If you encounter issues with the Canary build, you can try the stable build but note that it probably comes with worse performance. We're using Xenia Canary because the emulator is in active development, and each new Canary build of the app usually comes with fixes and better overall performance. The emulator doesn't have a native Linux version, so we have to download and run the Windows version via Proton. Xenia is an Xbox 360 emulator that works okayish on Windows, but, again, its stability and performance on SteamOS, and Linux in general, is far from ideal. To start, download Xenia to your Steam Deck. Currently the newer versions containing analog support appear to have some issues. XJoy is a free product that I work on in my free time, so any contributions are greatly appreciated. XJoy is made possible by ViGEm and hidapi. Step 1: Download and Unpack Xenia Canary Build XJoy allows you to use a pair of Nintendo Joy-Cons as a virtual Xbox 360 controller on Windows. Even if you follow each installation and configuration step shown in this guide to the T, your controls might not work, and Xenia may refuse to launch in the first place. Performance is awful, there are loads of visual glitches in most games, and you can encounter random crashes. At the time of writing, the state of Xbox 360 emulation on SteamOS is very rough, even when using the latest Proton version.
