Every month, Valve runs a voluntary survey to collect information about the computer configurations its customers use to access Steam. This data helps developers optimize their games to reach as many gamers as possible and make wise investments in various technologies. Steam hardware and software surveys are also a great source of information about different versions of Windows and their success among gamers.
note: Participation in the survey is optional, so the data does not represent 100% of Steam users. Also, the official Steam page compares the latest data to October 2022, not November 2022, hence the difference in delta between this article and the official report.
The survey results show that Windows 11 continues to steal users from Windows 10. According to Valve, in December 2022, Windows 11 reached 28.42%, which is an increase of 0.44 points compared to November 2022.
Windows 10 64-bit, the most dominant species of operating system on Steam, lost only 0.18 points in December 2022 – the eight-bit operating system currently has a market share of 65.42%. Windows 7 64-bit experienced a similar decline. Valve says the third most popular Windows version on Steam currently has 1.66% (-0.22 points).
- 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’s family of operating systems continues to hold the market strong with a market share of 96.15% (+0.04). Apple is in second place with 2.48% (+0.03), and Linux is in third place with 1.38% (-0.06).
As for hardware preferences, there are no significant changes compared to the previous month. Here are the most popular CPU, GPU, memory and other hardware choices:
| Steam Hardware Survey – October 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel | AMD | Microsoft |
| 67.81% (+0.71) | 32.16% (-0.71) | 0.03% | |
| physical cores | 6 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
| 33.03% (+0.43) | 29.8% (-0.26) | 19.20% (-0.56) | |
| Memory | 16 GB | 8GB | 32GB |
| 51.85% () | 21.32% (+0.08) | 13.93% (+0.55) | |
| graphics cards | Nvidia | AMD | Intel |
| 75.69% | 15.15% | 8.94% | |
| Graphics card models | NVIDIA GTX 1650 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | NVIDIA RTX 2060 |
| 5.99% (-0.06) | 5.46% (-0.12) | 4.50% (+0.02) | |
| video card memory | 8GB | 6GB | 4 gigabytes |
| 26.95% (+0.73) | 19.99% (+0.02) | 14.97% (+0.66) | |
| The resolution of the screen | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 | 1366 x 768 |
| 64.60% (-0.46) | 11.80% (+0.46) | 5.88% (+0.18) | |
You can find more information On the official page of Steam hardware and software review.