Customer Ratings & Reviews

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless headset for PS5/PS4 delivers excellent battery life, with up to ~50 hours using the 2.4GHz dongle and ~60 hours over Bluetooth, plus fast‑charging that gives you several hours of play after just 15 minutes of charging. Comfort is a strong suit — the memory foam ear cushions and lightweight but durable build make it easy to wear through long sessions. Its mic performs well in voice comms, with decent clarity and noise‑cancelling to reduce background chatter, making it very usable for multiplayer or cooperative games. On the downside, bass can feel somewhat shallow for music lovers, and the USB‑C dongle tends to block adjacent ports on the PS5, which is an annoying design oversight. Overall, for PS5 gamers seeking a comfortable, long‑lasting, wireless headset with strong mic performance and good sound customization, the Nova 5P offers very good value — just be aware of its limits if bass depth or port layout are high priorities for you.

I have spent an age as a seasoned gamer on the hunt for that absolute, perfect headset. This is where the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless Gaming Headset which has genuinely changed everything for me during my time with it and activity on PS5. And here is why this headset could be the next best thing if you are looking to purchase one for your gaming session. When I began unboxing the Arctis Nova 5P, one word filled my mind from top to bottom; sleek. The headset is nice and modern, looks good, feels flexible but strong. A great little bonus I was not expecting due to my previous gaming headset: the ear muffs were nice and soft that I knew would go all day with no problem. I started "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart" after unboxing the Arctis Nova 5P. The high-fidelity audio astonished me immediately. Each sound was crystal in the-clanging of metal, to ambient noises on alien planets. The headset's high-resolution drivers, it turns out — really do make a difference and constructing one of the most definitive soundscape in games I've experienced. Its 2.4 GHz wireless connection was another positive feature of the device. Throughout my marathon gaming sessions, connection stayed stable with no sign of lag. This is particularly important in fast-paced games where audio cues can literally be the difference between a good match and an awful one. Comfort — this is important to me and the Arctis Nova 5P did not skimp. The ear cushions themselves are made from breathable material which means no sweaty ears or uncomfortable sensations after playing for long periods. It is so light that you barely feel it on your head, this accessibility makes whole gaming marathons much easier. Clear communication is major for games such as "Call of Duty: Warzone," and the Arctis Nova 5P's has the ClearCast microphone to thank. My buddies mentioned how crispy my voice sounded due to the top range noise cancellation. The retractable design is nice as well, and the mic essentially disappears when I'm not using it. Another area where it excels is battery life. I could go hours of gaming before having to worry about charging. The ability to quickly tweak settings with on-ear controls was handy as well. I also played around with the SteelSeries Engine software a bit, which is full of great options for customization as well. That way I could really tailor the audio settings exactly to my liking, for whatever game. I am genuinely grateful for this because the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5P Wireless Gaming Headset has made my experiences using a PS5 much better. Its excellent audio quality, comfortable design and reliable wireless connectability passes the test. Even though it is slightly pricey the premium construction and ultra smooth performance make spending a little more all worth while. If you play a lot of games and are looking for the best headset that can stand up to serious gaming, then Nova 5P from Arctis is certainly worth considering. To me, that has made this headset game-changing; literally creating a new level of immersion and enjoyment with every gaming session. It is an amazing product and I would highly recommend it to any PS5 gamer!

This SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5p Wireless Headset with microphone is a very versatile headset with a very high performance quality sound. It works with PC, PlayStation, Mobile, and Switch. This multi platform headset is at the top of its game, being one of the best headsets on the market today. What’s in the box?: In the box comes the headset, USB-C multi platform dongle, USB-A to USB-C 5 ft cable, USB-C to USB-A 5 ft cable, really cool stickers, and a setup guide/instructions Software: Software is downloadable for each platform. The software is your way to customize the way you use your headset and customize it for games. Also, using this software, you can add games to the list and get the ultimate audio experience of your life. This setup is really awesome. In a game room where there are sounds coming from all around? No worries, that is exactly what you will hear. Setup: Setup is very easy, and took me no more than a minute for each platform, as I use it on several platforms. Audio quality. The audio quality is superior. Crisp highs and deep low bass, along with static free chatting in game and when in a phone call. When watching movie or video, the audio is fantastic. Makes you feel like you are in the movie itself. Microphone quality: The microphone quality is professional sounding. There is little to no background noise reported from the people on the other end of the line. They all said they can hear me very well, with no problem at all. This is in game and on the phone. Special features: Quick switch 2.4GHZ + Bluetooth is there for your convenience, and boy is it a huge deal. I love this feature. While playing a game on my PC, I get a phone call on my smartphone. It’s a simple push of a button to switch over and answer the call. How cool is that? Very! No more having to stop what I’m doing and pick up and phone or switch headsets to talk. Battery life: Superb battery life. It says you can get up to 60 hours of battery life. I actually got a little more than that. I had 61.75 hours, before I had to recharge.

I decided to try out Arctis Nova 5 as I have a previous version of the SteelSeries headset and wanted to upgrade. Overall, I was impressed with how much this package includes however not impressed with the cable length. It’s very nicely packed and the unboxing was very easy to get all the items out. It came with a very low charge so recommend charging the headset before performing any setup. The setup was very easy, plug in play however recommend downloading / installing the SteelSeries software. With the software you are able to update the firmware and take advantage of the equalizer settings. The software is very impressive with a ton of features for setting up the gaming headset. It can become a little overwhelming for those who wish to tinker however it’s not necessary as the defaults are just fine. The software is pretty invasive on windows so be sure to check all the background running, startup and privacy settings. The sound and mic quality is very good and sharp. The sounds are crisps and loud, very easily distinguished without having to turn up the volume much. The mic is just as sharp as it can pick up your voice even when the mic is very far away. I like how the mic is adjustable and able to move it around for best pickup. I also like how the mic goes into the headset, lessoning the chances of the mic becoming damaged. Headset comfort unfortunately was not very comfortable at all. Perhaps this headset is made for smaller ears / head. I always find myself adjusting this headset to rest properly on my ears. After a while the headset become heavy and hurts my ears to the point, I have to stop using it. It causes pressure on my ears due to not being able to cover them completely. The extra band on the headset seems to be more for decoration than to make the headset lighter. I honestly did not see any difference when adjusting that headset band. Overall, this headset is nice for those with small ear lobes. The sound and mic quality along with the software features are very impressive. I am unable to speak toward the battery life as I am unable to use it for long periods of time without my ears starting to hurt.

Best headphones for gaming! The sound is fantastic, the battery life is stellar, and they are so comfortable I forget I'm wearing them. Most over the head sets like this leave a mark/indent, but these are built with am additional elastic strap that counters this issue. Suggesting these to all of my gamer pals.

Grabbed these as a replacement for my Astro's which broke unexpectedly, huge upgrade and win! Sound quality is up there for a quality headset, on par with my Logitech and Corsair sets. Overall, I'd give there a 8/10 for a headset. Big pros are battery life, mic quality, and comfortable headband and cushions! Only con I can really point out would be none, I can't knock anything about these, very solid value. 10/10 would purchase again from Best Buy or SteelSeries

This is my fourth SteelSeries headset but my first in the newer Nova lineup. My go-to’s up to now have been the SteelSeries Arctis 7 and Arctis Pro Wireless; but I was curious to see if the Novas were worth all the hype I had been reading about. In the end, I still came away impressed with its performance, but there are a few caveats to consider if you decide to go for this mid-tier offering from SteelSeries. The Nova 5P is PS5-color coordinated, but the wireless dongle works on Windows just fine and the BT capability means that for your listening pleasure, the Switch, SteamDeck, Ally, phone, essentially with a BT receiver is on the menu. The package comes well appointed with the headset, USB-A to USB-C charging cable, USB-A to USB-C extension cable, small paddle-sized dongle with a re-pairing button, some SteelSeries stickers and a manual. There is no 3.5mm aux cable for un-powered operation, which is fine because the Nova 5P doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack to run off an analog output anyway (so keep that in mind if you were looking for a truly do-it-all headset). A small storage bag would have been welcome, if only to keep the dongle and cables together when traveling...but at least the headset folds flat for storage. Construction is entirely plastic, even the headband, which was metal on the Arctis 7 and Pro Wireless—this makes the Nova 5P very light and comfortable in comparison, perfect for long gaming sessions. Sizing involves two adjustments. One is the smoothly extending earcup stems used to manually raise and lower the earcups relative to the headband. This feature was not part of the previous Arctis lineup’s design, and the results here do provide for just a tad more personalization of fitment. The sliding action is smooth and currently holds the earcups firmly in position, though it’s unclear how long that may be case. The other sizing option involves adjusting the elastic headband using one or both of a pair of sizing nubs just above each earcup to secure the ends of the headband’s plastic retention clips. It’s a bit of clunky adjustment method to achieve desired changes in tension and flex and frankly I didn’t notice quite as much difference in shortest vs longest extremes with the Nova 5P as I did with the Velcro adjustments of ski-goggle headband in the Arctis series headsets. Part of that may have something to do with the Nova’s construction—because the earcups also slide to adjust, you do not have to count on changing the length of the headband alone for sizing. YMMV, but at least for my head size (more on that later), I didn’t find the new elastic adjustment system to be all that compelling or provide much of a difference in the way of comfort and fit. The earpads feature some pillow-soft cushioning covered with a mesh fabric that is very breathable. The insides of the pads are handily labeled with L or R for each earcup. The retractable boom microphone integrates perfectly into the contours of the earcup—in fact, I thought it was a little TOO streamlined for its own good. Other than a very small and subtle indentation on the back of the mic assembly, there is no notch or cut-out or finger-hold to grab for when searching for the mic in the blind, so it was sometimes very difficult to deploy by feel alone if I was already wearing the headset. When the mic is extended, there is a handy red LED at the tip that indicates mute status that is easy to see even below the sightline. LED brightness can even be adjusted or turned off entirely if you wish. The boom thankfully seemed to stay in place for hours at a time, so you don’t have to worry about the boom slowly sagging out of place once you’ve got it settled for optimal performance. Other controls, ports, and displays are minimal. On one earcup is a large, textured mute push-button that sits next to a rotary volume dial. I love the fact that the controls are different shapes and styles as so many headsets today try to drown you with extra features that are admittedly nice to have, but they are all accessed using controls that feel and look relatively similar which makes complex operations in the dark/by touch unnecessarily difficult. The other earcup features the USB-C charging & update port and a pair of buttons that flank a thin status LED indicator between them. Battery charge level is indicated by LED color (green, yellow, orange, red) while operational mode (BT or 2.4Ghz wireless) is indicated by either blue or green respectively. The headset allows you to connect to both the 2.4Ghz dongle and BT at the same time, but you can’t feed BT audio in over game audio at the same time. Fortunately, the QuickSwitch button right above the power button allows you to jump instantly between sound sources. Voice prompts also confirm which mode you’ve switched to, as well as when you enter pairing mode (long press of the QuickSwitch button). The simplicity of these controls also comes at a cost if you want to do anything more complex while listening. Specifically, with only two buttons to work with, multimedia and phone controls are available via single, double, or triple presses of the power button AND the QuickSwitch button, but the combinations aren’t always intuitive. For example, answering/ending calls uses a single QuickSwitch press while ignoring calls requires a double press. However, call volume is not controlled by the rotary volume dial as you might expect, but by single (increase) or double (decrease) presses of the power button. In multimedia mode, however, you only use the power button with play/pause getting a single press, a double press for skip forward, and triple press for skip backward. If the Nova 5 was the only headset you routinely used, I’m certain you would soon get used to the operation, but I’ll admit I was often forgetting how many presses I needed to advance vs replay a track I was streaming via BT. More advanced features are available in both the Nova 5 phone app as well as the full SteelSeries GG client. I really liked the ability to customize playback EQ, mic volume, sidetone adjustments, and other features just from my phone because the SteelSeries GG app, while comprehensive, is also a fairly bulky program with lots of options that are admittedly gaming oriented without necessarily being headset specific (FPS aim trainer, game clip captures, new product showcases, game content giveaways, etc.). But the amount of control you can exercise over the Nova 5’s sound using either application is extensive, with EQ adjustments you can apply to both game AND chat audio. There are also EQ presets that supposedly maximize the soundscapes of dozens and dozens of the latest games—over 140 when I stopped counting presets, including settings for various styles of movies and music. So how does all that pinpoint control translate into the sound you (and your teammates) hear? In a few words: pretty great! Mic quality really was exceptional as my teammates and people I called on the phone reported hearing my voice loudly, clearly, and without any watery-sounding, over-processed artificiality. Game audio reproduction was detailed, clear, and responsive—there was genuine sparkle in the highs while the all-important bass registers hit with authority and some of that chest-thumping oomph that really helps you feel a game rather than just hear it. I could easily see someone using the Nova 5P as a daily driver for games as well as other media as the headset didn’t really seem better suited to one genre over another. On the audio side of things, the only real disappointment was the SteelSeries client’s spatial audio capabilities. The Sonar portion of the GG app offers a (free) 7.1 surround sound simulation that frankly just didn’t create a very smooth, continuous, or convincing surround sound experience. Sound sources that were supposed to be localized in the front were directly to the sides, while anything in the center sounded inside my head and appreciably closer than the L/R front locations. I experienced the same audio localization pattern for the virtual rears, with L/R rears floating out in space and way to the side, while back channels felt like they were butting up against the back of my skull. The subwoofer channel also disappeared almost entirely once the Sonar 3D processing was activated. Instead a more natural and evenly distributed sound field that extends equally in multiple directions, the simulated “surround sound” here, at least to my ears, collapsed entirely into the horizontal plane with lots of width but virtually no depth. If 3D audio is important to you, I highly recommend considering something like Dolby Atmos for headphones as the surround field is far more convincing and extends in all 3 dimensions including height, not just depth and width. The last gotcha I discovered was a big deal for me: the new Nova series is smaller than the previous Arctis headsets in virtually every dimension—not by much, but enough to matter. The headband doesn’t come up quite as high from the earcups (though the earcups themselves do extend down to increase this distance if needed), but it also has a slightly smaller arch while the earpads are just a tad shorter and narrower than before. For someone like me with a larger head (I usually wear an XL or XXL in helmets and hats), I found the Nova 5s to be a bit less comfortable than the Arctis headsets of a generation prior. Mind you, the Nova 5s were not UNcomfortable, but the smaller earpads exerted more noticeable pressure on the outer anatomy of my ears than I prefer, and the smaller headband and slightly dodgy elastic headband sizing mechanism meant that I was aware of the headband touching my head far more than I ever was using the Arctis 7 or Pro Wireless. I can’t say as the headband or earpads created hotspots for me that grew painful after a few hours, but it definitely felt like the Nova 5P would be better suited to someone with a “regular” or even smaller-sized head.

It’s an odd thing to say but when you have these staggered release of product lines for headset you can end up with the lower tier ones sometimes sounding better than the next tier in your lineup. This is the case with the Steelseries Arctis Nova 5. Especially if your playing on console the Nova 5 is better sounding and more convenient that the 7. Now the build materials and quality of the headset is better made on the 7 but I don’t see any reason why the 5 would not last you a long time. The new mobile app is a godsend for console players as now you have quick access to tune your sound to your liking on the fly. With the other Nova headset you would have to connect your headset to a PC mess around with the setting save it then plug it in to your console see if that works if not go back to your PC and do it again. Not to mention you now have a full parametric EQ to tune the headset however you like. I was incredibly surprised how well they sounded and how well they took EQ. Build quality is pretty good, everything is plastic so the headset is very light. Clamp force is a little tight but I like that better than the very light clamp force the Nova 7 has. Overalll I could not recommend these headset more to anyone. They sound amazing are incredibly easy to use and tune. They also work on so many devices I was able to put the receiver in my iPad and iPhone and it worked and sounded great. I could just move the dongle around and it would just work which is amazing. Steelseries knocked it out of the park with this headset.

Excellent sounds quality and easy to use. They are comfortable and the battery life is pretty good. I use these with my PS5. Recommended

This headset is very good for this price point. I bought this headset to replace my much more expensive Astro A50 wireless headset. After many months of dealing with a headset that was giving me troubles left and right. This headset was a very good choice at a good price. I play shooters on my PC in the audio quality is very crisp and through the app there are plenty if options to Tailor your audio experience. I would very much recommend this headset if you’re in the market for one.

Great sound quality, great battery life, very easy to set up to use on any device

I love this new headset, it sounds great and is comfortable. BUT the wireless dongle covers up the USB port on my PlayStation 5 making that port utterly useless for charging. If it could be mounted sideways instead of up and down it would not block the USB port. I still cannot get it to connect via bluetooth.

My girlfriend got me this for my Birthday, and I can’t find one flaw. For the price, the quality and audio along with the app Equalizer is unbeatable, this is the best BANG for your BUCK!! No regrets. -PS5 user

I'm a fan of Steel Series. I purchased this headset for my handheld gaming device. The type-c connector makes it convenient and improves sound quality... I think? The headset is simply comfortable, has great audio, and the driver has different presets for the games you are running.

Above average sound quality with fast USB-C charging at an affordable price. Microphone quality is decent and battery life is good. Would recommend. The only downsides that I can note is that it does not support Bluetooth and lossless wireless at the same time.

I purchased these as a replacement for a pair of Turtle Beaches and immediately understood the hype. These are super comfortable, lightweight and sturdy. The mic being able to fully retract and the seamless transitioning from use on console to a phone/computer is great. Highly recommend if you’re looking for something premium without breaking the bank.

Super easy set up, connects flawlessly, plus comfortable ear pads.

Had the astro A20's so did alot of digging for best headphones and found these in the top 5 sound is great, the feel on your head and ears are great! Definitely a great buy and the sound is awesome really love the headset

I also own the 7X wireless Steelseries headset and the difference in build quality is noticeable but not anything super drastic. The sound is great headset is more comfortable than the 7x, a snuggier fit, i got the ps5 variant and i love the companion software for the phone that allows you to change EQ and customize the sidetone and mic mute brightness.

The headphones are very comfortable and have great sound quality. Highly recommend