Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS
Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS
According to these new numbers from Valve, the Linux customer base is up to 1.96%, or a 0.52% jump over June! That's a huge jump with normally just moving 0.1% or so in either direction most months... It's also near an all-time high on a percentage basis going back to the early days of Steam on Linux when it had around a 2% marketshare but at that time the Steam customer size in absolute numbers was much smaller a decade ago than it is now. So if the percentage numbers are accurate, this is likely the largest in absolute terms that the Linux gaming marketshare has ever been.
Data from Valve: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined
Linux FTW. Number 1 on servers, now number 2 on Steam! Watch out, Microsoft /s
51Yes! Not only do I have a Deck, but I've switched my main PC to Linux. Sick of Micro$oft's shit!
28It's awesome that Linux is becoming almost a mainstream desktop operating system. The year of Linux is here just another year or 2 and gaming on Linux will be near perfect. But sadly we will not able to play any kernel anticheat games like valorant but who gives a fuck about that game anyways lmao
27I've never looked back to Windows since switching my gaming rig to Linux about a year ago.
One of my favorite things is when a game launches with a DX12 option that says "Windows 10/11 only". Au contraire, game option. You're about to run on a penguin.
23Previous 12 months:
June 2023: -0.03%
May 2023: +0.15%
April 2023: +0.48%
March 2023: -0.43%
February 2023: -0.11%
January 2023: no difference
December 2023: -0.06%
November 2022: +0.16%
October 2022: +0.05%
September 2022: -0.04%
August 2022: +0.04%
July 2022: +0.05%It would seem Linux among Steam users shows a growth tendency.
Hopefully this tendency keeps going strong!16Let s fucking go
14Hardly surprising, especially with SteamDeck's popularity. Great news regardless! Steam is really making a difference here.
9I'm doing my part, I have installed Steam on two new Ubuntu installs recently, lol.
9I'm one of these statistics. I got a cheap SSD on Prime Day and installed Pop!_OS. The first thing I did was install Steam.
I still boot to Windows the majority of my time because of other apps or games that I need but I'm trying to get away from Windows.
6NixOS on steam deck is currently my daily driver because it's dedicated, portable linux hardware with better than iGPU performance I can actually afford. Having said that I'm only about a week in, but adding Jovian NixOS modules to my previous configs has been enough to make it a pretty solid experience so far. Amazing portable gaming is a nice bonus.
6That's an almost 25% increase, that's huge!
3Suck on that apple
2This is awesome! Hopefully we see even more devices coming out with SteamOS in the near future
2As a Linux enthusiast, it's exciting to see Steam on Linux usage spiking to nearly 2% in July, surpassing macOS in market share! This growth highlights the increasing appeal of Linux as a gaming platform. It’s a great time for gamers who prefer open-source environments. On another note, for those looking to save on their gaming purchases, don't forget to check out Paylesser UAE for some excellent deals and discounts!
0Steam is spyware ditch that shit, if you can't because you MUST play your games you are a junkie with an addiction
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