M4 is The Top Apple Silicon Chip Among Mac Gamers on Steam

Apple’s M4 chip is the most popular Apple Silicon chip among Mac gamers on Steam, according to recent data from parent company Valve.

19.60% of the Macs running Steam in December 2025 were powered by Apple’s M4 chip, which was released back in May 2024. The second most popular chip, with an 18.06% share, is the M1 chip from 2020, reports AppleInsider.

The M2 and M3 chips took the next two spots, with 13.08% and 7.31% shares of the Macs on Steam, respectively. This is despite the addition of  support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and other features on the M3.

The new M5 chip, which debuted in October 2025, was used by just over 1% of Mac gamers with Steam. It should be noted that the M5 is currently only available in the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the M4 chip is used in a wide number of Macs, including the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and 24-inch iMac.

The M-Series chips on Steam gamers, are ranked from most popular to least, as follows:

1. Apple M4 – 19.60%
2. Apple M1 – 18.06%
3. Apple M2 – 13.08%
4. Apple M3 – 7.31%
5. Apple M1 Pro – 6.89%
6. Apple M4 Pro – 5.61%
7. Apple M3 Pro – 3.64%
8. Apple M2 Pro – 3.04%
9. Apple M1 Max – 2.61%
10. Apple M4 Max – 1.95%
11. Apple M3 Max – 1.45%
12. Apple M2 Max – 1.31%
13. Apple M5 – 1.09%

The remaining 14.36% of Macs on Steam are Intel-powered machines.

The Ultra variant chips used in the Mac Pro and Mac Studio don’t make an appearance on the list. I would say that’s due to those computers targeting graphics and video professionals.

Most Mac gamers are running 16GB of RAM, while more than 25% of all Mac users on Steam are running the latest macOS operating system, Tahoe 26.

Other interesting stats about the Macs used on Steam include:

• Primary Display Resolution (OSX): 1440 x 900 (19.76%)
• Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (OSX): 3840 x 2160 (19.21%)
• Language (OSX): English (69.67%)
• Free Hard Drive Space (OSX): 10GB to 99GB (34.19%)
• Total Hard Drive Space (OSX): 100GB to 249GB (37.01%)

Despite efforts in recent years by Apple to make the Mac more popular among gamers and developers, the Mac continues to lag behind Windows PCs as a popular gaming platform. However, Mac users that have upgraded to at least an M4 have seen it prove itself as a worthwhile upgrade. It should be noted that an Apple Silicon version of the Steam app is now available.