Valve has released the results of its November 2023 investigation, in which the company asked Steam users to share information about the software and hardware they use to access the platform and play PC games. The latest data shows that Windows 11 users have increased significantly. According to Valve statistics, 96.56% of Steam users use Windows computers to play games. 53.53% of them are running Windows 10.
However, Windows 10 seems to be losing users at an alarming rate. Survey results in November 2023 showed that the user churn rate of Windows 10 was as high as 12.05% in just one month.
The market share of Windows 11 has undoubtedly increased significantly. On Steam, 42.04% (+11.51) of Windows users have upgraded to Windows 11. Now, the gap between Windows 10 and 11 on Steam is only 11 percentage points.
December 2023 will be the last month we see Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 in Valve's reports. The company will end support for the platform on January 1, 2024. Even though more than 99% of Steam users are using a supported version of Windows, there are still people playing the game on systems using Windows 7 and Windows 8. 64-bit Windows 7 accounts for 0.69% (-0.38), 64-bit Windows 8.1 accounts for 0.16 (+0.03), and 32-bit Windows 7 accounts for 0.06% (+0.06).
Windows10: 53.53% (-12.05)
Windows11: 42.04% (+11.51)
Windows 764 bit 0.69% (-0.38)
Windows 8.164 bit: 0.16% (+0.38) 0.16% (+0.03)
Windows 732 bit: 0.06% (+0.03)0.06% (+0.06)
Here are the most popular hardware among Steam users: