Windows Still Dominates Indie PC, But the Best Indies Aren’t Windows-Only

Windows Still Dominates Indie PC, But the Best Indies Aren’t Windows-Only

Steam got 3,449 new enriched games this week, and 3,447 of them support Windows. That’s not a market trend so much as a monopoly with a courtesy nod to everyone else. Mac support shows up in 1,160 of those games, and Linux in 830. That means roughly a third of this week’s releases bothered with Mac, and less than a quarter shipped with Linux support. If you play indies outside Windows, you’re still living in the land of “better than it used to be” rather than “actually equal.” ...

March 22, 2026 · 6 min
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