Valve, the American company behind the Steam digital games store, reveals in its ongoing hardware data that a typical Steam user operates a PC equipped with a GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card from Nvidia. This snapshot comes from monthly statistics gathered by Steam’s own survey and reflects the hardware most commonly found among players who visit the platform.
Steam’s profiles describe the standard user device as having 16 GB of RAM, a six-core Intel processor running at 2.3 to 2.69 GHz, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU. The display commonly pairs with a 1080p monitor, providing a balance between performance and affordability that suits a broad audience of gamers who visit Steam for a wide range of titles.
The leading graphics cards in the same data update show Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 at 4.60 percent and the GeForce GTX 1060 at 4.45 percent, ranking second and third respectively. The GTX 1060, which had long held the top spot, has ceded its throne to newer entries while remaining a frequent choice among Steam users.
Steam’s monthly report also tracks operating system usage. Windows remains the dominant platform by a wide margin, with Windows 11 showing a gradual rise but still far behind Windows 10. In the most recent cycle, Windows 10 held a substantial majority at about 59 percent compared with roughly 36 percent for Windows 11.
Beyond Windows, the survey provides a clearer view of the proportion of users on other operating systems: macOS accounts for a small share, and Linux holds a slim minority. Overall, more than nine out of ten Steam users run some variant of Windows, while macOS and Linux together make up a modest portion of the audience.
These shifts in graphics card popularity and operating system usage illustrate how the Steam hardware landscape evolves as new GPUs arrive and software ecosystems adapt. The data highlights a continuing preference for midrange GPUs that deliver solid performance at a reasonable price, paired with configurations that support the broad catalog of games available on the platform. As new generations of graphics hardware emerge and gaming workloads diversify, the composition of top GPUs on Steam can be expected to change again, reflecting where gamers invest and what their systems can handle. [Valve Steam Hardware Survey, 2024; attribution]