Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025 is out - here's the latest for Linux and SteamOS
Valve have released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025, here's the usual GamingOnLinux run over it - with a little extra.
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Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27%
Valve released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2025, so here's your usual round-up of where things stand right now.
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Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2025, and as expected with the Simplified Chinese language dropping the Linux stats have shot back up.
Steam sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2%
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey numbers for February 2025, and there's a pretty massive increase in Simplified Chinese as language which has pushed about all the numbers everywhere else.
Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2025, showing both Linux and macOS having a dip with a rise of Windows 10.
GDC 2025 survey shows PC game development growing with lots interested in Valve's Steam Deck
The latest Game Developers Conference (GDC) survey has been released, and it gives a rather glowing overview of how great things are for PC gamers with lots of developers working on games.
Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck
Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.
Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for October 2024, and the Linux user share has gone back up again to exactly 2%.
China continues rising on the Steam Survey with Linux now at 1.87%
Pretty much as expected, the Linux user share overall on Steam has dropped off a bit with the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2024.
Linux smashes another market share record for August 2024 on Statcounter
Another fresh month and so we have the latest operating system market share details from Statcounter, and it's another impressive showing for Linux from August 2024.
Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for August 2024, so let's go over the details on where Linux stands right now.
Linux / Steam Deck user share on Steam stays flat for July 2024
No news is good news, as the saying goes, or something like that. Valve updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2024 and for Linux / Steam Deck the changes were pretty minimal.
Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter
Some more good news for you as according to statistics website Statcounter, Linux use hit another all-time high in July 2024. We've seen it slowly creep up over time, just like we've seen on the Steam Survey as well.
Linux remains above 2% on the Steam Survey for June 2024
While there's been a clear drop, the Linux user share on Steam for June 2024 still remains about 2% showing the clear upwards trend overall.
Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck
A moment I've no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.
Steam Survey for April 2024 shows a small dip for Steam Deck
Valve has now published the Steam Hardware & Software Survey: April 2024, and overall the movements are pretty small but there is a small dip for Steam Deck.
Linux share on Steam bounces back to nearly 2% for March 2024
Thanks to all of Valve's effort with Proton, Steam Deck and their funding of people working on various other bits of Linux code like GPU drivers - the Linux share on Steam as of March 2024 bounced back to a near multi-year high.
Linux on the desktop breaks 4% for the first time on Statcounter
Another month down according to Statcounter at least, Linux on the desktop is doing better than ever. Take it with your usual little pinch of salt like any survey sampling though.
Steam Survey for February 2024 shows a big bump in Simplified Chinese
Seems like once again we're seeing an Asia influx on Steam, as the February 2024 Steam Hardware & Software Survey showed a big +7.62% bump in Simplified Chinese.
Linux remains above macOS on the Steam Survey for January 2024
The monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey is here for January 2024, and while there was a drop for both Linux and macOS we're still seeing Linux be firmly in second place on Steam now.
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