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At least on the Steam Deck it's great. With or without Steam. In terms of compatibility it's probably best to get an Xbox or PlayStation controller. As far as I know most off-brand controllers present themselves as Xbox controllers.
If you want to do emulation I'd recommend PlayStation controllers because some PlayStation games only work with those because of unique features like the touchpad and motion controls.
Most modern games actually show different buttons depending on whether you have a Nintendo, Microsoft or PlayStation controller. And they all have Linux drivers and also work especially well with Steam and Proton.
Worth adding that several PS5 games that have come to PC support some of the special features of the DS5. For example, Ghost of Tsushima, Rift Apart and Forbidden West, will all utilize the adaptive triggers when played with a DS5.
And this works on both windows and linux.
Wait really? That’s impressive. I assume that’s on steam (because Linux), but doesn’t Steam try to emulate Xinput all the time?
No.
You can turn that off and just let the game access the controller directly. Steam will even tell you when using steaminput is a bad idea with a specific game.