Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Wrong Button Mapping bug – How to fix

Guardians of the Galaxy wrong buttons – This guide will show you to fix the issue where the controller button are wrongly mapped in the PC version of Guardians of the Galaxy. A lot of users are experiencing this issue

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Wrong Button Mapping bug – How to fix

Guardians of the Galaxy is finally out across all the major gaming platforms. The game has managed to get some decent reviews overall, and is doing quite well so far.

But as we all know, AAA titles are shipped with a ton of bugs nowadays. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has plenty of them as well. The game is from Square Enix, so I am not surprised to be honest. Remember Outriders?

A new bug has surfaced in the game, which is giving controller users a tough time. It looks like the button mapping for some controllers in wrong for some users. This seems to be happening mainly to the Xbox controller users. Check out this post from a Steam user:

gamepad buttons are mapped wrong

Yeah I’m on a xbox elite series 2, and B and A are crossed, and Y and X are crossed. anyone else having this issue? is there a fix?

Basically what he is saying is, the buttons on his controller have switched functions, which is causing a lot of confusion. There are a ton of comments on the post, where many people are reporting the exact same thing.

How to fix this issue

The good news is, there is a fix available. The fix is very simple, and has been recommended by many members of the community. All you need to do, is turn on Steam Input. Here is how to do it:

  1. Go to you Steam Library
  2. Right-click on Guardians of the Galaxy
  3. Select Properties
  4. Click on the Controller tab
  5. Set “OVERRIDE FOR MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY” to “Enable Steam Input”
    Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy - enable steam input

And that is all you need to do. Here are comments to show that this works:

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy controller button fix working proof


If you think this guide has helped you, then let us know in the comment section below. And for more Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy guides, keep an eye on Frondtech. We will be covering every single technical issue of the game on the launch day. Good luck!


That’s all folks!

Last Updated on October 26, 2021