When adjusted for Chinese players, PC VR has been slowly increasing. It’s nothing remarkable without adjustment. Even without the adjustment, Steam users are more likely to use a headset than to use macOS, or to own an RTX-4090 GPU. Other than that, around half of Steam users own 4K monitors and almost the same number use VR headsets. So PC VR remains a relative niche, yes, but no more so than a Steam Deck or the highest-end NVIDIA graphics card.
The figures come after the Meta Horizon app, required to set up Quest headsets, was the #1 free iPhone app
traditional games consoles on Amazon US, suggesting that VR sales surged over the holiday period.
Broken out by relative headset share, Quest 3S and Valve Index saw the most usage growth. However, as we pointed out in
some Quest 3S use is listed under ‘Quest 3,’ so we are only able to say that Quest 3S and Quest 3S combined accounted for 22.1% SteamVR usage during December. These headsets will not change the market but they may increase interest among enthusiasts. Valve’s controllers have been in development for many years, dating back to on Christmas Day. This suggests that 2025 may be the year Steam breathes life into their high-end VR environment.