{"id":266286,"date":"2025-11-02T04:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266286\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:56:12","slug":"steam-on-linux-gaming-finally-cracks-3-for-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266286\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VALVE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/valve.webp.webp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><br \/>\nSteam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/news\/Steam-Survey-July-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steam on Linux was close to 3%<\/a> before stumbling a bit but now it&#8217;s above that elusive threshold. The only time Steam on Linux use was close to the 3% mark was when Steam on Linux initially debuted a decade ago and at that time the overall Steam user-base was much smaller than it is today. Long story short, thanks to the ongoing success of Valve&#8217;s Steam Deck and other handhelds plus Steam Play (Proton) working out so well, these October numbers are the best yet.<\/p>\n<p>The October 2025 numbers just published minutes ago put a hearty 0.41% increase to Linux for landing its overall marketshare at 3.05%. Windows meanwhile was at 94.84% (falling below 95% for the first time in a while) and macOS at 2.11%. For comparison, in October 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/news\/Steam-October-2024-Numbers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steam on Linux was at 2.00%<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762059370_288_image\" alt=\"Steam on Linux above 3%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Linux-specific data shows SteamOS commanding around 27% of all the Linux installs at large. SteamOS most notably being on the Steam Deck hardware.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762059371_658_image\" alt=\"SteamOS at 27% among Linux use\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Linux-specific data shows Intel gaining 1% CPU marketshare for 32.89% against AMD&#8221;s 67.1% for October. Meanwhile for the WIndows data, Intel has 57.8% to AMD at 42%.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762059371_193_image\" alt=\"Steam on Linux favors AMD CPUs\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These Steam Survey numbers for Linux are the best yet with cracking the seemingly elusive 3% threshold and the overall Steam user base continuing to grow nicely.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762059372_115_image\" alt=\"Steam Survey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Those wanting to dig into all the October 2025 numbers can do so via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/hwsurvey\/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SteamPowered.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! 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