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

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:47:43 +0000

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.

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Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:45:18 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:43:31 +0000

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

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:20:20 +0000

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

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

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:10:20 +0000

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

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Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:51:04 +0000

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

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:05:11 +0000

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%

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 May 2025 09:44:58 +0000

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

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:13:18 +0000

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.

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Steam sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2%

Liam Dawe — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:21:37 +0000

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.

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Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:52:23 +0000

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.

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GDC 2025 survey shows PC game development growing with lots interested in Valve's Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:21:13 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:01:09 +0000

Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.

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Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 09:35:02 +0000

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for October 2024, and the Linux user share has gone back up again to exactly 2%.

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China continues rising on the Steam Survey with Linux now at 1.87%

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:43:43 +0000

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.

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Linux smashes another market share record for August 2024 on Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:27:40 +0000

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.

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Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:14:40 +0000

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.

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Linux / Steam Deck user share on Steam stays flat for July 2024

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:51:54 +0000

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.

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Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:35:10 +0000

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.

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Linux remains above 2% on the Steam Survey for June 2024

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:27:00 +0000

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.

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Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:45:19 +0000

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.

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Steam Survey for April 2024 shows a small dip for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 May 2024 09:14:51 +0000

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.

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Linux share on Steam bounces back to nearly 2% for March 2024

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:55:58 +0000

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.

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Linux on the desktop breaks 4% for the first time on Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:09:07 +0000

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.

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Steam Survey for February 2024 shows a big bump in Simplified Chinese

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:54:43 +0000

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.

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Linux remains above macOS on the Steam Survey for January 2024

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:03:31 +0000

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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31% of devs already using AI and the PC platform looks strong from GDC Survey

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:38:06 +0000

The annual GDC Survey is out now and it's an interesting look into what developers are up to and how the industry is changing, and some of the info this time around is pretty eyebrow raising.

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Linux hits nearly 4% desktop user share on Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:33:57 +0000

According to Statcounter, which should be taken with a pinch of salt of course like any sampling, the Linux share on the desktop hit nearly 4% in Decemeber 2023.

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Linux use on Steam ends 2023 with a multi-year high (thanks Steam Deck)

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:52:53 +0000

Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for December 2023, and it shows that Linux and Steam Deck overall finished 2023 on a very positive note.

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Linux share on Steam back to nearly 2% thanks to Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:34:29 +0000

After a couple of months of the Linux user share on Steam dropping, the November 2023 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows it shooting back up again. With Steam Deck continuing to push Linux gaming.

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October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:05:12 +0000

We have another fresh Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2023 and the results show that Simplified Chinese as a language on Steam has another sharp jump resulting in some odd results.

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September 2023 Steam Survey: macOS and Linux dip but Linux remains above macOS

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:06:53 +0000

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2023 is out now and shows that both macOS and Linux have dipped down, although Linux still remains above macOS.

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Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:11:50 +0000

Another month, another set of stats showing that Linux desktop seems to be doing better than ever. According to Statcounter, the Linux share has risen once again.

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Linux continues hitting above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:51:49 +0000

Another month down and we can see that the Linux desktop user share is continuing to rise and not just on the recent Steam Survey.

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Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:06:06 +0000

Well it finally happened. According to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2023 we can see that Linux users have overtaken macOS.

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Linux hit over 3% desktop user share according to Statcounter

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:07:53 +0000

Do my eyes deceive me? Apparently not. According to Statcounter, the Linux share on the desktop has actually now passed 3% for the first time.

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Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:56:23 +0000

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.

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Linux hits a multi-year high for user share on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:06:35 +0000

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.

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The latest Steam Survey had a huge surge of Simplified Chinese

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:31:09 +0000

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.

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Linux use overtakes macOS on the Stack Overflow Survey

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:31:43 +0000

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.

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Latest Steam Survey sees a minor dip for Linux & Steam Deck, still trending nicely overall

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:19:33 +0000

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.

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November's Steam Survey shows another uptick for Linux thanks to Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:06:56 +0000

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.

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Steam Deck pushed Linux to the highest share on Steam in years

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:43:57 +0000

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.

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SteamOS and Steam Deck on top for Linux in the Steam Hardware Survey

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:26:14 +0000

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.

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Steam ended 2021 with a slightly lower Linux user share ending the recent growth

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:38:02 +0000

After 7 months of seeing the Linux user share on Steam continue to grow, December saw 2021 end with it dropping slightly.

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November marked 7 months of Linux rising on Steam & 5 months above 1%

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:10:57 +0000

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.

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Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:24:36 +0000

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.

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For a third month in a row, Linux remains above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:15:31 +0000

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.

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Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 08:45:51 +0000

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%!

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Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:16:18 +0000

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.

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