Steam Deck controls not working

[ingueferroque]

The game currently does not support Steam Deck gamepad input on the main menu. The only way to operate the menu is to use forced-mouse mode, or to connect a third party controller like DualSense.

When operating the train, the left/right stick on Deck are recognized however, but menu control should be improved.

[tylau0]

Support. Please add Steamdeck control support.

[Espiox]

I'm having the same problem, I hope this can be improved with a patch.

[Duilio S.]

I have the same problem: the game starts and only the keyboard inputs are accepted. Please allow players to use steam deck controller from the start.

[kiiro]

Looks like there's something wrong with controller detection using the deck, as the game button prompts are the keyboard ones when playing with a Steam Deck. Strange because Journey to Kyoto worked fine.

[Martiniser]

It does look like controller-detection related issue. I am using Lenovo Legion Go, whose controller is listed in Windows as different controllers. I encountered the same issue.

My current workaround is to create a controller layout mapped to keyboard controls. Do note that this will mean menu navigation less intuitive (not using A and B on controller to select item and go back). I have uploaded this layout to the community layout.