XDA Developers on MSN

Linux's Steam market share just broke a new record, and it's leaving macOS in the dust

SteamOS, Arch Linux, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu variants lead the pack.

Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year

Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent ...
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

SteamOS 3.8.0 Preview brings initial Steam Machine support, and improvements for many handhelds

SteamOS 3.8.0 Preview is another big upgrade for Valve's Linux distribution, with lots of enhancements to hardware support ...

March Steam survey: Intel Arc finally breaks into the charts as AMD and Linux reach record shares

February was one of those weird months where the Steam survey saw massive changes from the status quo: the RTX 5070 became ...
Game Rant on MSN

SteamOS Gets New Update for March 2026

Valve releases a big new SteamOS preview update with very promising feature and performance improvements, and an unexpected ...
eTeknix

Linux Gaming on Steam Hits a Major Milestone: Over 3% Market Share

Times are changing. For Linux gamers on Steam, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has shown the community crossing the 3% market share mark. This upward trend has been clear for a while ...

Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware

Many of the update’s improvements come from various upstream Linux components. Valve says the update includes a new Arch ...
ExtremeTech

For the First Time Ever, Linux Gaming Crosses 3% on Steam

Linux gamers on Steam have crossed the 3% mark for the first time, according to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025. Windows remains the most used operating system with 94.84% of ...
Neowin

AMD and Steam Deck continue to drive Linux gaming adoption on Steam

AMD CPUs hit a record 71.93% usage among Linux gamers, while the Steam Deck now accounts for over one-fifth of the total Linux GPU market. Despite much noise being made about the Windows 10 end of ...