Black Myth: Wukong on a Mac with a controller
The Black Myth: Wukong layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
On a Mac: No Mac version. It streams from a Windows PC you own or a cloud service that carries it, and the stream normally passes a controller.
Yes, Black Myth: Wukong plays on a Mac with a controller, as a stream. When the stream does not pass your pad, this layout plays the keyboard game from it. Wukong is a staff with two attacks and a dodge, and that fits the triggers and the big button: light on the right trigger to build focus, heavy on the left to spend it, dodge on the bottom face button, the gourd on the top.
On this page: 9 sections
- The layout, control by control
- How the layout thinks
- Tune it
- If the stream passes your controller
- Black Myth: Wukong controller support: controller or keyboard
- If your controller is not working in Black Myth: Wukong
- Get it in two clicks
- Black Myth: Wukong controls: every button and the key it sends
- Questions
The layout, control by control
How the layout thinks
- Move and look. The left stick moves and the right stick turns the camera. The left stick click is sprint, and the right stick click jumps and leaps (Ctrl).
- Fight. The light staff attack (left click) is the right trigger, the heavy (right click) the left trigger.
- Survive. Dodge (Space) is the bottom face button, the gourd (R) the top, the equipped item (Q) the left, and interact (E) the right.
- Stances. The left bumper is the pillar stance (X), the right bumper the thrust stance (C), and Create the staff spin (V).
- Spells. D-pad up is Immobilize (1), right spell 2, down spell 3, and left spell 4.
- Lock-on and menu. The Home button locks on (middle click). Escape is on Options.
Light builds focus on one trigger and heavy spends it on the other, and a fight is mostly those two.
Tune it
- Immobilize. It is already on D-pad up, the spell you press most.
- Lock-on elsewhere. If the Home button feels risky, press Scan on the lock-on row and move it to a back paddle.
- Camera. Lower the camera rows' Speed from 16 to about 14 and 10.
Move lock-on off the Home button if you ever hold it by accident.
If the stream passes your controller
When the stream gives the game your pad, use the game's own scheme and keep this preset off, or every press lands twice. Test with the preset off first: a staff that swings means the stream already has your pad.
Black Myth: Wukong controller support: controller or keyboard
Steam's store page lists full controller support for Black Myth: Wukong, so the game was made to be played on a controller, menus included. A keyboard and mouse work as well, and the choice is yours. On a Mac, use the game's own controller support first when it sees your pad; this layout is for a pad it does not see, or for buttons it will not let you move. Full support listed means the controller is a first-class way to play Black Myth: Wukong.
From Steam's listing, checked in October 2026. Every game's listing is in Mac games with controller support.
If your controller is not working in Black Myth: Wukong
When Black Myth: Wukong does not react to your controller on a Mac, climb this ladder, smallest step first:
- Check that the Mac sees the controller. Open the gamepad tester and press a button. If nothing lights up there, the problem is the connection, and a controller that is connected but not working covers that first.
- Press a button after the stream has started. A stream only picks up a controller that is paired with the Mac, and a browser shows a controller to a page only after a button press. Start Black Myth: Wukong, then press any button. Streaming from your own PC has its own checks, in how to stream PC games to a Mac with a controller.
- Play it from keys. If Black Myth: Wukong still ignores the pad, activate this layout. It sends the keyboard and mouse controls Black Myth: Wukong already reads. Turn the game's own controller option off while it runs, or a press can arrive twice. The layout works whether or not Black Myth: Wukong ever sees the controller.
Get it in two clicks
- Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Black Myth: Wukong and pick it. The layout is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
To check the controller itself first, the gamepad tester shows every button and stick live in your browser.
Black Myth: Wukong controls: every button and the key it sends
The Sends column is Black Myth: Wukong's default keyboard and mouse controls, as this layout expects them. If you changed a key in the game's settings, change the same row in InputConfig.
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Move left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Left stick up | W | Move forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move back (S) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Camera right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Camera left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Camera down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Camera up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Light staff attack (LMB) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Heavy staff attack (RMB) |
| A / Cross | Space | Dodge (Space) |
| B / Circle | E | Interact (E) |
| X / Square | Q | Use equipped item (Q) |
| Y / Triangle | R | Drink gourd / heal (R) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Sprint (Shift) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Ctrl (Left) | Jump / leap (Ctrl) |
| Home / PS / Guide | Middle click | Lock on / target (MMB) |
| D-pad up | 1 | Spell 1, Immobilize (1) |
| D-pad right | 2 | Spell 2 (2) |
| D-pad down | 3 | Spell 3 (3) |
| D-pad left | 4 | Spell 4 (4) |
| LB / L1 | X | Pillar stance (X) |
| RB / R1 | C | Thrust stance (C) |
| Back / Share / Select | V | Staff spin (V) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause (Esc) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Questions
Does Black Myth: Wukong run on a Mac?
Black Myth: Wukong does not run natively on a Mac. Stream it from a Windows PC or a cloud service that carries it. This layout is for a stream that does not see the pad.
Does Black Myth: Wukong have controller support?
Yes. Steam lists full controller support for Black Myth: Wukong, so every part of the game can be played on a controller.
Is Black Myth: Wukong better with a controller or a keyboard?
Both work. Steam lists full controller support for Black Myth: Wukong, so it was made to be played on a controller, and a keyboard and mouse work as well.
Why is my controller not working in Black Myth: Wukong on a Mac?
First check the Mac itself sees the controller, with the gamepad tester. If it does and Black Myth: Wukong still ignores it, activate the Black Myth: Wukong layout in InputConfig, which sends the game's keyboard and mouse controls from the controller.
Can I play Black Myth: Wukong on an M1 Mac or a MacBook Air?
Yes, through a stream. Black Myth: Wukong runs on the other end, on a cloud service or your own PC, so the Mac only plays the video and sends your input. An M1 MacBook Air streams it like any other Mac.
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