My wireless xbox^TM controller works flawlessessy on bazzite/steam for Hollow Knight and Lego LOTR for whatever that's worth to you.

I used ps5 controllers. Both developed stick drift within a year of light use. They're beautiful and so nice to hold and use, but don't waste your money.

I recommend Gulikit TT Pro.

Good ergonomics. Repairable (made by the company who got famous selling replacement Hall effect sticks for Nintendo switch controllers). Built like tanks with proper microswitches and Hall effect sticks. Inexpensive too, especially compared to the controllers that have similar features.

Best of all, work out of the box on Linux.

I have the GameSir Cyclone 2. The first thing I would say about it is that it's rather clicky. The buttons, the d-pad, and the hair triggers are all quite clicky. The sticks feel pretty great to me. I've had no issues with connecting it to a linux PC, and the 2.4 ghz dongle is a nice touch. Finally the only issue that you might run into is that the d-pad is a bit on the smaller side imo, although that might only come up for you if you play older style top-down JRPGs. Also as a side note I haven't had significant QC issues with 8 bit do and I have 4 controllers from them.

We use a pre-owned PS4 controller and it’s amazing, heavily recommend

Years ago I bought both a Steam Controller1 and a Logitech F310. The steam controller struggled to work at all outside of steam, was uncomfortable to use for any extended time and half the games I owned needed a ton of setup to be playable.

Despite being cheaper the Logitech worked with everything, required zero setup and is comfortable for hours. I sold my steam controller and am still happily using the F310.

I own the Speedlink Rait NX RGB, which works fine under Fedora.

TMR, Transparent RGB, 2.4GHz, dirt cheap and good build quality. Even has 2 programmable macro buttons on the back, no software needed.

Will only play on wireless (2.4ghz)

Why are you married to that specific frequency?

Gulikit ES Pro is easily my favorite Xbox-style controller. It's almost identical to the Xbox Series controller, but everything about it is a little better. The dpad is as accurate and tactile, and not as loud. It uses tmr sticks.

It uses bluetooth for wireless, but it's kind of miraculously low latency for being bluetooth, and rivals most 2.4 controllers in latency tests.

But to be fair I have never been able to bring myself to spend $200+ on a controller. This one is only $30.

Sry for hijacking but Anyone know of Any with the ability to map the back buttons on the fly? Initiale I was looking at 8bitdo but apparently you Need extra software to program extra buttons Which is kinda a bit of a Dealbreaker for me

I have been using stadia controllers for a while now. They're not special and don't look special. They do come with a very good battery life and you can find them for 10 bucks a pop

It's only a little outside your price range, but have you looked at the steam controller? I haven't gotten it yet, but reviewers are raving about it

Xbox offset layout 🔛🔝🗣️

You'll see a lot of people suggesting 8bitDo.

I have their Ultimate 2 gamepad and I'll give them this - it's probably one of the most comfortable gamepads I've ever used. It's great.

That being said:

1. I actually bought two of them (Xbox and Switch layouts) and thank goodness I did, because one charger just broke, the USB-C cable wobbles inside like the socket itself got damaged. I know for a fact that the device didn't fall down or anything like that.
2. Every now and again the joysticks freeze and I start spinning uncontrollably, and then just stop working. Sometimes switching from Bluetooth to radio for a while and then back again help. Sometimes I have to turn the device fully off.
3. More often than (2) the sticks will suddenly develop a lag. I turn the stick to one side, nothing happens. I release the stick. Then the character in the game starts moving for a while. It's, like, 500-1000ms lag easily.

If you're playing anything remotely competitive or punishing, I would not recommend 8bitDo products. If you're only playing casual games with quick and easy save options, and you're OK having to restart your gamepad every now and again, go for it.