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Steam’s December 2025 survey is now live. In November 2025, Linux gained a small but notable amount of momentum, giving some users hope that the trend would continue into December.
Instead, Linux’s install base has stalled. It even slipped by 0.01% month on month, which is minor, but still an unexpected pause after several months of gradual growth. For Windows users, the picture looks very different. Windows 11 recorded a sizeable jump, rising by 5.24% overall.
What the December 2025 Steam survey tells us
Thanks to its latest surge, Windows 11 now accounts for 70.83% of all Steam users. Windows 10, by comparison, dropped by 2.36% to 26.70%.
In November 2025, Linux recorded a small 0.15% increase, while Windows 11 grew by around 2%. That context makes December’s shift feel more pronounced.
Looking at the wider picture, all versions of Windows combined made up 94.79% of Steam users in November. In December 2025, that figure edged up to 94.95%.
Linux saw a very slight decline overall, slipping from 3.20% to 3.19%. However, not all distributions moved backward, as Fedora recorded a 0.05% increase in users.
Memory trends also shifted. Systems with 32GB of RAM grew by 2.11%, while 16GB configurations fell by 0.80%.
On the graphics side, the NVIDIA RTX 3060 is now the most commonly used GPU on Steam. It overtook November 2025’s leader, the RTX 4060 Laptop GPU.
Virtual reality adoption also saw a notable change. Meta’s Quest 3 increased its user share by 24.42%, making it the most popular VR headset and placing it 2% ahead of the Quest 2.
We want to hear how closely your setup matches what Steam is reporting. Does your system line up with the latest trends, or are you very much an outlier?
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