Turtle Beach Stealth Flip: A $99.99 PC Controller With Sticks That Flip Into Touchpads

Turtle Beach has a new PC controller up for pre-order, and the name is about as literal as it gets. On the Turtle Beach Stealth Flip, the thumbstick modules flip over to reveal touchpads, and a separate trackpad sits at the top of the controller. It’s $99.99 on Turtle Beach’s store and Amazon, and it comes out October 27, 2026.

What is the Turtle Beach Stealth Flip?

A wireless controller built for PC, with stick modules that turn into touchpads. Turtle Beach calls the trick Flip-to-Touchpad, and yeah, that’s where the name comes from. It talks to a Windows PC through its own USB wireless transmitter, over Bluetooth or with a cable.

And this one’s official. Turtle Beach sells it on its own store with a product page, a spec sheet and an FAQ, under model number TBC-5103-05. What it hasn’t done yet is put out a press release, and nobody has reviewed it either. So fair warning: every detail here comes straight from Turtle Beach.

When does it come out, and how much is it?

October 27, 2026, for $99.99 in the US. Turtle Beach and Amazon both had it at that price on October 19, and both take pre-orders now. Outside the US, Turtle Beach’s other stores list it at £89.99 in the UK, €99.99 in Europe and C$139.99 in Canada, same date.

How does the flip work?

Each thumbstick sits on a module with a capacitive touchpad on its other side, and the module flips over to swap them. Turn both and the sticks are gone, replaced by two round touchpads. Turtle Beach’s renders show the modules turning one at a time, so a stick on the left and a touchpad on the right looks possible too, which is kind of neat. In every render, the D-pad and face buttons stay right where they are.

Flip it over and each module has a slider marked with a lock and a rotate icon. If that sounds familiar, it looks a lot like Turtle Beach’s Stealth Pivot controller, where release switches on the back unlock its modules so they can turn. Turtle Beach’s text doesn’t actually describe the Flip’s sliders, though.

What does the trackpad do?

It’s basically a mouse for Windows. Turtle Beach says the dedicated PC trackpad moves the cursor, gets you through menus and handles supported in-game actions, so you don’t have to reach for a mouse every two minutes. It sits at the top of the controller, right where the Stealth Pivot has its screen.

And that swap is the trade-off. No screen means you lose the on-controller settings and phone notifications the Pivot offers. Setup moves to the PC Swarm II Desktop app instead, which handles button mapping, macros, stick sensitivity curves and firmware updates.

What else does it have?

The sticks are Hall effect, which read their position with magnets, so the sensor has no contacts rubbing together to wear out and cause drift. The action buttons use microswitches rated for five million clicks. Wired to a PC, it polls at up to 1,000 Hz, meaning it reports your inputs 1,000 times a second. Wireless? Turtle Beach doesn’t give a figure.

For tuning, you get two mappable back buttons and trigger stops with two positions, a short hair trigger or full travel. Four onboard profiles let you switch layouts on the fly. And there’s a 3.5mm jack for a wired headset, with Turtle Beach’s audio tuning built in.

How long does the battery last, and what’s in the box?

Turtle Beach rates it for up to 20 hours, and when it runs out you just keep playing on the cable. That’s the same rating as the Stealth Pivot.

The box keeps it simple: the controller, the wireless transmitter, a 3 m USB-A to USB-C cable and a quick start insert. No charging dock, no case. The controller weighs 290 g.

Does it work on Xbox or PS5?

Turtle Beach doesn’t list either one. Its FAQ answers the consoles question with Windows 10 and 11 PCs over the transmitter, plus phones, smart TVs and other hardware over Bluetooth. The Stealth Pivot, for what it’s worth, also works on Xbox with a cable. And Apple devices aren’t on the list either.

Is the Stealth Flip a Stealth Pivot successor?

Turtle Beach hasn’t called it one, and the Pivot is still on its store at $139.99 (it launched at $129.99 in November 2024). The idea is close, though. The Pivot’s modules rotate to swap its usual layout for one built for fighting and retro games, and the Flip’s modules swap sticks for touchpads. Same party trick, different twist.

The Flip costs $40 less. So what do you give up? The Pivot’s screen, its Xbox support and one onboard profile. Rumble is an open question too, since the Flip’s page never mentions vibration and the Pivot’s lists dual rumble motors.

	Stealth Flip	Stealth Pivot
Price on October 19	$99.99 pre-order	$139.99 (launched at $129.99)
What the modules do	Flip from sticks to touchpads	Rotate to a fighting and retro layout
Top of the controller	PC trackpad	Connected Command Display, with phone notifications
Sticks	Hall effect	Hall effect
Extra buttons	2 back buttons	2 back buttons, plus 2 in the rotated layout
Onboard profiles	4	5
Rumble	Not mentioned	Dual rumble motors
Rated battery	Up to 20 hours	Up to 20 hours
Xbox	Not listed	Wired
Companion app	Swarm II Desktop (PC)	Control Center 2 (Xbox, PC, iOS, Android)

How does it compare with the Steam Controller?

Both put trackpads on a PC controller for about $100, so this is the obvious comparison. Valve’s Steam Controller is $99 on Steam and keeps its sticks and its trackpads on the controller all the time, so there’s nothing to flip. It also adds gyro aiming and a rated 35+ hours of battery.

The Flip’s pitch is different: a dedicated trackpad, plus sticks that turn into touchpads when you want them. Valve built its controller for anywhere Steam runs, while Turtle Beach lists Windows, Android and smart TVs.

Who is it for?

PC players who want to get around Windows without reaching for a mouse, and who’d like touch controls in the same pad. If you play on Xbox, look elsewhere. The Stealth Pivot at least works there with a cable. And if what you really want is a screen and an Xbox license, Amazon has a pre-order listing for the Stealth Ultra II at $199.99, twice the price.