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Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2026

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.

Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2026

Valve have released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2026, showing Windows getting a small bump while Linux and macOS drop.

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GDC 2026 report: 36% of devs use GenAI; 28% target Steam Deck and 8% target Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2026

The GDC 2026 State of the Game Industry report is out with "over 2,300" professionals in the industry surveyed, and here's some of the highlights from it.

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2026

Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.

Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jan 2026 [updated]

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, bringing with it a fresh look at how Linux / SteamOS are doing on Steam.

Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2025

Valve released the statistics from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2025, which shows once again that Linux use is trending nicely upwards.

Steam Survey for September 2025 is out and here's the Linux / SteamOS details

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2025

Valve have released the details for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2025, so here's the usual GamingOnLinux run over the details.

Steam Survey for August 2025 is out and here's the Linux / SteamOS details

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2025

Valve have now released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for August 2025, showing the overall Linux share has dropped.

Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2025

Valve released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2025, showing the Linux user share making gains towards hitting 3%.

Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025 is out - here's the latest for Linux and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2025

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.

Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27%

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2025

Valve released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2025, so here's your usual round-up of where things stand right now.

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2025

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.

Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2024

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2024

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%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2024

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2024

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2024

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 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

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2024

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.