Following the end of support, Windows 10 market share among gamers drops to new lows

October 14, 2025, marked the end of Windows 10 support, and with it, more users are switching to Windows 11. Despite the end of mainstream support, Windows 10 will not go anywhere for quite a while. Among gamers, the now-unsupported operating system still has quite a large audience, at least according to Valve's latest survey data.

Valve published the results of the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey, showing Windows 11's continuous growth. Right now, the operating system holds 63.57% of all Steam users. In one month, it managed to increase its share by 3.18 points. Windows 10, on the other hand, lost 3.94 points, and it currently holds 31.14% of all who participated in the survey (remember that participation is optional). Finally, even though Windows 7 support on Steam has long been discontinued, and users already have problems accessing certain features, 0.09% of Steam users reported still holding to what many still consider the best Windows version ever released.

Overall, Windows dominates Steam with its overwhelming 94.84% share (-0.75 points). Linux is second with 3.05%, and macOS is third with 2.11%. Arch Linux is the most popular distro on Steam (0.31%), while macOS 15.6.1 is tied with macOS 26, having 0.51% and 0.50%, respectively.

As for hardware preferences, the desktop Nvidia RTX 3060 is once again the most popular graphics card on Steam. It currently has a 4.3% market share (-0.32 points), while the laptop variant of the RTX 4060 is second with 4.1% (-0.33 points). The RTX 3050 is third with a 2.96% (+0.05 points) share. Other hardware parts still include the classic 16GB of RAM (41.49%), a 6-core processor (28.69%), 8 GB of video memory (33.46%), and a 1080p display.

You can find more information on the official Steam website.

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Posted Monday 3 November 2025 at 4:03 am AEST (my time).

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