Every month, Valve conducts a voluntary survey to collect information about the PC configurations used by its customers to access Steam. This data can help developers optimize their games to reach as many players as possible and make smart investments in different technologies. The Steam Hardware and Software Survey is also a great source of information about various Windows versions and their success among gamers.
Participation in the survey is optional, so the data does not represent 100% of Steam users. In addition, the official Steam page compares the latest data in October 2022, not the data in November 2022, so there is a time gap between this article and the official report.
survey results show that Windows 11 continues to steal users from Windows 10. According to Valve, in December 2022, Windows 11 reached 28.42%, an increase of 0.44 percentage points compared to November 2022.
Windows 10 64-bit is the most dominant operating system variety on Steam, losing only 0.18 percentage points in December 2022. This 8-year-old operating system now has 65.42% of the market share of and . Windows 7 64-bit experienced a similar decline. Valve says the third most popular Windows version on Steam currently has just 1.66% (-0.22%) left.
Windows 10 64-bit 65.42% (-0.18%)
Windows 11 28.42% (+0.44%)
Windows 7 64-bit 1.66% (-0.22%)
Windows 8 64-bit 0.41%
Windows 7 32-bit: 0.11%
Overall, Microsoft operating system family firmly occupies an absolute dominant position with a market share of 96.15% (+0.04%), Apple ranks second with 2.48% (+0.03), and Linux ranks third with 1.38% (-0.06).
As for hardware preferences, there are no significant changes from last month: Here are the most popular choices for CPU, GPU, memory and other hardware:
