Valve Report Shows Increase in Linux Users on Steam
Valve has recently published a March report analyzing the preferences of users on the Steam game delivery service. According to the report, the share of active Steam users utilizing the Linux platform has reached 5.33%. This is a significant increase, being twice the percentage recorded in the previous month. In February, the figure was 2.23%, in January – 3.38%, and in December – 3.58%. With an estimated 132 million active Steam users, it can be approximated that there were around 6.6 million Linux users on Steam in March.
Among Linux systems, the SteamOS Holo platform, based on Arch Linux, occupies the largest share at 24.48%. Followed by Linux Mint at 8.8%, Arch Linux at 8.78%, Ubuntu at 5.25%, and Manjaro at 1.45%. The March statistics also show the absence of distributions such as CachyOS, Bazitte, and Freedesktop SDK, which were featured in the February report.
| Linux Distribution | Share |
|---|---|
| CachyOS | 21.1% |
| Arch Linux | 14.9% |
| Linux Mint | 10.6% |
| Fedora | 9.2% |
| Ubuntu | 7.1% |
| Endeavor | 4.1% |
| Nobara | 3.9% |
| PopOS | 2.9% |
| Debian | 2.7% |
| NixOS |