Danny Weber
16:16 03-11-2025
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Explore Steam Hardware Survey October 2025: RTX 3060 returns to No.1, Windows 11 hits 63.57%, 1080p and 16 GB RAM prevail, Quest headsets lead on SteamVR.
Valve has published the latest Steam Hardware Survey for October 2025, once again taking the pulse of what gear gamers are using around the world.
The headline shift this month is the return of the RTX 3060 to the top of the graphics card chart. It holds a 4.30% share, nudging the laptop RTX 4060 (4.10%) into second place, while the desktop RTX 4060 rounds out the podium at 3.98%. For a card of its generation, the 3060 clearly continues to anchor the mainstream.
In operating systems, Windows 11 widened its lead, adding 3.18 percentage points to reach 63.57%. Windows 10, meanwhile, continues to recede following the end of Microsoft’s official support, slipping to 31.14%. The momentum behind upgrades looks settled at this point.
Elsewhere, most players are running 16 GB of RAM (41.49%), with nearly 36% on 32 GB. The most common video memory configuration remains 8 GB (33.46%). And despite flashier options on the market, Full HD (1920×1080) still dominates as the preferred screen resolution (53.47%), suggesting there’s no rush to move away from a dependable baseline.
In the VR category, Quest 3 (26.68%) and Oculus Quest 2 (26.17%) lead with a comfortable gap, a sign that these headsets continue to set the pace for Steam’s virtual reality crowd.
By interface language, English remains on top (37.96%), followed by Simplified Chinese (24.01%) and Russian (9.66%), underscoring Steam’s broad international reach.
According to Valve, the upgrade trend is holding: users are increasingly moving to modern GPUs and Windows 11, gearing up for the next wave of games and technologies. The rest of the survey backs up that direction.