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Linux Gamers Survey, Q1 2016

2/14/2017

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The dataset is available on Kaggle.

Some stats:

Please indicate your gender      
Male                                      410
Female                                      7
Other                                       6

What is your family/living situation ? 
Living with Parents                                                               116
Living Alone                                                                          105
Living with Partner                                                                85
Living with Partner and kids                                                  43
Living with Non-Relatives (ex: Dormitory, Friends, Shared Apartment etc.)     28
It's complicated                                                                      16
Living with Relatives (Not Your Parents)                                 9
Living with Partner, Kids and Parents                                      7
What is your family/living situation ? (optional)                        1

Do you consider yourself a heavy gamer?       
Kind of                                             133
Yes, quite                                         115
No, not that much                            102
Very much so                                   67
No, not at all                                     25

How often do you buy new games for Linux?      
Once a month or so                                      138
About Twice a month                                    101
Every two months or so                                 60
Less often than that                                       55
Every three months or so                              49
Every week                                                    32
I have never bought games for Linux            7

From which service do most of your Linux games come from ?                
Steam                                                                        367
Humble Store                                                             37
GOG                                                                           24
Other Third Party Resellers                                        4
FOSS                                                                          2
Humble Bundle                                                           1
mostly older retail games, with a few from steam and GOG                  1
itch.io                                                                          1
Google Play                                                                1
No rule: what's best for me                                         1
play open source games, but have bough from steam, gog, humble store      1
humble bundle                                                             1

What is your Overall Satisfaction with steam?
Very good                                                                  209
Good                                                                         169
Fair                                                                            38
No Opinion                                                                 12
Poor                                                                           8
Very Poor                                                                   6

Summary: 
The vast majority of the survey respondents are male, about 28% live with their parents, about 25% live alone. The majority buy new games at least once a month. Steam is the most popular way to get new games, 86% of respondents rank steam as good to very good.

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