Once Human Controls

Once Human supports keyboard and mouse, Xbox controllers, PlayStation controllers (including DualSense features on PS5), and a mobile touch layer. This page is the mental model, not a dump of every rebindable row. Open Settings on your client and search the names below. Pair it with the console guide if you just switched from Steam.

Keyboard and mouse (PC)

Defaults you will actually use:

• WASD move, mouse look, LMB fire, RMB aim, R reload, Space jump, C or Ctrl crouch (confirm on your patch — Starry has shuffled crouch).
• Tab inventory, M map, Esc pause.
• F3 Shop Events (codes live here once unlocked — how to redeem).
• Q / E or a dedicated key for Deviant / Cradle summon. Find this on day one. A Gel you cannot spawn is a brick.
• Build key opens construction. Hold / tap variants exist for place versus dismantle.
• Wish Machine: F wish, G blueprint shop on many PC builds — the Wish Machine page explains why both exist.

Rebind ADS if you came from a hold-to-aim shooter. Bows on Bounce want a draw bind you can hold without cramping.

First-person toggle

First-person shipped with the 25 August 2026 console launch and is live on PC/mobile too. Put it on a spare mouse button or a d-pad slot. Test in the Territory Core: weapon sway, building pieces, and interact prompts all change. Do not discover this in a Prime War revive.

PlayStation 5 (DualSense)

• Options pause, touchpad often map/inventory depending on the preset.
• L2 aim, R2 fire. Adaptive triggers add bow draw weight and some gun resistance — flavour, not extra damage.
• Haptics distinguish terrain. If it distracts, lower haptics in system or in-game accessibility; your Shrapnel numbers will not notice.
• Find Redeem Code under Settings → Account, and Shop on the pause menu.

Xbox Series

Same layout language as other third-person shooters: LT/RT aim/fire, Menu pause, View map/inventory on many presets. Game Pass cosmetics do not add binds. Cross-play means you will fight mouse players; raise look sensitivity until peeks in PvP feel possible, then stop raising it into jitter.

Mobile

Two virtual sticks, a fire button, a sprint, and a maze of plus-icons. HUD edit exists — enlarge fire and interact, hide vanity buttons, put Cradle on the right thumb. Redeem Code is at the bottom of Settings. Building on a phone is how people learn to love a Bluetooth controller.

Build camera and utility modes

2026 building updates added modes that hide pipes, batch-upgrade structures, and isolate wiring. Switch to utility management when a machine is dark instead of dismantling the kitchen. Details in base building. On controller, the build radial is easy to mis-tap into dismantle — enable confirm-on-destroy if the option exists on your patch.

Accessibility and language

Spanish and Portuguese on console follow OS language. Combat subtitles and colorblind options live in Settings; use them. This wiki does not use emoji icons in the UI; the game itself still might on some toasts.

Once the binds feel boring, you are done with this page. Go plant a core on the map and play.