--- title: Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than... description: Valve's Steam Survey for March 2026 shows Linux gaming marketshare surging to 5.33%, an all-time high and more than double macOS's 2.35%. The massive 3.1... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-in-march---more-than-double-the-macos-gaming-marketshare-fdksfbd4o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare | daily.dev og:description: Valve's Steam Survey for March 2026 shows Linux gaming marketshare surging to 5.33%, an all-time high and more than double macOS's 2.35%. The massive 3.1... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-in-march---more-than-double-the-macos-gaming-marketshare-fdksfbd4o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fdKsfBd4O.png og:image:alt: Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Valve's Steam Survey for March 2026 shows Linux gaming marketshare surging to 5.33%, an all-time high and more than double macOS's 2.35%. The massive 3.1 percentage point spike is partly attributed to Valve correcting Steam China data, which caused a 31.85% drop in Simplified Chinese language usage. Windows fell 4.28% to 92.33%. About a quarter of Linux Steam users run SteamOS, and AMD CPUs account for nearly 70% of Linux gamers' hardware due to the Steam Deck and AMD's open-source driver support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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