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Controller input not working with Steam Input enabled

steamclosed Distro Family: ArchGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11060 · opened 2024-07-02 by DonKatsu · updated 2026-02-19 · 4 comments · github
DDonKatsu 2024-07-02 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1719618357
  • Distribution: CachyOS (Arch)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: controller_ui.txt controller.txt
  • GPU: AMD RX 6700 XT

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I haven't used my controller in a while, so I'm not sure when this started. Controller is an 8bitdo Pro 2.

When Steam Input is enabled for a game, controller input does not work. When Steam Input is disabled, it works.
This happens with both Standard and Beta releases. Runtime and Native as well. Wired and Bluetooth both experience the issue.

Settings>Controller>Test Device Inputs works without issue.

#10998 seems similar, but says disabling Steam Input still doesn't work, and my Controller Layout pages seem to work as expected.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Enable Steam Input on a game's settings
  2. Launch game, controller does nothing
  3. Disable Steam Input, launch game, controller works
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-07-02 github

Hello @DonKatsu, can you check if the Steam overlay is working with the game(s) you tested?

DDonKatsu 2024-07-02 github

Yes, the overlay is working.
As far as specific games I've tried, the following don't work with Steam Input enabled:
Rabbit and Steel, Rabi-Ribi., Monster Hunter Rise, Dark Souls 3, Earth Defense Force 5, Deep Rock Galactic, Brigador (Native)
Games I've tried where Steam Input enabled does work:
Armored Core 6.

DDonKatsu 2024-07-03 github

I'm not sure what happened, but after a restart or two Steam Input is now working again for everything.
I switched back to the standard Steam release and it's working there too so it couldn't have been the Beta update that released earlier today?

Llonkalsim 2026-02-19 github

My steam input doesn't work for days in Monster Hunter Rise... With Dualshock the game is just glitching, with Xbox 360 controller my stick is drifting even though I set the dead zone to maximum...

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