Since its announcement, fans have been clamouring about Valve’s Steam Machine, with consumers trying to learn more, and Valve has finally revealed pricing and pre-order details.
Valve has finally pulled back the curtain on Steam Machine pricing and availability. It appears it will not be cheap, and selection will be randomized for “fairness.” Valve recently launched a new Steam Controller (which has been generally well-received by critics and fans alike) and announced a whole suite of Valve Steam products that work in tandem on the Steam ecosystem. Unlike Valve’s solution to VR headsets (dubbed the Valve Steam Frame), the Steam Controller is available, and now, the Steam Machine has been given a price that’s over four figures. At its cheapest option, the Steam Machine will cost $1,049 USD/1,509 CAD. The Steam Frame has not been mentioned yet.
Pricing for the Steam Machine has seen a speculative divide since it was announced. Hopeful consumers thought the PC-console hybrid would be priced lower than the industry standard for RAM (for reference, the ROG Ally X also uses AMD CPU/GPU components, and costs $999), but this reveal has proven otherwise.
Representatives from Valve also said they hoped to make the 6-inch Steam console hybrid “affordable,” but with the price reveal, it appears ‘affordable’ with today’s memory crisis (even detailed as such by XBOX Head Asha Sharma) is over four figures. In the ROG Ally X’s case, it is also a portable device that can be connected to a display. Below are the prices listed for the four options consumers will have when checking out with a Steam Machine provided by Valve.
- Steam Machine 512GB: $1,049 USD / 1,509 CAD / 1,039 EUR / 879 GBP / 1,609 AUD / 4,389 PLN
- Bundle: Steam Machine 512GB + Steam Controller: $1,128 USD / 1,628 CAD / 1,108 EUR / 938 GBP / 1,728 AUD / 4,698 PLN.
- Steam Machine 2TB: $1,349 USD / 1,919 CAD / 1,359 EUR / 1,149 GBP / 2,109 AUD / 5,739 PLN
- Bundle: Steam Machine 2TB + Steam Controller: $1,428 USD / 2,038 CAD / 1,428 EUR / 1,208 GBP / 2,228 AUD / 6,048 PLN. (Both the Steam Machine 2TB and 2TB bundle options come with two additional faceplates for personalization: red fabric and solid walnut).
It’s worth mentioning that the Steam Machine carries a SteamOS (which also uses a Linux presentation like the Steam Deck) and will be running a loadout of desktop-class AMD hardware instead of the ROG Ally’s mobile APU. This means it will operate more smoothly for players and unlike the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, this device will be able to play anything available on Steam like a high-end gaming PC. It’s also worth mentioning that the Steam Machine will forgo any type of yearly subscription, which may offset the price increase from what other home consoles charge.
How To Pre-Order a Steam Machine
Unlike every other pre-order for consoles, Valve is restricting purchases heavily on their PC-console hybrid. Starting right now, you can head to the official product page to sign up for the model/bundle you’re interested in, and consumers can sign up anytime before Thursday, June 25th at 1:00 p.m. EST.
At that time, Valve will close signups and do a one-time randomization to determine the reservation order and based on where they determine you are in line, you’ll receive an email on June 25th indicating one of two things: either you’ve been added to the reservation queue and a Steam Machine has been reserved in your name, or you’ve been added to the waitlist and we’ll let you know when more units become available.
As units become available, people in the first email category will receive an additional email with the option to purchase (and this will work the same later on with the consumers who have been added to the waitlist). Steam will send the first batch of those devices starting Monday, June 29th, and will continue to go through the reservation queue as units become available.
To qualify for a Steam Machine purchase, consumers need a Steam account in good standing, and to curb scalpers, consumers must have purchased on Steam before April 27, 2026, and there’s an ironclad limit of one signup per household. For those looking for more information on the Steam Machine, you can head to the official Q+A page on the Steam Blog for clarity on how this process works.
