According to a survey by game market research firm GameDiscoverCo, 42.4% of Steam users play exclusively on PC without using console or mobile devices. Meanwhile, only 15.6% of respondents play across all three major platforms—PC, console, and mobile.
On the 16th, GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless revealed the results of the "Steam Fan Snapshot" survey, which polled over 16,000 Steam users worldwide. Participants were recruited through online giveaways, and with respondent consent, survey answers were cross-referenced with actual Steam library data. Platform usage was defined as playing games on a given device for more than one hour per month.
According to the survey, 91.5% of all respondents played games on PC for at least one hour a month. A detailed breakdown of cross-platform usage showed that the second-largest group after PC-only players consisted of those who play mobile games alongside PC but do not touch consoles, at 22%. Conversely, 11.5% of respondents played both PC and console games while abstaining from mobile games.
However, Carless added that because the survey focused on highly dedicated Steam fans active in online communities, the figures may not fully represent the tendencies of all PC gamers or the general Steam user base.
