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Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27% (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] emuspawn@orbiting.observer 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ya know, I have three Linux machines that play games and a steam deck. I have not seen a survey in a very long time. I wonder why?

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Because it's a random set and spread across the whole hundred million users of Steam. The chances of any person being selected more than annually are low.

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

I got it only 2 times in the 2 years that I've used linux, before that not even once for 15 years

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago

Conversely, I game only on a Linux machine and have received 3-5 surveys in the last year.

It may have a variety of factors, but it is not as simple as "they aren't giving surveys to Linux users to deflate numbers" or something that some Linux users tend to theorize when they don't get surveys for a while.