2026 Steam hardware survey [1]:
Windows: 94.10%
Linux: 3.68%
macOS: 2.21%
2026 Steam hardware survey [1]:
Windows: 94.10%
Linux: 3.68%
macOS: 2.21%
Something of a self-reinforcing statistic. Steam is rarely installed on Mac because there’s hardly any point doing so.
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.
Macs have a single digit market share globally, so even if people started installing games on them the needle wouldn't move much.
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.
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.