Valve Index is now the second most used headset on Steam

The Valve Index is now the second most used headset on Steam, after overtaking the Oculus Rift S.

That’s according to the latest update to the Steam Hardware Survey, which saw the index jump to 17.5% of overall VR headset usage on Steam. Rift S, meanwhile, fell to 17.21%, making it the first time that Valve’s headset has overtaken Facebook’s PC VR device.

Valve Index overtakes Rift S on Steam

It was somewhat inevitable; Facebook stopped selling the Rift S earlier this year and instead focused on the Oculus Quest 2. Index also went on sale in Australia in mid-August, which may explain part of the growth of the platform. -form this month.

Quest 2, meanwhile, also made a big gain this month after declining slightly during the sales break in August. Headphones now account for up to 33.19% of total usage, larger than ever before. Elsewhere, the HTC Vive Pro 2 remained at 0.33%, while Steam users with VR headsets rose 0.06% to 1.8%.

As always, we must point out that the Hardware Survey is an optional feature and may not really reflect the size and shape of the PC VR market. But, since most VR headset manufacturers don’t provide direct sales information, this is the best we have.

October marks the first anniversary of the Quest 2 release, so next month’s results will tell us how much of the PC market the headset has captured over the past 12 months. Facebook is also having its annual Connect Developer Conference later this month – will we see any new hardware that could one day find a place in the Steam Hardware Survey rankings?