According to the September 2026 Steam hardware survey, 32GB of RAM has officially overtaken 16GB as the most popular configuration. The 32GB segment reached a 42.22% share, marking a 4.77% increase, while 16GB dropped to 37.82%. Lower capacities like 8GB and 4GB fell to 6.47% and 1.15% respectively.
Nvidia continues to lead the GPU market with a 75.97% total share, followed by AMD at 16.67% and Intel at 7.01%. The GeForce RTX 5070 became the most popular model, capturing 5.86% of the market after a 2.30% growth. Other RTX 50-series cards also saw gains, while AMD cards generally experienced a slight decline in usage.
Display preferences are shifting toward higher resolutions. While 1080p remains the leader at 47.91%, it declined by 2.61%. Conversely, 2K resolution usage surged by 5.18% to reach 27.04%. Additionally, storage trends show that over 53.30% of users now have more than 1TB of total disk space, with 4TB-plus configurations growing to 7.28%.
The platform also recorded a significant shift in user demographics. The share of Simplified Chinese users jumped by 7.42% to 31.39%, narrowing the gap with English-speaking users, whose share fell to 34.20%. Windows 11 adoption also continued to rise among the Steam user base throughout the month.
