Have you installed steam-devices (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-devices)? It should be packaged for most major distros.
An alternative is to try the steam flatpak, which comes with it preinstalled.
I also connect to the laptop through USB (not bluetooth), in case that makes a difference.
I got it working, the only option under gyro that seems to work is choosing mode to be "As Mouse".
Without any sort of aim assist though I was finding it way too challenging even with the gyro to be competitive, so might have to give up on the game until it has better controller support.
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Has anyone had success getting gyro to work with a dualsense controller? All the buttons work fine out of the box, and gyro is enabled in the steam input settings (have tried everything from gyro controller, gyro to mouse, etc...) and still unable to get gyro working.
Steam games with native...