Percentage of Linux users on Steam exceeds 2%
Game sales platform Steam has updated its Hardware & Software Survey and released data for May 2024. According to the data, more than 2% of Steam users use Linux.
Steam Hardware & Software Survey
Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/linux-user-share-on-steam-breaks-2pc-thanks-to-steam-deck/
The breakdown of OS usage by Steam users in May 2024 is as follows: Windows 96.21%, macOS 1.47%, and Linux 2.32%, with the proportion of Linux users finally exceeding 2%.
Looking at the breakdown of Linux users alone, 45.34% of Linux users are 'SteamOS Holo' users, which is about a 3 percentage point increase from last month. This is the OS installed on
Furthermore, AMD's CPU share among Linux gamers was approximately 75%.
In addition, AMD was at the top of the GPU share for Linux users. Phoronix, a gaming news site, points out that 'Steam Deck is equipped with a custom CPU made by AMD, and Linux gamers tend to prefer AMD due to its open source support and Ryzen's excellent performance.'
According to gaming news site GamingOnLinux, this is not the first time that the percentage of Linux users has exceeded 2%; it also exceeded 2% in March 2013, just after the official release of the Linux version of Steam. At that time, Valve added exclusive items to the Linux version of ' Team Fortress 2 ,' which also had an impact, but the number of Linux users soon began to decline after that.
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