As of September 2023, the most frequently used OS by users of the gaming platform Steam was Windows at almost 97 percent. Linux followed in second place, with 1.6 percent, ahead of OSX with 1.43 percent share.
Distribution of Steam gaming platform users operating systems used as of September 2023
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Steam. (October 27, 2023). Distribution of Steam gaming platform users operating systems used as of September 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265033/proportion-of-operating-systems-used-on-the-online-gaming-platform-steam/
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