Windows 10: Windows 11 gained more than 11% in April 2023 on Steam

Valve Software published the Steam Hardware and Software statistics for April 2023 today. Last month saw Microsoft's newest operating system drop by almost 8% and Windows 10 gaining almost 10%.

This month, the tables have turned again. Windows 10 lost more than 12% in April 2023 and Windows 11 gained almost 11% at the same time.

These fluctuations can be explained by the voluntary nature of Steam's hardware and software survey. Randomly selected Steam users may participate in the survey and Valve publishes the information based on the input from these Steam users.

Huge swings, like the ones witnessed in March and April of 2023 could also be caused by bugs, either in the algorithm that selects Steam users randomly or in the code that analyses the data.



The current operating system stats have more or less reversed the data from March 2023. Windows is still the dominating operating system on Steam with more than 96%. Apple macOS devices make 0.99% on Steam and Linux systems have a usage share of 1.32%.

On Windows, Windows 10 dominates with 61.21%, even after its 12% fall in April 2023. Windows 11 is second, with a share of 33.39%, and Windows 7 is third with 1.36% in total.

Valve plans to end support for Windows 7 and 8 on January 1, 2024 and Windows 7 and 8 users get a warning in the client about the end of service.

The operating system charts were not fluctuating alone in April 2023. A look at some of the other charts showed huge swings as well. Here is an overview of what stuck out in April 2023 on Steam:

• Devices with 16 GB or 32 GB of system RAM saw a decrease by 4.73% and 6.31% respectively. Devices with 8 GB benefitted the most, as they gained 6.66% in total in April 2023.
• Devices with 6 physical CPU cores dropped by 12.29%, and devices with 2 or 4 physical cores gained 3.34& and 6.76% in April 2023.
• Devices with more than 1 TB of hard drive space dropped by 18.61%, while devices with lower hard drive space gained the same amount.
• Intel processors dropped by 9.04% while AMD processors gained the same percentage. Intel is still in the lead with its CPUs on more than 67% of all devices, but AMD is closing in with its more than 32%.

Most of the April 2023 stats have in common that they correct some of the huge swings of March 2023. It remains to be seen if this was a one time issue or if next month's stat will show another reversal.

As far as operating systems are concerned, the trend shows a steady increase of Windows 11 at the expense of the now-out-of-support systems Windows 7 and 8, and also of Windows 10.

Now You: which operating system will dominate the charts in 2025?

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Cumulative Updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11, April 2023

The following release notes coincide with Cumulative updates for all the supported versions of Windows, released on April 11th, 2023.

Windows 11

Windows 11 22H2: April 11, 2023—KB5025239 (OS Build 22621.1555)

April 11, 2023—KB5025239 (OS Build 22621.1555) - Microsoft Support

Improvements

This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5023778 (released March 28, 2023). When you install this KB:

• New! This update implements the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) as a Windows inbox feature. For more information, see By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now!
  
• This update addresses a compatibility issue. The issue occurs because of unsupported use of the registry.
  

Download: Download KB5025239 MSU for Windows 11 v22H2 64-bit (x64)

Windows 11 (original release): April 11, 2023—KB5025224 (OS Build 22000.1817)

April 11, 2023—KB5025224 (OS Build 22000.1817) - Microsoft Support

Improvements

This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5023774 (released March 28, 2023). When you install this KB:

• New! This update implements the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) as a Windows inbox feature. For more information, see By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now!
  
• This update affects the Arab Republic of Egypt. The update supports the government’s daylight saving time change order for 2023.
  
• This update addresses a compatibility issue. The issue occurs because of unsupported use of the registry.
  
• This update addresses a known issue that affects kiosk device profiles. If you have enabled automatic logon, it might not work. After Autopilot completes provisioning, these devices stay on the credential screen. This issue occurs after you install updates dated January 10, 2023, and later
  

Download: Download KB5025224 MSU for Windows 11 v21H2 64-bit (x64)

Windows 10

Windows 10 22H2: April 11, 2023—KB5025221 (OS Builds 19042.2846, 19044.2846, and 19045.2846)

April 11, 2023—KB5025221 (OS Builds 19042.2846, 19044.2846, and 19045.2846) - Microsoft Support

Highlights

• This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.
  

If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates in this package would be downloaded and installed on your device.

Download: Download KB5025221 MSU for Windows 10 v20H2, v21H2, and v22H2 64-bit (x64)

1/19/23
IMPORTANT After March 2023, there are no more optional, non-security preview releases for the supported editions of Windows 10, version 20H2 and Windows 10, version 21H2. Only cumulative monthly security updates (known as the "B" or Update Tuesday release) will continue for these versions. Windows 10, version 22H2 will continue to receive security and optional releases.

https://twitter.com/WindowsUpdate/status/1635692351996801059

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• Have an issue? File feedback to our engineers: https://msft.it/6018eRKok

 

Office 2013 End of Support on April 11, 2023

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are all steam games available on windows 11

okay so I am two steps away from upgrading to Windows 11 and I just want to make sure that all steam games run on windows 11. so is it a good idea to play steam games in windows 11 or should I wait for a few more weeks/months?