Steam On Linux Hovered Just Above 1% For January 2022

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Steam Hovered Just Above 1% For January 2022

Ahead of the Steam Deck shipping later this month, here is where the Steam on Linux marketshare currently stands...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Survey-January-2022

[tildearrow]

I wonder whether the Deck will be reported separately from Linux...

[anarki2]

Exciting Indeed.

[skeevy420]

I've been on Steam Windows for the past month and a half...I don't want to get too comfortable with my Linux setup just to wipe it for the upcoming SteamOS.

[Raka555]

Seems there is no Native DOTA2 client for linux any more.
All the machine where I have Dota installed now needs to launch it through Steam Play ...

[mirmirmir]

5% in the end of this year, let's goo...

[elatllat]

So 1.06% of 120 million is 1.3 million monthly active Linux users.

src: https://backlinko.com/steam-users

[StarterX4]

In the overall stats, Windows lost as well (-0.02%), while MacOS somehow gained (+0.07).
In the Linux specified stats, Ubuntu 20.04 and Linux Mint 20.2 lost a lot (-0.31% ; -2.63%) on the behalf of the rest.

[birdie]

5% in the end of this year, let's goo...

Considering the progress it's likely to never happen. Why? Because Linux doesn't want to evolve to become an install and forget OS.

[Setif]

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS	17.59%	-0.31%
"Manjaro Linux"	12.30%	+0.34%
"Arch Linux"	11.75%	+0.33%
Ubuntu 21.10	6.96%	+0.65%
Pop!_OS 21.10	5.76%	+5.76%
Linux Mint 20.2	4.87%	-2.63%
Other	40.77%	+1.39%

All Pop!OS users upgraded at once (no one left behind!)
Linux Mint Users are upgrading to 20.3