

Other than that small hiccup, you shouldn’t have to go through much hassle of button mapping. Prompts like “Press X” won’t mean press the X button but rather press the X button as located on the Xbox controller. The only issue you might run into here is that some button symbols won’t match up with those presented in-game.

But some of the PS5 controller’s key features will be left out of the mix due to compatibility issues. For those who are looking to get more mileage out of their PlayStation controllers beyond the console itself, the Steam Deck supports both PS5 and PS4 controllers. Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and other third-party controllers are all welcome on Valve’s monster of handheld.

Just like Steam on PC, the Steam Deck is a controller-friendly environment, meaning you can use a variety of controllers from different brands. Luckily, the Steam Deck supports external controllers. Playing those games can be difficult for first-time handheld gamers who aren’t used to the controls. I found a temporary solution by disabling PS4 Configuration Support in general and manually enabling it in each game's individual controller options, but that way I cannot configure the controller's light, which causes the battery to drain a lot faster when using it wirelessly.Valve’s Steam Deck provides PC gamers with the freedom of a handheld and the expansive Steam catalog of games. I also tried using several versions of DS4Windows and InputMapper, all of which either conflicted with Steam's DS4 support in some way or did not work at all. There are multiple ways to play Tower of. From there all you have to do is configure your controller and you’re good. But you can also use a USB wire to plug in and play. If your device supports Bluetooth, you can can wireless connect your controller. However, once I enable the "PS4 Configuration Support" - checkbox, Steam and Steam games are the only applications to recognize the controller's inputs, non - Steam games (even when manually added to the Steam library) or even the windows control panel don't even detect that it is connected.Ĭhanging the Desktop configuration doesn't seem to change anything as well. To play Tower of Fantasy with a controller, you first have to connect it to your device. I recently got myself a PS4 controller and used steam to configure it, which works fine.
