Valve"s monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey results are now out, revealing a somewhat puzzling picture for Windows 11. According to Valve, Microsoft"s latest operating system took a massive nosedive in March 2023 and went from 30% to a much less impressive 22.41% mark. Windows 10, on the other hand, increased its market share to 73.59% (+10.49 points).
Note: Valve picks users randomly and allows declining participation in the survey. 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.
Windows 11 and 10 combined hold 96.36% of Steam users. Although older Windows versions no longer receive any support from Microsoft, some customers continue accessing Steam from machines running Windows 7 and 8.1. However, Steam will soon cut off those people from the platform—Valve recently announced plans to stop supporting Steam on now-dead Windows versions.
- Windows 10 64-bit - 73.95% (+10.49)
- Windows 11 - 22.41% (-7.92)
- Windows 7 64-bit - 1.06% (-0.54)
- Windows 8.1 64-bit - 0.20% (-0.19)
- Windows 7 32-bit - 0.05% (-0.06)
Now to the hardware side of the report:
| Steam Hardware Survey - January 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 76.18% (+9.01) | 23.80% (-9) | 0.02% (-0.01) | |
| Physical Cores | 6 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
| 45.78% (+12.36) | 20.94% (-7.02) | 18.45% (-1.64) | |
| Memory | 16GB | 32GB | 8GB |
| 56.92% (+4.21) | 22.41% (+7.21) | 12.69% (-7.08) | |
| Graphics Cards Models | NVIDIA RTX 3060 | NVIDIA RTX 2060 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 |
| 10.44% (+6.9) | 7.89% (+3.67) | 7.69% (+2.59) | |
| Graphics Cards Memory | 8GB | 6GB | 12GB |
| 32.16% (+4.12) | 22.4% (+2.99) | 16.46% (+7.78) | |
| Display Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 64.28% (-0.32) | 20.72% (+8.39) | 3.24% (-2.15) | |
You can find more information on the survey"s official page.