The 9 Best Gaming Mice - Spring 2020
Mouse Reviews

The best wireless gaming mouse we've reviewed is the Razer Viper Ultimate. This mouse has outstanding performance and has a great shape that's suitable for almost everyone. It comes with a charging dock where you can store its dedicated receiver, which is a nice touch. It's a very well-built mouse that offers two side buttons on both sides of the mouse. Razer also greatly improved its cables; this one is lightweight and doesn't keep kinks.

This wireless mouse has some of the lowest latency we've seen, whether it's used wired or wirelessly. This mouse is quite impressive and most competitive gamers won't notice any delay when using it. It also has an excellent CPI range, which can be customized to your preference in the Synapse software. This mouse is also one of the best mice for FPS gaming.

However, the design of this mouse might not be ideal for people with very large hands, unless you plan on gripping it with your fingertips. On the other hand, all hand sizes should be able to grip it one way or another, but it might not be your preferred grip. This mouse is also often compared to the Logitech G Pro Wireless as its main competitor. This mouse offers amazing performance on top of getting rid of the clutter of a cable.

The best versatile gaming mouse we've tested so far is the Razer Naga Trinity. This is one of the best gaming mice if you play a lot of different games. It features swappable side panels with different button layouts. It comes with a typical FPS two-side-button layout, a 12-button MMO layout, and a circular 7-button layout geared towards MOBA games. The panels snap in place magnetically and all buttons are easy to click and provide good feedback.

The sensor of this mouse offers amazing performance and a wide CPI range, which can easily be customized inside the Razer Synapse software. Its click latency is also extremely low and is one of the lowest and most responsive ones we've measured. The mouse wheel also features tilt commands for even more inputs.

Unfortunately, the mouse is rather bulky and wide, which might not be the best option for people with smaller hands. Also, just like with most older Razer mice, the cable is quite stiff and keeps a lot of kinks from the packaging and needs to be stretched out often. Nevertheless, if you have a library filled with different games and like to play most of them, this is a great mouse to be able to play them all efficiently.

The best ultra-light gaming mouse we've tested so far is the Finalmouse Ultralight 2 - Cape Town. It's one of the lightest mice we've measured so far thanks to its small design and honeycomb pattern body. Although this mouse is smaller than other similarly designed ultra-light gaming mice, it comes with sticky latex grips that can modify the size and shape of the mouse, helping you to find the most comfortable grip.

It has a great overall performance and its buttons feel clicky and have very low click latency. The mouse feels very responsive and glides very well. The cable is very lightweight and doesn't keep any kinks, which is great. It's also very well-made and doesn't have any flex or loose parts. Thanks to its light design, this mouse is also considered to be one of the best FPS mice.

Unfortunately, this mouse doesn't have dedicated software to customize its performance, but there are very popular third-party options. The mouse is also only available through third-party resellers, as Finalmouse sells their mice via one-time drops, which means it's more on the expensive side and might be a bit harder to find. If you like the design of this mouse but would prefer something on the cheaper side and that is widely available, check out the Glorious Model O instead.

The best gaming mouse for MMO games we've tested so far is the Corsair Scimitar Pro RGB. This wired mouse features a 12-button side panel that can be re-positioned along the side of the mouse to make it easier to reach depending on your hand size. It feels extremely well-built, and there's no wobbling or looseness. Its companion software is fully compatible with both Windows and macOS, which is great, so you can fully customize all the buttons on either OS.

Like most gaming mice, it has amazing performance, but what sets it apart is the fact that you can personalize its CPI by adjustments of 1, making it very easy to find the perfect sensitivity for you. It also has a very low click latency and you shouldn't notice any delay when playing games.

Unfortunately, this mouse's cable is quite stiff and keeps kinks, which isn't enjoyable when moving the mouse around, though this is fairly common with wired gaming mice. Also, while this mouse is designed for use with a palm grip, people with extra-large hands might find it a bit short due to its high-backed, but short body. However, overall, this is an outstanding mouse for playing MMO games and is the overall best MMO mouse that we've tested to date.

If you're looking for a new mouse but don't want to spend a ton of money, the best gaming mouse in the budget category that we've tested so far is the SteelSeries Rival 3. This small mouse is better suited for a claw grip thanks to its short design with a decent back hump. It also features underglow RGB lighting in a strip around the bottom of the mouse and on the company's logo situated on the back of the mouse.

Although it comes at an affordable price point, this mouse is still very well-built and has an amazing sensor performance, on top of being very responsive and having a low click latency. It's also very lightweight for a mouse that doesn't have a honeycomb-patterned design.

Unfortunately, the two side buttons start flush with the body of the mouse, and some people may find them difficult to press depending on their thumb position. The mouse wheel is also quite low profile, which may bother some people, though it makes it easier to middle-press the mouse wheel button. If the low-profile scroll wheel and side buttons bother you, you may want to check out the Logitech G203, which has a very similar design and performance but with more pronounced buttons. However, overall, the SteelSeries is an impressive wired gaming mouse that proves you don't need to spend a ton of money to get a great-performing mouse.