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Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3%


Back in February Steam on Linux was at a 1.45% marketshare, then was corrected to 2.33% for Linux gaming in March, 2.27% for April, a nice jump to 2.69% for Linux gaming in May, and June came in at 2.57% for the Linux gaming population as a percent of Steam users

The July numbers were published this evening and show a new recent high for Linux gamers. The July 2025 results of the Steam Survey were posted a few minutes ago and show a healthy 0.32% increase to put the Linux gaming marketshare at 2.89%. Overall though SteamOS Holo as the base (Arch Linux derived) operating system of the Steam Deck continues to rank most common, to no surprise.

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