"After finally passing the three percent mark in October, Linux usage on Steam has peaked again in the November Steam Hardware & Software Survey. As of last month, Linux users accounted for 3.2 percent of all Steam users. That pales in comparison to Windows usage (94.79 percent), but it's still a boost from October and marks a new all-time high for Linux usage on Steam. Unsurprisingly, Valve's own Linux distribution is the most popular, with 26.4 percent of Linux users running SteamOS Holo. Arch Linux, Linux Mint, CachyOS, Bazzite, and Ubuntu trailed behind with shares of about five to ten percent each."
"Bazzite, a gaming-focused Linux distribution, saw one of the biggest boosts in users this month, along with Debian and the Flatpak version of Steam (which is displayed separately from native installations of Steam on Linux). While you can technically (try to) put Valve's SteamOS on a custom gaming PC, Bazzite is often recommended as the best alternative to it, which might explain why it saw particularly strong growth this month."
Linux usage on Steam rose to 3.2 percent in November, a new record and an increase from October. Windows remains dominant at 94.79 percent of Steam users. Valve's SteamOS Holo is the most-used Linux distribution with 26.4 percent of Linux users, while Arch, Linux Mint, CachyOS, Bazzite, and Ubuntu each hold roughly five to ten percent. Bazzite, Debian, and the Flatpak build of Steam showed notable user growth. Bazzite's positioning as a gaming-focused alternative to SteamOS and the easier installation of Flatpak Steam likely contributed to their gains. Steam Deck, Proton, and improved Linux game support helped adoption, though anti-cheat issues persist.
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