Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

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

For July 2023 the rankings overall are:

• Windows 96.21% -0.56%
• macOS 1.84% +0.05%
• Linux 1.96% +0.52%

As shown on our dedicated Steam Tracker here's the Linux user share on Steam over time:

A pretty massive increase and the biggest in a single month for years. So why? Well, considering Valve just recently had a huge sale on the Steam Deck, it's probably not all that surprising. A lot of people over the last month will have been playing with their Steam Deck that ships with SteamOS Linux. So I do expect it to go down a fair bit next month as things settle down again but I imagine it will continue trending higher overall and keep pushing upwards.

Here's the current most popular Linux distributions - showing that SteamOS (Steam Deck) is the clear winner:

• SteamOS Holo 64 bit 42.07% +2.74%
• Arch Linux 64 bit 7.94% -0.39%
• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS 64 bit 7.38% -0.49%
• Freedesktop.org SDK 22.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit 5.99% -0.03%
• "Manjaro Linux" 64 bit 4.29% -0.08%
• Linux Mint 21.1 64 bit 3.84% -0.71%
• Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS 64 bit 2.97% +2.97%
• Other 25.52% -4.02%

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See all the details on Valve's survey.