Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025

Ready Player GNU.

For November 2025 the overall operating system share is:

Windows - 94.79%

Linux - 3.20%

macOS - 2.02%

It'll be interesting to see how the Steam Machine in January affects this.

It might not be a huge immediate boost. I have friends who want to buy a Steam Machine on day one - but they already use a SteamDeck as their primary gaming rig.

I expect the Steam Machine to catch on the same way the SteamDeck seems to have - word of mouth.

I know I bought my SteamDeck after a friend demoed theirs to me, and it kind of sold itself.