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Back in October Steam on Linux finally re-crossed that 3% threshold after for years being stuck in a 1~2% rut. Now the Steam Survey results were published minutes ago for November and they continue an upward trend for Linux. Steam Linux marketshare for November 2025 Steam on Linux is up to 3.2%, an increase of 0.15% for the month. One year ago Steam on Linux was at 2.03% last November, 1.91% for November 2023, and a decade ago for November 2015 was at just 0.98%. Steam Linux OS marketshare for November 2025 SteamOS Holo that powers the Steam Deck and upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame continue to be the most prominent Linux distribution along with Ubuntu and Arch Linux based distros, etc. Steam Linux CPU marketshare for November 2025 Due to AMD APUs powering the Steam Deck, AMD CPUs continue to power nearly 70% of Linux gaming systems. Meanwhile under Windows, AMD has around a 42% CPU marketshare. Those wanting to jump through all of the Steam Survey results for November can find the data on SteamPowered.com. 33 Comments Tweet Related News Vulkan's VK_EXT_present_timing Merged After Five Years In The Making Steam Frame Using Mesa's Turnip Vulkan Open-Source Driver Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer VKD3D-Proton 3.0 Released: Big Update To Direct3D 12 On Vulkan With FSR4 Support Proton 10.0-3 Released For Steam Play With Dozens Of Fixes, More Games Working Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame About The Author Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. 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