Back during January Steam on Linux dropped by 0.23% to a 2.06% marketshare while overnight the numbers were published for February 2025…
The February numbers show a staggering 0.61% drop to Linux use, putting the overall Linux gaming marketshare at just 1.45%. This is a significant drop and haven’t seen Linux numbers this low in quite some time.
But, fortunately, it looks like another month of bugged numbers from Valve. When getting to the language data, according to the Steam Survey it shows a 20% increase to Simplified Chinese users. According to the survey, it shows 50% of Steam users using the SImplified Chinese language pack.
In prior months where there has been drops to Linux use, it’s been correlated to wild swings in the Chinese use on Steam. This looks to be another such month.
Of the Linux specific data, SteamOS continues to prove most popular for that Valve distribution powering the Steam Deck.
AMD CPUs power around 70% of the Linux gaming systems thanks to the Steam Deck APU and AMD Ryzen being quite popular with Linux enthusiasts.
Overall though difficult to read too much into this data given the wild swings for the month. Those wanting to go through all the numbers can find the Steam Survey results here.
