Do you have Zebronics

If you have then you will have to change it

I don't know what is that lol : (

I don't think 360 controllers are supported in newer versions of MacOS. They were never supported in MacOS natively, but there used to be a 3rd party driver (Tattiebogle's and further builds of that via a 360controller driver on github) that worked in older versions but wasn't continued when MacOS changed up at some point, possibly with the move to Apple silicon.

https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller

You'll have more luck with a current Xbox or Dualshock 4 pad via Bluetooth (the DS4 might have to be wired, my memory sucks).

Maybe things have improved since I last tried (I would sincerely hope so for Apple if they want to be considered a viable platform for games), and I hope I'm wrong, but I gave up on it a while ago after having a bunch of controller related issues that served to frustrate, and have no desire to go back.

the controller works without any extra driver install and shows reaction to button presses in some other apps, like the Steam Link app from the mac app store

In normal steam it vibrates when tested and shows that a controller is connected but that's all, no any other button press shows

update: tested this on some of my steam games that show "this game is compatible with your controller" and they do work if the steam setting for steam input on xbox controllers is turned OFF

probably some issue of the steam client itself

Another update:

As of today with macOS 15.5 and latest Steam from May 20th 2025 my wired Xbox 360 controller fully works once again.