Valve gave us the latest teaser for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame which they said are now shipping "this summer" in a post about their verification systems.
So we've gone from early 2026 around the original announcement, to it arriving sometime in the first half of the year due to component shortages and pricing and now sometime "this summer". Can't be easy to do a launch like this with everything going on - and we still do not know the pricing.
The Steam Deck Verified program has now officially expanded to include both systems, and we already knew mostly what to expect from this from Valve's GDC talks earlier in the year. For Steam Machine, it's basically the same as the Steam Deck - as Valve said: "If your game already runs well on Deck, it will also run well on Machine with no extra work required from you" but naturally may run better because it's more powerful.
The Steam Frame is the one that's really different here though, because it can either stream games or run them directly. So with Steam Frame Verified they're focusing on the standalone mode to have "the default graphics configuration needs to perform well, text and UI elements need to be clear and legible on the built-in display, and the default controller configuration needs to work well with the Steam Frame Controllers" which applies to both VR and non-VR titles.
Valve also updated the game developer Partner Dashboard to include more info for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame along with their testing information.
There's also the updated Steamworks developers documentation:
Source: Valve
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Arehandoro 7 hours ago
Seriously, what's going on at Valve? I was expecting better from them after the great Steam Deck.
Liam Squires-Hand 2 hours ago
Quoting: dorronThis is getting absurd by now...just give a definite date and price already! But if it's over 1000€ it will be DOA...They're in the most impossible position because of the specs of it and what they can offer in terms of price with the massive price rises. They want it to be a success, so I can't imagine how difficult coming to a price will be. They have to get it right, but still...it has been a while eh.
Seriously, what's going on at Valve? I was expecting better from them after the great Steam Deck.
Quoting: Liam Squires-HandI see your point but can't agree. Valve is a multibillion dollar company and can take a hit easily with a loss per machine and release whenever they want it. The shop around the corner in my neighborhood would have a bad time, but not Valve, especially when they have a money printing business by taking 30% out of each developers' sells.Quoting: dorronThis is getting absurd by now...just give a definite date and price already! But if it's over 1000€ it will be DOA...They're in the most impossible position because of the specs of it and what they can offer in terms of price with the massive price rises. They want it to be a success, so I can't imagine how difficult coming to a price will be. They have to get it right, but still...it has been a while eh.
Seriously, what's going on at Valve? I was expecting better from them after the great Steam Deck.
By the way, latest leaks point to a 950$ price for the 512GB Steam Machine and 1070$ for the 2TB.
Last edited by dorron on 5 Jun 2026 at 1:50 pm UTC
I am not saying they should price it that way (though they certainly could, not being beholden to shareholder short-termism), just saying that this hardware will only be for the hobbyist and/or rich step-dad range. Not their fault rich people are currently killing the consumer PC market, but this is shaping up to be a terrible time to try and make an impact in market share. I was personally going to upgrade from my 2020 build, but fat chance of that happening in the next 2 years now.
Quoting: dorronValve is a multibillion dollar company and can take a hit easily with a loss per machine and release whenever they want it. The shop around the corner in my neighborhood would have a bad time, but not Valve, especially when they have a money printing business by taking 30% out of each developers' sells.But if Valve should take a loss, why should that automatically mean on the hardware? Since it is the game sales that produce the money, returning 0.1% of their 30% by reducing the final purchase price would be much more fair.
Quoting: dorronI see your point but can't agree. Valve is a multibillion dollar company and can take a hit easily with a loss per machine and release whenever they want it.They CAN, sure. But say you're making decisions at Valve. What's your motivation for "Let's make a product and release it at a loss!"
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