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Windows only? :-(

by oxonia 3mo ago

Windows only? :-(

nomel 3mo ago
2026 Steam hardware survey [1]: Windows: 94.10% Linux: 3.68% macOS: 2.21% [1] Click the "OS Version" row to expand the table, https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...
- simondotau 3mo ago
  Something of a self-reinforcing statistic. Steam is rarely installed on Mac because there’s hardly any point doing so.
  - bena 3mo ago
    Proud 2.2%er But I also have had it installed via Crossover at some points to check out a Windows-only game. Which I just realize also skews the statistic because Crossover basically creates a Windows VM.
  - paxys 3mo ago
    Macs have a single digit market share globally, so even if people started installing games on them the needle wouldn't move much.
    - simondotau 3mo ago
      Mac market share is closer to 20% when you exclude machines installed in offices and enterprises. Some estimates put the number as high as 30% in North America. The fact that the Steam number is as high as it is, despite the extreme lack of compatible content, is noteworthy.
  - y1n0 3mo ago
    Steam needs a statistic for Wine/crossover. I play tons of games on my mac via steam through crossover. It's crazy that multiple layers of translation work so well.
f3408fh 3mo ago
Nowadays most games will run on Linux thanks to Valve's Proton compatibility layer.
- 999900000999 3mo ago
  "most" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Multiplayer games generally don't. Haven't tried this one yet, but in my experience it's like 90% of single player games work and the remaining 10% will never work.
  - f3408fh 3mo ago
    "Most is doing a lot of work". So, 90% isn't most in your book?
  - seba_dos1 3mo ago
    > Multiplayer games generally don't. "generally" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
    - 999900000999 3mo ago
      Recent big multiplayer games: Marathon, no Linux support. Call of Duty, no Linux support. Battlefield 6, no Linux support. Valorant, no Linux support. The Finals works and is great, but I'd be mindful of what games I'm giving up if considering a full switch
      - esseph 3mo ago
        Those all require kernel level anticheat.
      - seba_dos1 3mo ago
        ...and yet out of 280 multiplayer games in my library 200 are marked as Deck Verified or Playable (and most of the rest has no rating available). Also, looks like all of your examples are from a single particular niche.
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rjh29 3mo ago
Windows versions running on Linux over Proton tend to be more stable than any native Linux version would be.
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Windows only? :-(

by oxonia 3mo ago

Windows only? :-(

nomel 3mo ago

2026 Steam hardware survey [1]: Windows: 94.10% Linux: 3.68% macOS: 2.21% [1] Click the "OS Version" row to expand the table, https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

simondotau 3mo ago
Something of a self-reinforcing statistic. Steam is rarely installed on Mac because there’s hardly any point doing so.
- bena 3mo ago
  Proud 2.2%er But I also have had it installed via Crossover at some points to check out a Windows-only game. Which I just realize also skews the statistic because Crossover basically creates a Windows VM.
- paxys 3mo ago
  Macs have a single digit market share globally, so even if people started installing games on them the needle wouldn't move much.
  - simondotau 3mo ago
    Mac market share is closer to 20% when you exclude machines installed in offices and enterprises. Some estimates put the number as high as 30% in North America. The fact that the Steam number is as high as it is, despite the extreme lack of compatible content, is noteworthy.
- y1n0 3mo ago
  Steam needs a statistic for Wine/crossover. I play tons of games on my mac via steam through crossover. It's crazy that multiple layers of translation work so well.

f3408fh 3mo ago

Nowadays most games will run on Linux thanks to Valve's Proton compatibility layer.

999900000999 3mo ago
"most" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Multiplayer games generally don't. Haven't tried this one yet, but in my experience it's like 90% of single player games work and the remaining 10% will never work.
- f3408fh 3mo ago
  "Most is doing a lot of work". So, 90% isn't most in your book?
- seba_dos1 3mo ago
  > Multiplayer games generally don't. "generally" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
  - 999900000999 3mo ago
    Recent big multiplayer games: Marathon, no Linux support. Call of Duty, no Linux support. Battlefield 6, no Linux support. Valorant, no Linux support. The Finals works and is great, but I'd be mindful of what games I'm giving up if considering a full switch
    - esseph 3mo ago
      Those all require kernel level anticheat.
    - seba_dos1 3mo ago
      ...and yet out of 280 multiplayer games in my library 200 are marked as Deck Verified or Playable (and most of the rest has no rating available). Also, looks like all of your examples are from a single particular niche.

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rjh29 3mo ago

Windows versions running on Linux over Proton tend to be more stable than any native Linux version would be.

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