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Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025 (www.phoronix.com)

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Steam 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 Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now it'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's Steam Deck and other handhelds plus Steam Play (Proton) working out so well, these October numbers are the best yet.

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[–] morto@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's interesting, because according to statcounter, linux usage actually went down last month, but I guess most browsers on linux will block those stats scripts

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm willing to bet decent money that there is overlap between users that always participate in the steam hardware survey and users who have permanently installed uBlock Origin and don't save cookies.

[–] morto@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Linux stats on statcounter was growing a lot, up to almost 5%, then reduced quickly back to less than 3%. Maybe the new users learned to install privacy tools?