Back in May the Steam on Linux marketshare returned to passing the 2% threshold and remained above 2% through July. But the August 2024 survey results are out this evening and point to a drop for Linux. The August 2024 numbers show a 0.16% drop for Linux gamers, landing at a 1.92% marketshare. Windows meanwhile rose to 96.78% and macOS dropped a tiny bit to 1.3%.

As we have seen in months past when Linux takes a sizable dip, it’s correlated to a rise in the Simplified Chinese use. In August the Simplified Chinese use further grew and helping out Windows at the cost to the Linux percentage.

Steam Hardware & Software Survey: August 2024

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
    27·
    4 months ago

    Probably me. Haven’t had too much time to play games recently. But I managed to play btd6 last week, hopefully that helped.

    • theshatterstone54
      8·
      4 months ago

      Same. I was playing one of those addicive clicker games, but finished it in mid-August and have barely had time to play since then. Only other things I’ve played are non-Steam games.