"CONTROLLER SUPPORT" TAG
Please double-check if "Controller Support" tag is present on the game's store page. Some of our older games might indeed had controller support in the past, but might no longer be supported with modern systems.
CONTROLLER STANDARD
Most of modern games are utilizing Xinput standard. For example used by Xbox 360, and Xbox One controllers. If your controller does not utilize Xinput standard, but instead uses older, DirectInput then it might simply not work with the game.
If you are not sure if a particular game will work with non-Xinput controller, please feel free to contact our support before buying the game.
DISABLE STEAM FROM RUNNING AT STARTUP
Quite often Steam controller support is interfering with the game. Closing Steam does not always resolves the issue. In that case, please disable Steam from automatically starting when your computer is booting. In order to do that simply start Steam, click on Steam menu, and choose Settings. In the Settings window, switch to Interface tab and disable "Run Steam when my computer starts".
TRY EMULATING KEYBOARD/MOUSE ACTIONS ON YOUR CONTROLLER
In some circumstances your best option is to emulate keyboard and mouse movements on controller using software like AntiMicro:
https://github.com/AntiMicro/antimicro/releases
This guide, by digituba, could be helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SexG1iNHIyo