very solid nice, although they arent super quiet its still very decent. The build quality is solid even if its made of plastic it does feel very sturdy. The design of this mice is amazing in my opinion since it has a down slope on the ride which feels a a little better than having a flat mouse. The size of it is very slightly larger than most mouses but its still good. If youre looking for something fast, precise, comfortable all in one, this is definitely it for you.
Krenzzler –
Kinda sorta close to a wireless EC-2 with amazing feeling optical switches
Pros:- Good sensor, feels accurate and responsive- INCREDIBLE feeling optical switches for 1 and 2!- USB Type-C charging port- Good battery life- Includes wireless adapter for the charging cable/dongle- Pretty good stock feet (with tiger ices already available)- Shape feels like a slightly less refined EC-2, but still alright- Coating is good, but I wish it were a a little smoother (I think it would get more grip that way)- Really solid feeling constructionCons:- Side buttons are tiny- Scroll wheel is kind of hard to press consistently (but still scrolls well)- Weight should go down at least 10g, I feel like ~70g would feel fantastic with this mouseThoughts:Have you ever really wanted to use a product because of a single really, really good feature it has? For me, it’s the optical switches on this mouse. No joke, these new optical switches feel so phenomenal, that I’m willing to put up with my gripes just to feel the clicks. Looking at their design on steelseries’ website, they look like they should maintain their click feel forever, but only time will tell on that. If you don’t know how they work, basically you press down on the button to actuate a spring that’s held in place by a neodymium magnet that snaps down and breaks the laser beam to register a click. They do really feel light, but snappy.The shape is very reminiscent of a Zowie EC-2, with the main difference being that the curves aren’t quite as defined. It’s not awful, but I think that those curves would have made a little bit of a better shape.The coating for the body is okay, but I think it would have been more grippy if it were a little more fine. I always feel a little worried that the mouse is going to slip out of my hand. It sort of has a dry feeling to it if that makes any sense. The surface is vastly better than their rubberized sides in my opinion.The side buttons are teeny tiny for no reason. They really should be at least twice the size and stick out a little more. I feel like I’m going out of my way to hit them compared to other mice. The scroll wheel also feels a little hard to consistently press, but I think it’s something that could be gotten used to.I think that with the combination of the slightly off EC-2 shape, dry feeling surface, and 80g weight, it can feel heavier than it is sometimes. I really think this mouse could have benefited greatly from being a little lighter. I imagine the wired versions feel pretty good, but I just love not slapping around a cable.Conclusion:Steelseries is finally moving in the right direction with their mice. They’ve always boasted about really gimmicky stuff as being some new revolutionary thing they’ve invented, but this time they’re on to something with their OM switches. If these can feel as good from click 1 to click 100 million as they claim, then the design absolutely needs to be copied by other brands. As they feel right now, I actually prefer these optical switches to any mechanical switch I’ve tried. If this changes, I’ll be sure to note approximately when they started to fade and under how much use. I don’t think I’d say that this can 100% be the wireless EC-2 you’re looking for, but it is a solid wireless ergo entry into the market.
Mallory S –
It’s perfect minus bluetooth connectivity for mobile devices. I’d pay extra to be able to use it with BT on my phone/steamdeck. However it’s still a good deal for a solid 2.4G mouse.Battery life is great, I charge it once a week & haven’t run out yet.The sensor is fantastic & doesn’t apply any mouse acceleration (make sure to disable it in your mouse settings & keep the mouse sensitivity slider at the default 6/11 for 1:1 accuracy). I use it primarily for Starcraft 2 / CS:2 and it works perfectly.This mouse clicks are LOUD, good to confirm whether you clicked but bad for anyone around you that’s trying to sleep/concentrate.
Well-known Extremist –
I’ve gone through a bunch of high-dollar mice in the last few years, and all of them have had the same problem — they start double-clicking when I single-click. I recently bought a “boutique” gaming mouse with gold-plated switches and space-age something or the other, and it also developed the same problem within 2-3 months. Needless to say, it doesn’t matter if your mouse is made out of Kevlar and platinum-iridium alloy, if it double-clicks when you want to single-click, that’s a deal-breaker.The problem seemed inherent to the tiny switches used in mice, so when I read about the magnetic-optical switches that SteelSeries had developed, I was intrigued. Their completely new switch design sounded promising and so I ordered one.When I received it, the first thing that struck me about this mouse was the exceptional build quality — which is not surprising, SteelSeries are known for this, but still, it’s so good that it needs a mention. The plastic is rigid and unbending, even when squeezed quite hard. (I can close the Captains of Crush #3 gripper, so adjust your impressions accordingly.) This is a very pleasant change from all the other supposedly high-end mice I have, the plastic on which flexes and creaks — audibly — with the slightest pressure.The plastic surface has a texture that is just right — it’s rough enough to be non-slip and fine enough to be pleasant to touch, unlike the industrial-strength gritty/knobby textures on some mice. As far as build quality is concerned, on a scale of one to ten, I’d say this one goes to eleven.One big positive is that I don’t need to install any software to use the mouse — the sensitivity can be set with a button on the underside. This is a hard requirement for me: I refuse to install software, especially a multi-megabyte piece of badly-programmed bloatware, just to use a mouse.The mouse’s tracking and accuracy are perfectly satisfactory, but that has been the case for all mice for quite some time now, so I won’t dwell on that.Another striking feature is that the buttons do sound and feel unlike any other mouse I’ve ever used. The click feels a great deal more solid and the sound is also much deeper and more pleasing than any other mouse I’ve used. This is not surprising, as the spiral spring used in the OM switches is orders of magnitude thicker and sturdier than the insubstantial leaf spring in all other mouse switches. Given the construction of the OM switches, I’m fairly confident that they will not develop the double-clicking problem in time. (If this changes I’ll update my review.)Yet another win is that the thumb switches are placed where I cannot accidentally click them. On other mice, this accidental clicking happens quite often, and I find myself going back or forward in whatever application I’m using, when I had no intention of doing so. Which is annoying, to say the least. I’d rather not have any extra switches at all, but at least with this mouse I can forget about them.So far, so perfect. Which brings me to the one thing that makes this mouse less than perfect for me. This is the fact that the mouse’s sensitivity indicator light is on top, built into the mouse wheel. I work in a dark environment and really dislike distracting pinpricks of light in my field of vision. If this indicator light had been anywhere else on the body of the mouse, I could have painted or taped over it. But it’s in the one place where I can’t do so. Ideally, the indicator light would be on the underside. So, perfection minus one point.One more thing that I would’ve liked to have (and I realise I’m in a very small minority here) is the ability to adjust the mouse’s weight. I type and mouse with a heavy hand, and I would prefer a mouse that weighs something like 400-500 grams. I am not pulling this number out of thin air — I’ve tried using the mouse with a 300-gram weight jerry-rigged on top, and I do prefer the handling. A top-loading compartment that I could pour the requisite amount of ball-bearings into, would be very welcome.
Wagner family –
It’s hard to get an idea of just how light this mouse is until you hold it. It’s going to take a little getting used to. The size and shape feel good in large hands, something that is hard to find in most mice these days. The cord is as flexible as a shoelace, so if you find that your current mouse cable catches on the side of the keyboard or monitor legs, this gives you more freedom of motion without it backing up in the mouses way.If you’re not into loads of macros and programmable buttons, the 4 it comes with and the scroll wheel should be plenty.A great mouse for a great price.
Christopher C.R. –
Amé este mouse, es muy cómodo, buen tamaño el peso es agradable, la luz muy bonita y una duración de batería muy decente aunque no lo he probado con la luz siempre apagada así que creo que podría ser incluso mejor, ya tengo 4 mice en total y este es el que más me gusta
SG –
minimalistic looking mouse. at first glance it doesn’t look like much. but the more I see it, the more it grows on me. completely opposite of how it feels… when I placed my right hand (yes, this is a mouse only for right-handers) on it for the first time, it feels like my hand was made to hold this mouse. my right hand is the glove which fit the prime wireless perfectly!Performance wise, it’s steelseries, you can rest assured of the awesome performance. It is the feel of the mouse which is very very subjective. I did not experience what some users were saying about having the butt of the mouse bite the skin of my palm but maybe it’s because my palm isn’t as big as theirs? Or maybe i’m not that flabby yet? who knows… for me, always buy Steelseries. the Rival 650 was a little too big for my palm so that was a mistake. but the Prime wireless fits my style very well – borderline claw and palm grip.I would advise everyone to take some basic measurements of the your current mouse so you have an idea of whether this mouse suits you or not.