- The new survey on Valve Steam’s hardware and software highlights a slow drop in the use of 16 GB of RAM and an increase in the use of 32 GB of RAM
- This comes as much recommended system requirements for games include 32 GB of RAM
- 32 GB of RAM can help improve framework and reduce stuttering in poorly optimized games
With new games that are launching on PC each year, players are often welcomed with poorly optimized titles, even on the best game PCs, or higher equipment requests that ultimately have an impact on the lower specific equipment – and that is why users upgrade a crucial component in their systems.
As reported by Tom’s equipment, the latest results of the Valve Steam Software and Software Software has a gradual decrease in the use of 16 GB of RAM of 43.12% to 41.67% and a constant increase in the use of 32 GB of RAM of 32.85% to 35.42%, between March 2025 and August 2025.
Although this is not particularly a huge drop in the use of 16 GB of RAM, the increase of 2.57% out of the 32 GB of RAM should not be a surprise. A large number of new triple-a games recommend 32 GB of RAM for good performance. This does not mean that 16 GB of RAM are not viable in the game scenarios, but the players will probably find themselves in batteries or hiccups in games that depend more on RAM.
It’s notable in games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,, Monster Hunter WildsAnd Dogma of the Dragon 2. All these titles are poorly optimized and have not yet received in -depth performance fixes to repress stinging and low FPS problems, but 32 GB of RAM instead of 16 GB softens with better framework.
It should also be noted that portable game manufacturers publish configurations of 32 GB of RAM, and although portable players do not constitute an important part of PC players overall, it is a market that develops quickly.
It is not a secret either that Microsoft Windows 11 has permanently background processes, some of which are not necessary for games – the systems should therefore have more RAM to compensate for this. Fortunately, RAM upgrades are affordable, at least compared to other components such as the CPU or the GPU.
Analysis: Even if 16 GB of ram are good for you, the future proof with 32 GB of RAM is ideal
After going from 16 GB of RAM to 32 GB on my main game PC and my laptop (Asus Rog Ally in Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme), I can say that the difference is certainly noticeable. Although performance results are negligible in well -optimized games with minor image frequency gains, it is certainly a more important affair in games that work badly on PC.
I noticed that most of the latest games I play on my super NVIDIA RTX 4080 platform push far beyond 16 GB of RAM-and yes, it is while having other applications, like Mozilla Firefox, open in the background and the game with a resolution of 3440×1440 on the maximum graphics, but that proves my point.
If you already have a GPU and a powerful processor, or if you plan to upgrade in the near future, you will probably play with higher graphic parameters and higher resolution than 1080p. You can also have other content by playing simultaneously, like me, and this is where 32 GB of Ram will come into play.
Sooner or later, the majority of Triple-A games will have 32 GB of RAM as recommended for the system requirements, so I advise to act now, before current price increases worsen.
