2023 was truly the year of Haute42, a company that has produced so many slim and affordable leverless controllers, and other companies performed well too.
The Skullbox Leverless Arcade Controller is smaller & thinner than average and has proprietary SkullCaps that mimic the Sanwa feel.
With the KBHX-01, you get a mini WASD controller available in different colors and can even work on the PS5 with a dongle.
The Mayflash F700 is a wireless arcade stick that has many compatibility options as well as customizable artwork.
The Haute42 M16 can also be a WASD controller. As for the M13 edition, it has three less buttons than the M16.
If there's a most innovative award, the JTechWorkshop would definitely be a contender. Its leverless controllers have highly custom layouts.
The Punk Workshop Leverless U provides a plethora of features, such as slimness, many layouts, different colors, and custom art.
The Clutch's two most unique aspects are its faster-than-average microswitches and ability to display two colors on top.
The T series of Haute42 controllers comes in 16 or 13 button versions to suit your fighting game preferences.