Linux installs jump to over 5% of gamers on the latest Steam hardware survey

Has the Linux revolution finally begun?
TweakTown

GeForce RTX 3060 reclaims top spot and RDNA 4 finally appears in Steam's latest hardware survey

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for March offers some course correction after last month's skewed data saw the ...

Steam survey shows Linux hitting an all-time high with gamers

Linux has climbed to an all-time high of 5.33% in Valve’s latest Steam survey, a milestone that underlines how far PC gaming on Linux has come.

PC RAM prices are so high that gaming PCs with 32GB just dropped 20% on Steam

According to the latest Steam Hardware Survey for March 2026, the proportion of PCs using Steam with 32GB of memory plummeted ...

High hardware costs are driving Steam users toward lower RAM and storage specs

Gaming PCs using 32GB of RAM fell by a massive 20% in Steam's latest hardware survey.
TweakTown

Windows just saw a dramatic drop in OS market share on Steam as gamers move to Linux

Steam gamers on PC are playing on Linux, with Valve's own SteamOS being the most popular variant. Meanwhile, Windows market ...
Windows Report

Steam Survey Shows Windows 11 Dominance Despite Slight Drop

Steam survey shows Windows 11 leading with 66.65% share, while Windows 10 declines. RTX 3060 and 16GB RAM remain the most ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Linux has gotten a 3% usage bump in a month, latest Steam hardware survey suggests - though, it's still miles off Windows

Linux installs have jumped up to 5.33%, their highest mark in a while, according to the latest Steam hardware survey.
GamingOnLinux

Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time

After rubbing away the sleep from my eyes in disbelief, Valve have updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March ...

Why Valve’s New Steam Machine Is Taking Direct Aim at the PS5

Steam Deck now supports multiframe generation via a plugin, but added input lag and limited real-world gains make the feature ...

Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year

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.
Liliputing

Steam Deck hardware upgrades will likely be on a console-like timeline rather than PC-like

Gaming PCs tend to get more powerful every year, with new desktop and laptop systems arriving annually with the latest chips from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. But Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo game ...