Last month, Valve"s monthly Hardware & Software Survey on Steam showed a grim picture for Windows 11: according to the report, Microsoft"s latest OS dipped from 30% to 22% in one month. There were no apparent reasons to explain such a massive user exodus, so one may guess that was due to the survey"s participation rules. Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2023 are now available, showing the complete opposite: Windows 11 reclaimed its lost points and is now at its all-time high.
Disclaimer: Participation in the survey is optional and is not offered to all users. The primary goal is to provide a platform average picture and help developers tailor their games and technology investments. The survey is never 100% accurate.
According to Valve, in April 2023, Windows 11 gained 10.98%. Such a radical boost helped the OS reach its highest market share of 33.39%. Windows 10 remains number one with a 61.21% share, which lost 12.74 points compared to the previous month. Combined, Windows 10 and 11 hold 94.6% of all Steam customers who agreed to participate in the survey.
- Windows 10 64-bit - 61.21% (-12.74)
- Widnows 11 - 33.39% (+10.98)
- Windows 7 64-bit - 1.28% (+0.22)
- Windows 8.1 64-bit - 0.31% (+0.11)
- Windows 7 - 0.08% (+0.03)
Now to the hardware side of the report, which, similarly to operating systems, is all over the place:
| Steam Hardware Survey - April 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 67.14$ (-9.04) | 32.84% (+9.04) | 0.03% (+0.01) | |
| Physical Cores | 6 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
| 33.49% (-12.29) | 27.7% (+6.76) | 19.6% (+1.15) | |
| Memory | 16GB | 8GB | 32GB |
| 5.19% (-4.73%) | 19.35% (+6.66%) | 16.1% (-6.31) | |
| Graphics Cards Models | NVIDIA GTX 1650 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | NVIDIA RTX 3060 |
| 5.98% (+2.02) | 4.84% (-2.85) | 4.51% (-5.93) | |
| Graphics Cards Memory | 8GB | 6GB | 4GB |
| 27.9% (-4.26) | 19.23% (-3.17) | 14.13% (+5.9) | |
| Display Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 64.52% (+0.24) | 12.49% (-8.23) | 5.28% (+2.04) | |
You can find more information on the Steam Hardware & Software Survey page.