6 months after Windows 10 was put to pasture, over a quarter of Steam users are still on the dying OS

The Windows 10 default wallpaper, wearing a little MS Paint crown that I feel accurately describes the weight of loss we're all experiencing as a result of its eventual demise. Also, a poorly-drawn RIP. And a sad face.

The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Windows with a commanding 93.47% share of users on the platform, but below that muscular statistic lies a far more embarrassing one: Only 67.74% of Steam users are on Windows 11, almost five years after its initial release.

Perhaps even more surprising, six months after Windows 10's official end of life, more than a quarter of Steam users (25.53%) are still on the moribund OS, which had its own official release almost 11 years ago. I find it difficult to see this as anything but a massive blunder for the default PC operating system, though the hardware market is also contributing to Microsoft's adoption problem.