Here is the latest data from Valve, revealing new details about the computers gamers use to access the platform. The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2022 shows Windows 11's continuous and steady climb, and now almost every fourth Steam user runs the latest operating system from Microsoft.
Disclaimer: Valve randomly picks users that get offers to participate in the survey. Customers are free to reject data collection, so the final result is not 100% accurate and does not cover 100% of the user base.
In September 2022, Windows 11 continued biting off Windows 10's share. The former has reached the 24.84% mark, gaining 1.06 points. Windows 10 lost 0.57%, settling at 68.49%. Although the seven-year-old operating system keeps losing customers on Steam (and will continue doing so), Windows 10 will remain the most popular choice for quite a while.
Windows 7 stubbornly refuses to leave the platform and remains the third most popular Windows version on Steam. Valve says the 64-bit version of the thirteen-year-old Windows has 2.40% (-0.20 points in September 2022). All versions combined, Windows holds 96.41% of all Steam users, and the value went up 0.18 points compared to August 2022.
- Windows 10 64-bit - 68.49% (-0.57)
- Windows 11 - 24.84% (+1.06)
- Windows 7 64-bit - 2.4% (-0.2)
- macOS - 2.36% (-0.14)
- Linux - 1.23% (-0.04)
Now here are the most popular hardware configurations:
| Steam Hardware Survey - September 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 68.73% (+0.82) | 31.24% (-0.82) | 0.02% | |
| Physical Cores | 6 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
| 33.54% (+0.5) | 30.99% (-0.3) | 19.19% (+0.22) | |
| Memory | 16GB | 8GB | 32GB |
| 53.19% (+1.97) | 21.39% (-0.97) | 13.04% (-0.09) | |
| Graphics Cards | Nvidia | AMD | Intel |
| 76.77% (+0.56) | 14.41% (-0.26) | 8.61% (-0.31) | |
| Graphics Cards Models | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | NVIDIA GTX 1650 | NVIDIA RTX 2060 |
| 6.73% (+0.34) | 6.11% (+0.08) | 5.02% (+0.17) | |
| Graphics Cards Memory | 8GB | 6GB | 4GB |
| 25.06% (-0.16) | 21.8% (+0.96) | 15.97% (-0.12) | |
| Monitor Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 66.38% (+0.64) | 11.25% (+0.33) | 5.55% (-0.68) | |
As usual, you can find more detailed information on the official Steam Hardware & Software Survey page.
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