The best gaming keyboards
Buying the right gaming keyboard for your PC or console can give you the advantage over your competitors and just make gaming more fun. But how do you know that you’re getting the best one? With specs like high polling rates and variable actuation points — and with prices all over the place — the realm of gaming keyboards isn’t the easiest nut to crack.
Whether you’re a seasoned PC gaming vet, or shopping for your first-ever gaming keyboard, we’ve rounded up what we think are the best mechanical gaming keyboards currently available, each offering a wealth of keycap customization options. If you like to tinker with tech, some of our keyboard picks are compatible with aftermarket parts, allowing budding modders to change out switches with relative ease.
The Wooting 60 HE and 2 HE are exceptional gaming keyboards that offer excellent build quality paired with some unique features you won’t get from other models at this price point. While both models share some similarities, size isn’t one of them; the 60 HE is a small 60% keyboard that trims away the arrow keys, the number pad, and the function keys, whereas the 2 HE is a full-size model.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
Compatible with: PC, Mac
Many gaming keyboards use mechanical switches, and for good reason. They feel better to type on than membrane-style switches, and they can last longer, too. In case this is your first experience buying a keyboard with mechanical switches, you’re likely to see terms like linear, tactile, or clicky thrown around a lot when discussing switch types. These terms describe the response you feel (and sometimes hear) when pressing each key.
Linear is the switch of choice for gaming, providing little resistance so there’s nothing in your
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