Problem:
Sekiro only uses the first controller it finds in a system. Steam, DS4Windows, drivers of specific mice (Roccat Tyon for example) will add multiple virtual controllers, but Sekiro won't care about any but the first.

To see what I'm talking about, press Win+R, type "joy.cpl" to see the old game controller control panel. If you start and stop DS4Windows, you will see an additional controller pop up here.
This same data is also the basis for what Steam is doing (which is not visible in the control panel, but only to programs started and hooked by Steam).


Bad fix - won't work for some, including me:
Remove all controllers you don't need. I would not recommend doing this, and it won't help DS4Windows, since that will *always* create the virtual controller (the one you need Sekiro to use) after the actual, hooked DS4 (which has all inputs disabled, so is essentially dead).
"Hide DS4" by the way completely hides the hooked DS4, which is why this option fixes the issue for some simple setups.
Disabling Steam controller support also hides the virtual device created by Steam; same idea.


Better fix:
Force the order of controllers. I already did this to keep my Star Citizen config from blowing up when unplugging Joysticks.

Step by step:
- Download devreorder[github.com]
- Copy devreorder either next to sekiro.exe, or
- Copy it into your system folder, as described in the docs[github.com]
- Edit devreorder.ini, add at least the name of your primary controller under [order]

Getting the name of the controller can be done with the included DeviceLister.exe, or copied from the control panel (aka joy.cpl). For DS4Windows the virtual controller is a dummy Xbox 360 controller, so the section would look like this:

[order]
; comments..
Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)

That's it! It doesn't matter how you launch Sekiro, or whatever options you have in DS4Windows, Steam, or whatever. All controllers you don't specifically specify will be added after the list you specified.


I'm unfortunately not sure how the virtual controller injected by Steam is called, so if you want to use Steam instead of DS4Windows you will have to find that out by yourself - maybe launching DeviceLister via Steam?

Edit: According to @austinp, Steam also uses a virtual Xbox 360 Controller, so the above settings should also work if you want Steam to manage some of your controllers.