If your controller is giving you trouble, please follow these 2 steps:

1) Make sure only one controller is connected to your system.

2) Activate Xbox configuration support in your Steam settings. Xbox controllers for Windows should not require this according to our tests.
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3) Steam Controller: Use the Steam Controller wired or run Steam as Administrator. In our tests, the Steam Controller was working fine wirelessly even when starting Steam normally. All we had to do was run it as Administrator once.

4) If your PS4 controller is not mapped correctly, enable PS4 configuration support in your Steam settings (like in point 2 for Xbox controllers). Or if that doesn't work consider using a software called DS4Windows, which makes it behave like an Xbox controller.

5) If the controller is still not working properly after these steps, try launching the game via the Steam Big Picture mode