Considerable also that GOG currently has a 60% discount on it, which makes it available for 5,99$ (don't know how long yet though).

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Quoting: edddeduckferalIf you buy from a third party and they don't explicitly say they are selling Linux or Mac keys then you've bought a Windows key. Bundle-star for example sell Windows keys.

Doesn't matter where you play the game on third party stores the sale is based on the steam keys they have purchased. Humble Bundle for example have a set of keys tagged as Windows, Mac and Linux and hand out the correct ones based on your platform so that the correct platform sale is recorded.

Assuming a devoted Linux user has the nice idea of running a key store and selling Steam keys all bought as Linux version to even Windows only users. Would this work in pushing Linux sales?

I honestly think current statistics are disadvantaging Linux sales, just by looking at myself, i bought many games only when being available on Linux, but some I bought from Windows and even started playing there, because it was what i had then and there. Still i would never have bought if not for a Linux version.

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Hey, just bought the key from a Linux distribution on Steam, but not through client but through Firefox. Can someone explain whether that counts a Linux sale?? (Steam did register my OS and displayed corresponding games on the store page).

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