Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for June 2023, and it shows just how much the Linux share is now influenced by the Steam Deck.
Category: Survey Results
Linux hits a multi-year high for user share on Steam thanks to Steam Deck
After some recent weirdness where March saw a big drop, the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for May 2023 is now showing the Linux share at a multi-year high.
The latest Steam Survey had a huge surge of Simplified Chinese
After waiting a while to see if Valve issued any corrections, it seems that the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2023 is staying as it is, with a huge surge of Simplified Chinese.
Linux use overtakes macOS on the Stack Overflow Survey
Well this is a fun statistic, it seems Linux has become a fair bit more popular than macOS on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey for 2022.
Latest Steam Survey sees a minor dip for Linux & Steam Deck, still trending nicely overall
December 2022 results are in for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey and overall the Linux share is down but the overall trend is still good.
November's Steam Survey shows another uptick for Linux thanks to Steam Deck
November is over which means a fresh Steam Hardware Survey, and it continues the trend we've been seeing with the Linux user share rising and now it's bigger than ever.
Steam Deck pushed Linux to the highest share on Steam in years
A fresh month, which means a new Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out. Looking over the October 2022 data, it appears we've hit a fresh high point.
SteamOS and Steam Deck on top for Linux in the Steam Hardware Survey
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for September 2022, with it showing that clearly the Steam Deck with SteamOS is the most popular way now to game on Linux.
Steam ended 2021 with a slightly lower Linux user share ending the recent growth
After 7 months of seeing the Linux user share on Steam continue to grow, December saw 2021 end with it dropping slightly.
November marked 7 months of Linux rising on Steam & 5 months above 1%
I think we can now firmly say that we are the 1%? Another month is down as so the latest Steam Hardware Survey numbers are out and it continues being very positive for Linux gaming.
Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
Something magical appears to be happening on Steam. Not only is Linux above 1% for another month but we've now seen 6 months of it continuing to rise.
For a third month in a row, Linux remains above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
I still can't quite believe it but the Linux user share on Steam has not only remained above 1% for three months, it's actually risen again.
Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
We don't usually comment directly on the Steam Hardware Survey every month, not unless it's something real interesting and this is the second month where it is because we're still officially above 1%!
Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again
The day I'm sure many have been waiting for, and just as many probably thought it wouldn't happen. Linux has finally hit 1% again on the Steam Hardware Survey.
The Steam Hardware Survey for October 2018 shows a small drop for Linux, a look at daily and monthly active users
After initially showing the decrease as an increase, it seems Valve have now corrected the Steam Hardware Survey results for October 2018.
The Linux market share on Steam is at a 14 month high as of September 2018
Valve have put up their usual monthly survey and the interesting thing for us is that the Linux share is the highest it's been for some time now.
Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
Something I forgot to write up, was that the latest Steam survey is out. Linux dropped by 0.08% according to the figures.
The next round of our user-powered statistics has completed, take a look
It's always interesting to see what Linux gamers are running on their main gaming computers, so it's fun to see our statistics grow each month. The latest data is now available.
Our latest user survey is done, Steam Controller seems to be the favourite
Our user survey is now done automatically from your profiles every month. On the 1st of December a fresh lot was generated.
The Steam Hardware Survey for September 2016 shows Linux has grown some more
Another month goes by and another Steam Hardware Survey was done, I got a pop up this month and it seems we have increased our share two months in a row on Steam.
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