Although Microsoft bets on Windows 11, adoption of the operating system is not necessarily as strong as the software giant expected. So Windows 10 remains the number one version of Windows, and the new statistics provided by Valve for its Steam gaming platform also confirm this.
More specifically, Windows 10 successfully increased its Steam share by no less than 0.42% in October, thus reaching 68.91%. Windows 11, currently runner-up, actually fell 1.47% last month to 23.37%.
The decline in Windows 11 is surprising, especially considering that these numbers indicate a significant decline in Steam share. In theory, migration should be done the other way around, especially the availability of Windows 11 2022 update is increasing.
However, Valve's data seems to indicate that some users who installed Windows 11 ended up downgrading to Windows 10, probably because they were experiencing a game performance degradation on their new operating systems.
But the decline in Windows 11 records is not the only surprise that happened in October. Valve claims that the Steam share in Windows 7 has risen in a downturn, with the increase of no less than 1.19%. At this point, 3.59% of users running Steam on the device are also running Windows 7.
Apple 's macOS fell 0.13% last month, accounting for 2.23% of the Steam user base, while Linux increased by 0.05% to 1.28%.
Overall, Windows is the preferred gaming platform for Steam users so far, as it currently supports 96.50% of gaming PC devices, and of course, it is very likely that Windows 10 will remain the preferred operating system for a longer period of time.
