It's now much easier to find games on Steam that support PlayStation controllers
Steam has introduced a new way to spot which PC games support PlayStation’s DualShock and DualSense controllers, as well as being able to search by specific controllers.
The latest update to Valve’s PC marketplace adds handy tabs for DualShock and DualSense controllers to game pages, in the same way that games that support Xbox controllers have noted their support for a while now. There’s also an extra tab for games that allow use of the Steam Input API, which apparently supports over 200 extra controllers.
The store page marker has been made a bit more detailed too, with game pages now specifically whether games have “Full” or “Partial” support for each Xbox and PlayStation controller - with Full meaning you can do everything in a game with a controller and Partial meaning you might still need to use a mouse and keyboard for a few things, or that a game might not have custom on-screen button prompts and so on.
On top of the nice visual reference, Steam has also updated its Controller-Friendly hub and general Store search to let you filter games by support for specific controllers or that are developed with controller support in mind. Similar filters and information boxes have been added to the Library tab, so you can just jump into a game you already own that has support for the controller you’re using. The updates are also in Big Picture mode, which makes sense as my preferred way to browse around Steam with a controller, and will default to your most recent controller.
Valve dropped some interesting stats about controller use in their blog post running through the update, including the fact that around 12% of all Steam players “regularly” use a controller - which goes up to over 80% of players for what they
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