Steam Hardware & Software Survey: October 2026

Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about what kinds of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. The information gathered is incredibly helpful to us as we make decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make and products to offer.

PC Video card usage by mfg
May 2025 - October 2026
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May 2025 - October 2026
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
May 2025 - October 2026
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
May 2025 - October 2026
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Mac Hardware ownership
May 2025 - October 2026
VR Headsets
May 2025 - October 2026

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October 2026 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 11 64 bit 
72.51% 
+1.17% 

 
Windows
93.70%
-1.33% 

Windows 11 64 bit
72.51%
+1.17%

Windows 10 64 bit
21.11%
-2.50%

Windows 7 64 bit
0.06%
+0.06%

 
OSX
2.35%
+0.43% 

MacOS 26.6.2 64 bit
0.56%
-0.13%

MacOS 27.0.1 64 bit
0.47%
+0.47%

MacOS 27.0.0 64 bit
0.15%
-0.04%

MacOS 26.5.2 64 bit
0.12%
-0.05%

MacOS 26.5.1 64 bit
0.09%
-0.01%

MacOS 27.2.0 64 bit
0.06%
+0.06%

MacOS 26.6.0 64 bit
0.06%
+0.06%

MacOS 26.7.1 64 bit
0.05%
+0.05%

 
Linux
3.95%
+0.90% 

CachyOS 64 bit
0.65%
+0.10%

SteamOS Holo 64 bit
0.55%
+0.02%

Arch Linux 64 bit
0.35%
+0.02%

Linux Mint 22.3 64 bit
0.33%
+0.06%

SteamOS 64 bit
0.32%
+0.32%

Bazzite 64 bit
0.27%
+0.06%

Freedesktop SDK 26.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit
0.16%
+0.16%

Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS 64 bit
0.14%
+0.05%

Ubuntu Core 24 64 bit
0.12%
+0.03%

Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) 64 bit
0.11%
+0.02%

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 64 bit
0.07%
+0.02%

Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition) 64 bit
0.07%
+0.07%

Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS 64 bit
0.06%
+0.06%

Nobara Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) 64 bit
0.06%
+0.01%

EndeavourOS Linux 64 bit
0.05%
-0.01%

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS 64 bit
0.05%
+0.05%

System RAM
16 GB 
41.42% 
+3.60% 

Less than 4 GB
0.02%
0.00%

4 GB
1.35%
+0.20%

8 GB
7.52%
+1.05%

12 GB
2.45%
+0.33%

16 GB
41.42%
+3.60%

24 GB
2.31%
-0.25%

28 GB
0.53%
+0.53%

32 GB
37.06%
-5.16%

48 GB
1.19%
-0.27%

60 GB
0.99%
+0.07%

64 GB
3.94%
+0.23%

More than 64 GB
0.60%
+0.07%

Other
0.64%
-0.37%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
19.57% 
+0.09% 

Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.78%
+0.13%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.14%
+0.02%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
0.18%
+0.03%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
1.00%
+0.13%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
2.85%
-0.13%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
19.57%
+0.09%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
7.95%
+0.03%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
5.01%
+0.44%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
11.47%
-0.49%

3.7 Ghz and above
2.69%
+0.21%

Physical CPUs
8 cpus 
28.68% 
-1.38% 

1 cpu
0.02%
0.00%

2 cpus
2.84%
+0.39%

3 cpus
0.08%
+0.01%

4 cpus
12.36%
+1.57%

5 cpus
0.18%
+0.02%

6 cpus
27.29%
+0.06%

7 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

8 cpus
28.68%
-1.38%

9 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

10 cpus
7.48%
-0.71%

11 cpus
0.04%
+0.01%

12 cpus
4.97%
+0.19%

13 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

14 cpus
4.74%
-0.49%

15 cpus
0.04%
+0.01%

16 cpus
5.86%
+0.08%

17 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

18 cpus
0.30%
+0.02%

19 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

20 cpus
2.16%
+0.07%

21 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

22 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

23 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
2.91%
+0.13%

26 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

27 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

30 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

32 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

36 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

38 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

40 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

44 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

48 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

52 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

56 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

60 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

64 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

86 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

96 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

112 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

128 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
 
3.62% 
+0.08% 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.38%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
0.34%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
0.33%
+0.04%

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
0.18%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 9070
0.20%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 550
0.20%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
2.17%
-0.56%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
0.52%
+0.06%

Apple M2
2.14%
+0.40%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
3.40%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3.62%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
2.55%
-1.32%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
2.97%
-1.23%

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
0.51%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
1.81%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
0.25%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
1.68%
-0.21%

Intel UHD Graphics 620
0.47%
+0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
3.06%
+0.29%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.20%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
1.49%
+0.14%

Intel UHD Graphics
0.71%
+0.11%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU
2.52%
+0.19%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
0.16%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
1.63%
-0.39%

AMD AMD Custom GPU 0405
0.36%
+0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
2.03%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 570
0.33%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1.35%
-0.31%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics
1.19%
+0.18%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
1.33%
+0.12%

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
0.31%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
1.90%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
0.40%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
1.65%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
0.41%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
1.67%
+0.15%

AMD Radeon 610M
0.40%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1.09%
+0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
0.19%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.85%
0.00%

AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
0.95%
+0.14%

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
0.83%
+0.10%

Intel HD Graphics 620
0.20%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
0.86%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 6800
0.19%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 6600
0.79%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
0.20%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
1.55%
+0.06%

Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.27%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
1.39%
+0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
3.32%
-0.40%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
0.73%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
0.65%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
0.68%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
0.36%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
2.32%
+0.22%

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.31%
+0.02%

Intel Iris Xe Graphics
1.73%
+0.23%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.30%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
1.32%
+0.05%

Intel Arc Graphics
0.27%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
0.70%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU
0.45%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.59%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
0.25%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
0.64%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
0.24%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
0.58%
+0.04%

AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
0.30%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
0.56%
+0.06%

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
0.23%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 580
0.53%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
0.25%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
0.59%
+0.06%

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
0.22%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.53%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
0.40%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
0.87%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
0.34%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 7600
0.50%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
0.19%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
0.64%
+0.04%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
0.17%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.59%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
0.18%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
0.82%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.22%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
0.71%
+0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
0.16%
+0.16%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
0.43%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.16%
+0.16%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
0.41%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics
0.48%
+0.08%

Steam Deck GPU
0.42%
+0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
0.21%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.44%
+0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.16%
+0.16%

AMD Radeon Graphics
1.64%
+0.21%

Intel(R) Graphics
0.57%
+0.11%

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
0.56%
+0.06%

AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
0.39%
+0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050
0.45%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
3.56%
-2.30%

Other
9.51%
+0.69%

VRAM
8 GB 
26.92% 
+0.21% 

512 MB
2.81%
+0.21%

1 GB
1.46%
+0.02%

2 GB
3.78%
+0.09%

3 GB
1.30%
+0.10%

4 GB
5.54%
+0.41%

6 GB
5.20%
+0.08%

8 GB
26.92%
+0.21%

10 GB
1.84%
-0.07%

11 GB
0.94%
+0.11%

12 GB
12.91%
-0.15%

16 GB
26.35%
-0.86%

20 GB
1.28%
-0.11%

22 GB
0.97%
-0.07%

24 GB
5.40%
-0.10%

32 GB
1.40%
-0.01%

64 GB
0.52%
+0.02%

Other
1.38%
+0.12%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
50.23% 
+2.32% 

800 x 1280
0.48%
+0.18%

1280 x 720
0.25%
+0.25%

1280 x 800
0.31%
+0.08%

1360 x 768
0.41%
+0.06%

1366 x 768
2.25%
+0.33%

1440 x 900
0.72%
+0.10%

1470 x 956
0.49%
+0.09%

1512 x 982
0.35%
+0.07%

1600 x 900
0.66%
+0.08%

1680 x 1050
0.40%
+0.04%

1920 x 1080
50.23%
+2.32%

1920 x 1200
2.97%
+0.41%

2560 x 1440
21.82%
-5.22%

2560 x 1600
5.46%
+0.24%

2560 x 1080
0.68%
+0.07%

2880 x 1800
0.54%
+0.07%

3440 x 1440
3.23%
+0.32%

3840 x 2160
5.05%
+0.26%

5120 x 1440
0.42%
+0.05%

Other
3.30%
+0.21%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
46.80% 
-0.30% 

1920 x 2160
1.48%
-0.04%

2560 x 2520
1.16%
-0.02%

3000 x 1920
5.90%
+0.10%

3200 x 1080
1.38%
+0.02%

3280 x 1080
0.98%
+0.06%

3286 x 1080
2.04%
-0.02%

3360 x 1080
0.98%
+0.02%

3440 x 2520
0.62%
-0.02%

3440 x 2880
0.48%
+0.02%

3520 x 1080
1.34%
+0.04%

3600 x 1080
0.78%
+0.04%

3640 x 1920
4.82%
+0.02%

3840 x 1080
46.80%
-0.30%

3840 x 1081
1.02%
-0.04%

3840 x 1082
0.56%
-0.04%

3840 x 1083
0.92%
-0.04%

3840 x 1084
0.66%
-0.04%

3840 x 1085
0.60%
0.00%

3840 x 1086
0.50%
-0.04%

3840 x 1200
1.88%
+0.02%

3840 x 2160
1.00%
+0.08%

4000 x 2560
1.88%
-0.04%

4480 x 1080
1.14%
0.00%

4480 x 1440
28.14%
-0.10%

4480 x 1445
0.50%
0.00%

4480 x 1600
1.26%
-0.04%

4520 x 1920
0.94%
+0.02%

4880 x 2560
0.52%
-0.02%

4920 x 1920
0.80%
+0.04%

4920 x 2160
0.62%
-0.02%

5120 x 1440
10.82%
-0.04%

5120 x 1600
0.94%
-0.10%

5120 x 2880
0.66%
+0.04%

5280 x 2560
0.54%
-0.04%

5360 x 1440
3.54%
+0.14%

5560 x 1920
0.66%
+0.02%

5760 x 1080
2.34%
-0.02%

5760 x 2160
4.74%
-0.06%

6000 x 1440
1.60%
+0.04%

6400 x 1440
1.72%
0.00%

6400 x 2160
3.64%
-0.08%

7040 x 1440
0.62%
-0.04%

7280 x 2160
0.46%
-0.02%

7680 x 1440
0.82%
+0.02%

7680 x 2160
2.70%
-0.02%

Other
52.50%
+0.92%

Language
English 
39.04% 
+4.84% 

Greek
0.06%
+0.01%

Arabic
0.00%
0.00%

Indonesian
0.16%
+0.01%

Romanian
0.13%
+0.03%

Swedish
0.27%
+0.04%

Danish
0.22%
+0.03%

French
2.41%
+0.33%

Hungarian
0.39%
+0.07%

German
2.89%
+0.41%

Japanese
2.47%
+0.06%

Portuguese-Brazil
4.46%
+0.76%

Spanish - Spain
4.83%
+0.75%

Russian
10.14%
+1.09%

Simplified Chinese
21.98%
-9.41%

Polish
1.73%
+0.24%

Czech
0.58%
+0.08%

Korean
1.36%
-0.01%

Portuguese - Portugal
0.36%
+0.05%

Turkish
1.35%
+0.26%

Dutch
0.27%
+0.04%

Traditional Chinese
1.30%
+0.03%

Vietnamese
0.20%
-0.05%

Spanish - Latin America
0.89%
+0.14%

Finnish
0.15%
+0.02%

Thai
0.83%
+0.01%

Norwegian
0.12%
+0.01%

Ukrainian
0.73%
+0.07%

Bulgarian
0.05%
+0.01%

Italian
0.64%
+0.08%

Malay
0.00%
0.00%

English
39.04%
+4.84%

Free Hard Drive Space
100 GB to 249 GB 
23.88% 
+1.85% 

Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%

Less than 10 GB
0.89%
+0.13%

10 GB to 99 GB
15.96%
+1.59%

100 GB to 249 GB
23.88%
+1.85%

250 GB to 499 GB
23.24%
+1.30%

500 GB to 749 GB
11.29%
+0.49%

750 GB to 999 GB
8.78%
+0.49%

1 TB to 2 TB
9.20%
-0.39%

2 TB to 3 TB
2.26%
-0.55%

3 TB to 4 TB
1.60%
-0.51%

Above 4 TB
2.90%
-4.38%

Total Hard Drive Space
Above 1 TB 
48.62% 
-4.68% 

Unspecified
0.02%
-1.15%

Less than 10 GB
0.00%
0.00%

10 GB to 99 GB
0.18%
+0.04%

100 GB to 249 GB
5.54%
+0.89%

250 GB to 499 GB
18.16%
+2.30%

500 GB to 749 GB
2.40%
+0.23%

750 GB to 999 GB
25.07%
+2.36%

Above 1 TB
48.62%
-4.68%

VR Headsets
Meta Quest 3 
27.27% 
+0.36% 

Meta Quest 3
27.27%
+0.36%

Oculus Quest 2
22.23%
-3.57%

Meta Quest 3S
11.04%
-0.04%

Valve Index HMD
9.90%
-0.93%

Pico 4
4.50%
-0.26%

Valve Steam Frame
4.13%
+3.72%

Oculus Rift S
3.26%
-0.14%

Sony PS VR2
2.41%
+0.10%

HTC Vive
2.00%
-0.26%

Windows Mixed Reality
1.79%
-0.06%

Oculus Rift
1.67%
-0.13%

Meta Quest Pro
1.58%
+0.05%

Bigscreen Beyond
1.31%
+0.03%

Pimax HMD
0.71%
+0.04%

HTC Vive Pro
0.69%
-0.03%

Pico Neo 3
0.65%
-0.00%

HTC Vive Pro 2
0.49%
-0.09%

Oculus Quest
0.44%
+0.01%

iVRy
0.33%
-0.07%

HTC VIVE Focus Vision
0.32%
+0.03%

HTC Vive Cosmos
0.17%
+0.02%

HTC VIVE XR Elite
0.16%
-0.00%

Riftcat Vridge
0.10%
-0.04%

Varjo Aero
0.04%
+0.00%

Oculus Rift DK2
0.03%
+0.02%

Sony PlayStation VR
0.02%
+0.00%

Other
2.76%
+1.27%

Steam users with VR Headsets
1.75%
+0.40%

Other Settings
LAHF / SAHF 
97.90% 
-0.41% 

AVX512VNNI
24.31%
-3.25%

SHA
79.43%
-2.11%

FMA
95.36%
-0.76%

SSE2
97.90%
-0.42%

NTFS
93.62%
-1.33%

BMI2
95.12%
-0.79%

AVX
97.00%
-0.54%

LAHF / SAHF
97.90%
-0.41%

SSE4.2
97.78%
-0.43%

SSE4a
46.07%
-0.89%

SSE4.1
97.81%
-0.43%

SSSE3
97.84%
-0.42%

SSE3
97.90%
-0.42%

AES
97.12%
-0.51%

AVX2
95.17%
-0.78%

CMPXCHG16B
97.90%
-0.41%

AVX512F
24.28%
-3.18%

AVX512PF
0.00%
0.00%

PrefetchW
0.00%
0.00%

BMI1
95.39%
-0.75%

AVX512ER
0.00%
0.00%

F16C
96.41%
-0.62%

AVX512CD
24.28%
-3.18%

HyperThreading
87.60%
-1.10%

FCMOV
4.44%
+0.83%