Steam hardware survey for February 2026. What happened? Why did it lose such a big percentage?
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this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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GamingOnLinux updated their Steam Tracker with February's data: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/
Linux, English Only went from January's 7.59% to 8.27%. There's a huge influx of Chinese users in this month's data.
Yeah looking at their history graph, Linux drops every February/March due to Chinese New Year. But looking at their English graph, Linux has gained users not lost users. There are more active Steam users right now (mostly in China) which causes the percentages to be lower.
I see Chinese new year's resolutions are quite opposite of western. Screw workouts, more gaming!
That's so interesting :0