Windows 11 reaches new all-time high on Steam, climbing over 65%

Valve has published the results of the November 2025 Hardware & Software Survey, showing the latest changes in software and hardware preferences among PC gamers. Like previous months, the November 2025 results show Windows 11's continuous growth and Windows 10's steady decline. Linux is also getting a little more popular, plus we have a new most popular graphics card.

According to Valve, as of early December 2025, Windows 11 has a 65.59% market share. In one month, it increased by 2.02 points. Windows 10 is at 29.06%, and its share decreased by 2.08 points. Windows 7, the final Windows version to appear on Valve's stat gauges, has a puny 0.08% market share (-0.01 points). Overall, 94.79% of all survey participants reported using Windows (-0.05 points).

Not everyone was willing to leave Windows 10 for Windows 11, though. The end of Windows 10 support encouraged many users to try Linux and its gaming-focused flavors, which is noticeable in Valve's stats, where Linux has reached a new all-time high of 3.2% (+0.15 points). Finally, macOS is third with 2.02% (-0.09 points).

When it comes to hardware, the Nvidia RTX 4060 Laptop took the crown of the most popular GPU among participants. It has 4.22% (+0.12 points), the desktop Nvidia RTX 3060 is second with a 4.16% share (-0.14 points). The RTX 3050 remains the third most popular graphics card with a 2.96% market share. In total, 73.83% of systems run an Nvidia graphics card, 18.05% an AMD graphics card, and 7.74% a GPU from Intel.

Other hardware picks remain mostly unchanged. The dominant specs include 16GB of RAM (40.94%), a 6-core processor (28.44%), 8 GB of video memory (33.36%), and a 1080p display (52.83%).

You can find more information on the official Steam website.

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Posted Thursday 4 December 2025 at 4:56 am AEST (my time).

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