Statcounter recently reported a continued decline in Windows 11’s market share, but on the gaming side, things are looking much more positive.
According to Valve, at least.
The company reports that Windows 11 has almost caught up with Windows 10 on Steam, with only 6 points now separating the two operating systems.
Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about the types of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional and anonymous. The information collected helps us tremendously when we make decisions about the types of technology investments and products to offer.
Steam’s April 2024 Hardware and Software Survey claims that Windows 11 is now at 45.15%, up 3.54 points from March 2024. Windows 10, on the other hand, is down to 51.02% (-3.38 points).
There are still people playing games from Steam on 64-bit Windows 7, which Valve no longer supports. About 0.43% of all participants in the last survey reported that they have a computer based on Windows 7.
Similar to Chrome in the browser market, Windows dominates Steam with an overwhelming market share of 96.76% (+0.09 points). macOS has 1.35% (-0.03 points), and Linux has 1.90% (-0.04).
Here’s what happened on the hardware side in April 2024.
| Steam Hardware Survey – April 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Processors | Intel 66.51% (-2.23) |
AMD 33.46% (+2.24) |
Microsoft 0.03% (-0.01) |
| CPU cores | 6 cores 33.18% (-1.63) |
8 cores 20.69% (+0.87) |
4 cores 20.23% (+0.30) |
| Memory | 16 GB 48.26% (+0.56) |
32GB 28.09% (-1.20) |
8GB 11.89% (+0.15) |
| GPU models | Nvidia RTX 3060 5.51% (-1.16) |
Nvidia GTX 1650 4.20% (+0.25) |
Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 3.59% (-0.34) |
| Video memory |
8GB |
12GB 17.09% (-1.23) |
6GB 14.45% (-0.31) |
| The resolution of the screen | 1920 x 1080 58.43% (-0.02) |
2560 x 1440 18.90% (-0.96) |
1366 x 768 3.42% (-0.04) |
You can find more information on Official Steam website hardware and software review.