Which headset is the best to play FPS?

[Puchaatek]

Should I buy something cheap or expansive? Is Steelseries good for casual player?

 

[Zed Clampet]

Should I buy something cheap or expansive? Is Steelseries good for casual player?

Personally, I think the software for the SteelSeries headsets overcomplicates things.

There are a lot of cheap headsets that sound good and have surround sound, which is what you need for FPS games.

I don't know where you live, but I'm in the US and the HyperX Cloud II has surround sound, and it's currently on sale on Amazon for $46. My son had one of those and the sound quality was surprisingly good for an affordable headset.

SteelSeries would work, too. Just don't come back and ask me how to set it up

 

[Frindis]

I don't think the headset quality matters too much in FPS games, at least not on a casual level. What I mean by that is that if you use settings like scout or footsteps enhancer, then a lot of the quality of the headset goes away and you are left with a more focus on amplifying the sound, than on the quality of it.

If I play PUBG or Arc Raiders I don't really get a rich and beautiful sound experience without something like scout mode/footsteps enhancer on, but I'll be able to hear footsteps from different buildings or floors in a building or shoots from further away, making it much easier to get an understanding of where people are fighting on the map.

 

[Colif]

IEM are another cheap option that shouldn't be overlooked.

 

[Zed Clampet]

With IEMs I believe you can turn on Spatial Sound which is sort of like surround sound and will let you tell the direction sounds are coming from. You can do this with headphones, too, so you don't necessarily need headphones with surround sound.

 

[Colif]

Good time to ask question

I don't like how they make guides for the next year when its not even 2026 yet. Should be titled best of 2025

 

[mjs warlord]

I use a xberia surround sound gaming headset with a microphone.

Regardless of what brand you go for you might have to do a few things to get the best out of them.

I lowered windows sound setting down to 60% because when the headset was on setting 2 they were deafening so by turning main control down i can make they headset volume button more user friendly.

I plugged a very short usb cable into the pc and then plug the headset into it , i did that because the plug is tight and dont want to risk damaging the usb on the pc.

Sometimes when windows get a big update they change the sound options layout so one day you might plug your headset in and find they dont work and you will have to go into sound settings to see what they have changed.