Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025

8 months ago by cm0002 to c/linux_gaming

Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now it's above that elusive threshold. The only time Steam on Linux use was close to the 3% mark was when Steam on Linux initially debuted a decade ago and at that time the overall Steam user-base was much smaller than it is today. Long story short, thanks to the ongoing success of Valve's Steam Deck and other handhelds plus Steam Play (Proton) working out so well, these October numbers are the best yet.

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nkk 32 points 8 months ago

how much to make all the big shooter games allow linux on their anticheats

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voytrekk 33 points 8 months ago

I think it will more likely happen if windows kicks games out of kernel space.

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fartsparkles 14 points 8 months ago

There’s little reason to force them out given games run temporarily. We’re more likely to see security products move out of the kernel first since they run full time and from boot (meaning there’s stronger implications if they fail in kernel space e.g. Crowdstrike). And even then, they’re not forcing them out, just offering APIs in user space to negate the need to be running in the kernel for those use cases.

I’d love to see games denied the ability to run drivers in kernel space on Windows but I don’t think we’ll see that any time soon.

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DrWorm 30 points 8 months ago

Been playing ARC Raiders on Linux the past couple of days.

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theskyisfalling 2 points 8 months ago

I can't get the damn thing to load on my machine -_-

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neon_nova 24 points 8 months ago