Overview
- Valve confirmed a new Steam hardware family for 2026 that includes Steam Machine, a refreshed Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame.
- The Steam Machine is a roughly 6-inch SteamOS cube built around semi‑custom AMD parts: a Zen 4 6‑core/12‑thread CPU, an RDNA 3 GPU with 28 compute units, 16 GB DDR5 system memory, and 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM.
- Valve says the device delivers more than six times the Steam Deck’s performance and can target 4K at 60 fps using AMD FSR upscaling rather than native rendering.
- Hands-on impressions highlight a TV-friendly form factor with ecosystem touches such as a low‑latency antenna for up to four Steam Controllers, a microSD slot for transferable storage, and a customizable LED status bar.
- Pricing and exact release dates remain undisclosed, and independent analysis flags the 8 GB VRAM as a possible constraint for modern AAA texture settings and true 4K results.