Linux finally overtakes macOS in Steam gamer's OS share, 'Steam Deck' may affect

The game distribution platform Steam has so far used macOS as the second OS after Windows. However, the July 2023 Steam survey results published by Steam's operator, Valve, reported that Linux exceeded the number of users of macOS for the first time.

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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-2023

Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/

In a survey conducted in July 2023, the top OS used on Steam was Windows with a share rate of 96.21%, and there was no change from the previous survey results. However, as a result of the nearly 2% increase in Linux usage from June to July 2023, macOS, which had the second largest market share, and Linux, which had the third largest market share, were replaced for the first time since the survey began.

Looking at the Linux version breakdown, it can be confirmed that the OS called 'SteamOS Holo' accounts for about 42% of all LinuxOS. 'SteamOS Holo' is an OS installed in the mobile gaming PC ' Steam Deck ', so you can see the success of Steam Deck.

On the other hand, overseas media Ars Technica said, ``Linux users who use these Steam Decks need to pay attention to not using Steam on desktop PCs,'' said Linux, which increased due to the booming Steam Deck. I am concerned that the share of Linux has not actually led to an increase in the share of Linux in the desktop OS.

In June 2023, Apple, whose market share fell to third place, announced the Game Porting Toolkit, a tool for porting Windows games to macOS, and the next major version of the Mac OS to be released in the future, macOS Sonoma . ', it is said that Steam's share may recover.

On the other hand, Ars Technica says, ``Looking at the difference with Windows, macOS and Apple seem to have not caught up yet.''

Valve also reports details of users who use Steam on Linux, revealing that AMD CPUs account for about 70% of the CPU used by Linux gamers.

It turned out that 70% of gamers using Linux chose ``AMD CPU'', and efforts to open source have come to fruition-GIGAZINE

Looking at the demographics of users using Steam on Linux, nearly 80% are English-speaking users. In Japan, the percentage of users using Steam using Linux is reported to be low, at 0.58%.