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I wonder if the Steam Deck has pushed Linux above Mac in terms of Steam userbase?

I tried, unsuccessfully, to find stats on the matter.

Edit: As Sayrus points out below you can click on the rows in the Steam Hardware Survey to show more information.



Steam publishes stats on this[1]. You can expand "OS Version" to see the repartitions between MacOS, Linux and Windows and their respective versions.

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...


I was there, but didn't know that I could click on OS Version. Thanks!

I also wonder if Linux or Mac OS users are more or less likely to answer the surveys. Unless they've changed how it works, it is a pop up asking if you want to be recorded.


https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

The answer is yes. Mac is currently at 1.43% while Linux is at 1.63% (43% of which is Steam Deck)



Valve actually collects really good stats on stuff like this

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

Looks like linux barely beats out macos




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