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  "path": "/story/26/04/02/0350211/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-above-5-in-march?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T15:09:21.702Z",
  "site": "https://linux.slashdot.org",
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  "textContent": "Valve's March 2026 Steam Survey shows Linux gaming usage jumping to a record 5.33% share -- more than double macOS's 2.35%. Phoronix reports: Steam on Linux was never above 5% and easily an all-time high for the Linux gaming marketshare, especially in absolute numbers. It was a massive 3.1% spike in March while macOS also jumped surprisingly by 1.19% to 2.35%. The Steam Survey numbers show Windows losing 4.28%, down to 92.33%. Part of the jump at least appears to be explained by Valve correcting again the Steam China numbers. Month over month they report a 31.85% drop to the Simplified Chinese language use and English use increasing by 16.82% to 39.09%. Other languages also showed gains amid the massive decline in Simplified Chinese use. The latest numbers for March show around a quarter of the Linux gamers are running Steam OS. Due in part to the Steam Deck APU being a custom AMD product and the popularity of AMD hardware on Linux for its open-source nature, AMD CPU use by Steam on Linux gamers remains just under 70%.\n\nRead more of this story at Slashdot.",
  "title": "Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% In March",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-02T15:00:00.000Z"
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