Elden Ring controller not working? Try this fix

Elden Ring's PC version appears to have several controller recognition difficulties. Several players on the game's official subreddit, in the Steam forums, and one member of the PC Gamer crew have hit a brick wall trying to get the game to accept controller inputs, and users are suggesting several possible fixes.

It is still unclear what is causing the problem, but it does not appear to be caused by anyone controller in particular. While our editor-in-chief Evan Lahti's wired Xbox One controller was broken, senior editor Tyler Wilde's wireless Xbox One controller worked well. Dozens of users have reported troubles with Xbox and PlayStation controllers on the Steam forum.

Try these solutions if your controller is not working in Elden Ring.

While there are not many options right now, there are a few that have proven to be effective.

According to Twitter user iBDWSSBM, the only option that has worked for us is to deactivate Vjoy, a virtual joystick program that is used to install controller drivers for steering wheels or fighting game joysticks. This is what ultimately worked for Evan after trying a variety of other options, but if you have never used Vjoy or a similar virtual joystick program before, this will certainly not work for you.

While there are not many choices right now, there are a handful that have been proven to work.

The only method that has worked for us, according to Twitter user iBDWSSBM, is to disable Vjoy, a virtual joystick program that is used to install controller drivers for steering wheels or fighting game joysticks. After attempting a variety of other choices, Evan found this to be the most effective, but if you have never used Vjoy or a similar virtual joystick program before, this will almost probably not work for you.