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Older games that use native Steam Input are unable to fetch Steam Input glyphs on the Steam Deck

steamopen Distro Family: SteamOSGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10805 · opened 2024-04-20 by Managor · updated 2025-07-03 · 3 comments · github
MManagor 2024-04-20 github

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  • Steam client version: 1713317598
  • SteamOS version: 3.5.17
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

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Talos Principle and Defender's Quest are using native Steam Input for actions and glyphs. Despite this, they are unable to fetch glyphs on the Steam Deck. This might be a more widespread issue. The previous two games run natively on Linux but this also applies to games that use Proton like Magicka 2 and Serious Sam 3 which are also unable to fetch glyphs on the Steam Deck https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7656
I tested Portal 2, Half Life 2 and Black Mesa for glyhps and those games did have them working.

MManagor 2024-04-21 github

I expanded the bug report with my findings.

MManagor 2024-04-21 github

If anyone owns Prey (2017), please add your findings to the pile.

MManagor 2025-07-03 github

For some reason Digimon Survive does not show glyphs on a Steam Deck

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