data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam” data-url=”https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Steam’s Hardware and Software Survey is in for November 2025, and it’s no surprise to see Windows 11 gain users here, as data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-is-officially-dead” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-is-officially-dead”>Windows 10 recently reached end of life, forcing many users to upgrade. This led to a data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-hits-a-new-high-on-steam-but-microsoft-should-be-embarrassed-by-windows-10-holdouts” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-hits-a-new-high-on-steam-but-microsoft-should-be-embarrassed-by-windows-10-holdouts”>2% increase in Windows 11 users on Steam.
Windows 11 is not the only OS to see a bump, as data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/linux” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/linux”>Linux also saw a 0.15% rise in users.
This follows data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/linux-gaming-just-crossed-3-percent-is-windows-in-trouble” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/linux-gaming-just-crossed-3-percent-is-windows-in-trouble”>Linux finally cracking 3 percent of Steam users in October 2025, now sitting at 3.20% overall. It still has a long way to go, as Windows controls 94.79% of…
