Valve Steam Deck Hub

Valve's Steam Deck is a powerful handheld gaming PC built around SteamOS, giving players access to their Steam library in a portable, console-like form factor. With the OLED model improving display quality, battery life, cooling, weight, and wireless connectivity, the Steam Deck remains Valve's flagship portable gaming device.

144 news storiesUpdated August 13, 2026

Valve Steam Deck News

NewsSteam Deck may inadvertently steal Nintendo's retro gaming market

February 28, 2022 | Valve's new Steam Deck is described as an emulation dream machine that could steal Nintendo's portable retro gaming market.

NewsValve plans to support the Steam Deck for a 'long time to come'

February 27, 2022 | Valve has no plans to abandon the Steam Deck any time soon, says it will work on the new PC-handheld hybrid for years to come.

NewsSteam Deck is a chonky beast of a handheld (because it's also a PC)

February 4, 2022 | Valve's new Steam Deck is bigger than any existing video games handheld by a sizable margin, is a chonky portable PC beast.

NewsThe Steam Deck, Valve's Switch-like handheld PC, releases Feb 25

January 26, 2022 | Valve's new Steam Deck will meet its new shipment target of February 2022 and reservations will start getting charged soon.

NewsValve playing with open-source Radeon Linux GPU drivers for Steam Deck

January 23, 2022 | Valve is funding more research into open-source Radeon Linux GPU drivers for its new Steam Deck handheld, Linux gamers rejoice!

NewsValve confirms Steam Deck won't have any exclusive games

December 2, 2021 | Sorry, but there will be no Steam Deck exclusives -- Valve confirms in a newly-updated FAQ page, says it doesn't make any sense.

NewsHalf-Life 3 not in development, Valve full steam ahead with Steam Deck

December 1, 2021 | Valve insider Type McVicker says Half-Life 3 isn't in development, nor is a follow-up to Half-Life: Alyx -- it's all Steam Deck.

NewsValve Steam Deck hardware: AMD 'Aerith' SoC with Zen 2 + RDNA 2 tech

November 13, 2021 | Valve details its handheld Steam Deck: AMD Aerith SoC with 4C/8T CPU at up to 3.5GHz and RDNA 2 GPU with 8 CUs at up to 1.6GHz.

NewsSteam Deck first shipments delayed to February 2022

November 10, 2021 | Valve has delayed the first shipments of its new Steam Deck PC-handheld hybrid to February 2022 due to 'material shortages'

NewsSteam Deck APU deep dive coming November 12

November 2, 2021 | Valve and AMD will host a deep dive into the Steam Deck's custom APU during a special Steam Works system stream on November 12.

NewsValve testing ALL Steam games for Steam Deck compatibility

October 18, 2021 | Valve is currently testing all Steam games to see which are compatible with the Steam Deck, publishes findings in public database.

NewsReplacement SSDs 'could cause problems' in the Steam Deck, Valve warns

October 10, 2021 | The Steam Deck's M.2 2230 SSD was carefully chosen and designed specifically for the handheld, and Valve warns not to replace it.

NewsValve: Gamers really shouldn't open their Steam Deck PC-handhelds

October 10, 2021 | Valve releases a five-minute teardown video of the Steam Deck and warns gamers not to open their PC-handheld hybrid systems.

NewsSteam Deck benchmarked: 60FPS in AAA games, Cyberpunk 2077 at 30FPS

September 29, 2021 | Valve's new Steam Deck benchmarked: DOOM Eternal and Shadow of the Tomb Raider at up to 60FPS, Cyberpunk 2077 at 20-30FPS average.

NewsValve teams with AMD on getting Steam Deck to support Windows 11

August 9, 2021 | Valve's new Steam Deck will support Windows 11 it seems, as Valve is working with AMD on supporting Microsoft's next-gen OS.

NewsValve's new Steam Deck: RDNA 2 GPU is more powerful than Aya Neo Vega

August 8, 2021 | AMD's custom RDNA 2 chip inside of Valve's new Steam Deck is 60% faster than the Aya Neo Vega in DOOM Eternal, great to see!

NewsValve interested in making an upgraded Steam Deck in the future

July 30, 2021 | This is just the beginning for Valve's Steam Deck handheld-PC hybrid--if the system sells enough, more generations could happen.

NewsSteam Deck will have a built-in FPS limiter to help battery life

July 25, 2021 | Valve's new handheld-PC hybrid Steam Deck will have built-in options like a frame rate limiter to help preserve battery life.

NewsSteam Deck can handle all Steam games performance-wise, even new ones

July 22, 2021 | Valve says it hasn't found a game that the Steam Deck couldn't run at its 800p 30FPS performance target, including newer games.

NewsSteam Deck reservations are now open to all Steam users

July 18, 2021 | Valve's Steam Deck can now be reserved by anyone with a Steam account, but order shipments have been pushed back until Q2-Q3 2022.