Windows 11 is not breaking speed records when it comes to its growth. The latest reports show that most users still prefer the good-old Windows 10, and only 23% have already upgraded to Windows 11. However, things are slightly different on the gaming side of the market.
Windows 11"s gaming-related improvements and optimizations are solid incentives for gamers to move on from Windows 10 to 11. Valve"s monthly Hardware & Software Survey shows that the gaming audience is more willing to upgrade: almost 34% of all Steam customers now run Microsoft"s latest operating system.
Note: Participation in the survey is optional, and the data is never 100% accurate.
According to Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for May 2023, 96.14% of all customers access the platform from Windows PCs (-0.24 points compared with the previous month). 60.51% run Windows 10 (-0.7 points), and 33.99% are powered by Windows 11.
Older Windows versions are still there, but their market shares are puny: 64-bit Windows 7 has 1.17% (-0.11 points), 64-bit Windows 8.1 has 0.29% (-0.02 points), and 32-bit Windows 7 is at 0.08%. Those still playing games from PCs with Windows 7 and 8 should start thinking about upgrading since Valve plans to kill Steam on unsupported Windows versions on January 1, 2024.
- Windows 10 - 60.51% (-0.24 points)
- Windows 11 - 33.99% (+0.6 points)
- Windows 7 64-bit - 1.17% (-0.11 points)
- Windows 8.1 64-bit - 0.29% (-0.02 points)
- Windows 7 - 0.08%
Now to the hardware side of the report:
| Steam Hardware Survey - May 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 67.52% (+0.38) | 32.46% (-0.38) | 0.03% | |
| Physical Cores | 6 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
| 33.78% (+0.29) | 27.12% (-0.58) | 19.59% (-0.01) | |
| Memory | 16GB | 8GB | 32GB |
| 51.93% (-0.26%) | 18.91% (-0.44%) | 16.87% (+0.77) | |
| Graphics Cards Models | NVIDIA GTX 1650 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | NVIDIA RTX 3060 |
| 5.85% (-0.13) | 4.79% (-0.05) | 4.73% (+0.22) | |
| Graphics Cards Memory | 8GB | 6GB | 4GB |
| 28.33% (+0.43) | 19.18% (-0.05) | 13.48% (-0.65) | |
| Display Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 64.33% (-0.19) | 12.88% (+0.39) | 5.22% (-0.06) | |
You can find more information on the Steam Hardware & Software Survey page.