Borealis controller overlay skin

Borealis has almost no hard edges. Soft bands of colour drift across the shell the way the northern lights hang in a night sky: bright green on the left, a deep teal in the middle, and a cool blue violet over the face buttons. The darker patches between the bands keep the overall look dark rather than bright.

On the DualSense, the touchpad edge and the lines down each grip are teal, close to the middle colour of the gradient, so the lights blend into the pattern. The face buttons are dark with green symbols, and the D-pad sits in the greenest part of the shell.

The gradient is fitted to each pad. On the DualShock 4 the green covers the left side and a teal green pools at the bottom of the right grip. On the Xbox controller the shell is mostly green and teal, with the blue appearing near the top right.

This is one of the calmer skins in the vault. There is no busy texture for a press to get lost in, so it works well over detailed game scenes, and the cool colours sit comfortably next to green or blue HUD elements. If you want more contrast, set the buttons to white or pale green in the vault, change the lights to any colour, steady, pulsing or off, and add a name of up to 16 characters.

Borealis works on the PS5, PS4 and Xbox pads and is part of the vault, $9.99 once with nothing to renew. Sign in to use it, save your design and get the link for OBS.