Everything we know about Valve's new Steam Machine
Summary
Valve's new Steam Machine, a powerful home console, aims to dominate the living room gaming scene. With advanced specs and compatibility with SteamOS, it promises a competitive price and enhanced gaming experiences, despite ongoing supply chain challenges.
Key Insights
What is the Steam Machine and how does it differ from the Steam Deck?
The Steam Machine is a powerful, compact gaming PC designed for living room big-screen gaming on SteamOS, featuring a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6-core/12-thread CPU, RDNA3 GPU with 28 compute units, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, capable of 4K at 60 FPS with FSR. It is over six times more powerful than the Steam Deck, includes upgradeable DDR5 SODIMM memory and NVMe SSD, an SD card slot for expansion, customizable LED strip, and compatibility with PC accessories and the new Steam Controller.
What is causing delays in pricing and release details for the Steam Machine?
Valve has delayed announcing firm pricing and exact launch dates due to ongoing global shortages and rising costs of memory (DDR5) and storage (NVMe SSD) components, driven by AI demand, despite the first-half 2026 release window remaining on track.