Valve, which revolutionized gaming with the Steam Deck, has officially released its new living room-oriented Steam Machine gaming PC, which was already introduced late last year.
Device prices start in Europe at over a thousand euros, as the basic model with 512 gigabytes of storage costs 1,039 euros and 1,108 euros with the new Steam Controller.
The larger 2 terabyte model raises the price to 1,359 euros, and as a bundle including the controller, the device costs 1,428 euros.
Valve openly admits in its press release that the high price is a result of the global component crisis.
When Steam Machine production began in 2023, the company expected computer component prices to fall as technology advanced, as is traditional. However, over the past year, the situation changed rapidly and decisively, especially for RAM and SSD storage components, which meant the device could no longer be offered at the originally planned lower price.
The poor availability of components has also simultaneously limited the number of devices manufactured before release.
Due to limited availability, scalpers, and buying bots, Valve has decided to implement a lottery-based reservation system.
Starting today, interested parties can join the reservation lists for different models, and the registration period is open until June 25th at 8:00 PM Finnish time.
After this, the reservation system will close, and the queue order will be drawn completely randomly.
To prevent misuse, Valve requires that the Steam account making the reservation must be in good standing and must have made a purchase before April 27, 2026.
Only one device can be reserved per household. After the draw, lucky winners will receive a purchase link via email, valid for 72 hours, and deliveries for the first batch will begin on June 29th.
Valve states that the machine is six times more powerful than the portable Steam Deck.
It is a physically small cube, about 16 centimeters in size and weighing 2.6 kilograms, with the device's power supply also fitted inside. Performance is handled by a partially customized 6-core, 12-thread AMD Zen 4 processor and a partially customized AMD RDNA3 graphics processor with 28 compute units.
The system has 16 gigabytes of DDR5 RAM, and 8 gigabytes of dedicated GDDR6 video memory. In terms of power, the machine is promised to be able to run games at 4K resolution at 60 frames per second using FSR technology.
However, for example, in Dave2D's review, the device is praised for being mostly suitable for Full HD gaming precisely due to its 8 gigabytes of VRAM.
The device runs Arch-based SteamOS 3 as its operating system, and although the device is optimized for easy living room gaming, it also functions as a full-fledged computer where the user can install their own applications or even another operating system.
In terms of connectivity, the small machine features DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0, a gigabit Ethernet port, one USB-C port, and four USB-A ports.
Wireless connections are handled by Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, and a ready-made wireless adapter for Steam Controllers is integrated inside the cube. Storage can also be expanded via a dedicated microSD card slot.
The larger 2 terabyte model raises the price to 1,359 euros, and as a bundle including the controller, the device costs 1,428 euros.
Valve openly admits in its press release that the high price is a result of the global component crisis.
When Steam Machine production began in 2023, the company expected computer component prices to fall as technology advanced, as is traditional. However, over the past year, the situation changed rapidly and decisively, especially for RAM and SSD storage components, which meant the device could no longer be offered at the originally planned lower price.
The poor availability of components has also simultaneously limited the number of devices manufactured before release.
Due to limited availability, scalpers, and buying bots, Valve has decided to implement a lottery-based reservation system.
Starting today, interested parties can join the reservation lists for different models, and the registration period is open until June 25th at 8:00 PM Finnish time.
After this, the reservation system will close, and the queue order will be drawn completely randomly.
To prevent misuse, Valve requires that the Steam account making the reservation must be in good standing and must have made a purchase before April 27, 2026.
Only one device can be reserved per household. After the draw, lucky winners will receive a purchase link via email, valid for 72 hours, and deliveries for the first batch will begin on June 29th.
Valve states that the machine is six times more powerful than the portable Steam Deck.
It is a physically small cube, about 16 centimeters in size and weighing 2.6 kilograms, with the device's power supply also fitted inside. Performance is handled by a partially customized 6-core, 12-thread AMD Zen 4 processor and a partially customized AMD RDNA3 graphics processor with 28 compute units.
The system has 16 gigabytes of DDR5 RAM, and 8 gigabytes of dedicated GDDR6 video memory. In terms of power, the machine is promised to be able to run games at 4K resolution at 60 frames per second using FSR technology.
However, for example, in Dave2D's review, the device is praised for being mostly suitable for Full HD gaming precisely due to its 8 gigabytes of VRAM.
The device runs Arch-based SteamOS 3 as its operating system, and although the device is optimized for easy living room gaming, it also functions as a full-fledged computer where the user can install their own applications or even another operating system.
In terms of connectivity, the small machine features DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0, a gigabit Ethernet port, one USB-C port, and four USB-A ports.
Wireless connections are handled by Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, and a ready-made wireless adapter for Steam Controllers is integrated inside the cube. Storage can also be expanded via a dedicated microSD card slot.
