Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March

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If Valve's latest Steam Survey monthly figures are accurate, Steam on Linux enjoyed a very wild month of March. Steam on Linux is now above the 5% threshold and more than twice the size of the Steam on macOS marketshare.Steam on Linux ended 2025at around a 3.5% marketshare,dipped a bit in January, andfell to 2.23% in February. That's still much better than several years ago in the pre-Steam-Deck days whenSteam on Linux was at around 1%. In absolute terms with the continued growth of the Steam user base, 2~3% was rather healthy considering all of its bumps over the past decade.But Valve just published the Steam Survey results for March 2026 and they have never been so incredible for Linux... 5.33%! Steam on Linux was never above 5% and easily an all-time high for the Linux gaming marketshare, especially in absolute numbers. It was a massive 3.1% spike in March while macOS also jumped surprisinfly by 1.19% to 2.35%. The Steam Survey numbers show Windows losing 4.28%, down to 92.33%.Part…