The SideWinder family of products was discontinued by Microsoft in 2003, citing poor sales. The family also includes some more exotic devices such as the SideWinder Game Voice system and the SideWinder Strategic Commander.

Steering wheels are the Precision Racing Wheel and the Force Feedback Wheel variants which include throttle and brake pedals. Also, several types of gamepads were made, such as the original game port version, a plug-and-play game port version, and the USB version. Several types of joysticks were made, including the Force Feedback 2, the 3D Pro, and the regular SideWinder joystick. The term 'SideWinder' describes many types of Microsoft's PC game controllers including joysticks, gamepads and steering wheels. Although intended only for use with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft SideWinder game controllers can also be used with macOS, Mac OS 9 with third-party software, and Linux.

Microsoft SideWinder was the general name given to the family of digital game controllers developed by Microsoft for PCs. First-generation Microsoft SideWinder gamepad