The 80 percent of developers working on PC projects in this year's survey is by far the highest mark for any platform dating back to at least 2018, when 60 percent of surveyed developers were working on a PC game.

PC development has skyrocketed according to a new GDC survey with over 80% of game developers making games for the PC, as it is the 'dominant platform'.

A recent survey by Informa and Omdia shows a notable increase in PC game development. This kind of increase will inadvertently help the Steam Deck. Inform and Omdia surveyed over 3,000 industry professionals before the Game Developers Conference and found that 80% of developers are currently working on PC games.

Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in March, the organization behind the event released its latest annual survey of creators on the state of the industry. The feedback showed that gaming has been rocked by layoffs over the last 12 months,