Steam gamers on PC are playing on Linux, with Valve's own SteamOS being the most popular variant. Meanwhile, Windows market ...
Steam Deck's success pushes Linux gaming to an unprecedented 5.3% market share milestone while Windows drops below 93% for ...
According to the latest numbers from Statcounter, Linux-based desktop operating systems have reached a new milestone, sitting at a market share of 5.03 percent in the US. It’s a monumental moment as ...
SteamOS, Arch Linux, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu variants lead the pack.
Microsoft is slowly changing their tune ...
Times are changing. For Linux gamers on Steam, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has shown the community crossing the 3% market share mark. This upward trend has been clear for a while ...
TL;DR: Windows remains the leading PC gaming OS with 95.1% market share, but Linux, driven by SteamOS and Steam Deck popularity, is steadily growing among gamers. Valve's SteamOS offers optimized ...
The Steam Deck is a huge part of that, obviously... but it's a smaller factor in the total Linux number than you might think.