After a couple of months of the Linux user share on Steam dropping, the November 2023 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows it shooting back up again. With Steam Deck continuing to push Linux gaming.
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    7 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    After a couple of months of the Linux user share on Steam dropping, the November 2023 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows it shooting back up again.

    With Steam Deck continuing to push Linux gaming.

    See the data over time on the GOL Steam Tracker.

    As mentioned in the last article for October 2023’s numbers, the issue was something we’ve seen quite a few times now.

    A sudden surge of Simplified Chinese as a language on Steam, which pretty much always brings down the Linux and macOS share.

    When filtering just to the Linux numbers we can see that SteamOS Holo (Steam Deck) continues to be what’s pushing the numbers up overall:

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