Overview
- Valve officially revealed three devices—the Steam Machine, a new Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame VR headset—with an early 2026 shipping window.
- The Steam Machine is a roughly 6‑inch cube running SteamOS and a semi‑custom AMD Zen 4/RDNA3 setup, with 16 GB system RAM, 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM, and 512 GB or 2 TB NVMe storage options.
- Valve claims the box delivers over six times the Steam Deck’s performance and targets 4K/60 gameplay via FSR, positioning it for living‑room use with low‑latency wireless support for up to four Steam Controllers.
- Engineer Yazan Aldehayyat says performance is equal to or better than what 70% of Steam users have at home and describes a goal of an entry‑level, ‘competitive’ price, though no MSRP has been disclosed.
- Coverage highlights potential constraints from the 8 GB VRAM and notes ongoing Linux anti‑cheat gaps that keep games like Fortnite, Valorant, and Apex Legends off SteamOS unless developers add support.