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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jan 2024

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2023

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2023

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2023

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.

Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2023

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.

Linux continues hitting above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2023

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.

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2023

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

Linux hit over 3% desktop user share according to Statcounter

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2023

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2022

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2022

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2022

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%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2021

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.