My son wants to play WFC on the PC but can't manage the keyboard.

I have a USB controller (looks like an Xbox one) that works fine on Dead Space 2 - plug it in and away it goes - but it refuses to work for WFC. The red light in the middle of the controller comes on but nothing else works.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong/how to fix it?

I've tried Googling for an answer with no luck yet (but I have found lots of arguments about keyboard/mouse vs controller )

Any help would be appreciated.