Valve Steam Machine Hub

Valve Steam Machine is a compact SteamOS-powered living-room PC built around a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU with 28 compute units and 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Valve says it delivers more than six times the Steam Deck's performance and targets upscaled 4K gaming at 60 FPS, with FSR 4 support confirmed. It comes with 512GB or 2TB NVMe SSD storage, microSD expansion, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3, and starts at $1,049 USD / $1,609 AUD.

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Valve Steam Machine News

NewsValve open to a Steam Machine Pro, but mid spec takes focus for now

November 24, 2025 | Valve is open to the idea of a higher-end Steam Machine Pro, but for right now the current mid-tier spec is what Valve is focusing on for its...

NewsValve says Steam Machine price won't be subsidized, closer PC pricing, definitely won't be $499

November 23, 2025 | Valve has confirmed that its new Steam Machine definitely won't be $499 during a chat with LinusTechTips, with pricing more in line with PC...

NewsValve working with devs to get anti-cheat on Steam Machine

November 23, 2025 | Valve says it'll be up to developers to do the work to get anti-cheat to work on Steam OS, but engineers have been 'trying to help in any way...

NewsSteam Machine was inspired by Steam Deck owners who play docked to a TV

November 23, 2025 | Valve employees reveal that Steam Deck users helped inform, guide, and shape the development of the new Steam Machine small form factor PC-console...

NewsSteam Machine is Microsoft's 'worst nightmare,' games analyst says

November 20, 2025 | Valve's new Steam Machine forces Microsoft to reveal its poker hand and go ahead with the new Windows Xbox PC hybrid, and an analyst says it...

NewsFSR 4 support comes to SteamOS and Proton, hinting at Steam Machine support

November 19, 2025 | Valve's VKD3D-Proton, the compatibility layer and translation for DirectX to Vulkan has just been updated to include full FSR 4 support.

NewsValve claims Steam Machine outperforms 70% of all PCs on Steam

November 17, 2025 | A Valve hardware engineer has said the components within the Steam Machine were selected, in part, based on the average Steam user's PC.

NewsValve's Steam Machine is upgradable, but not where it's wanted most

November 15, 2025 | Buyers can upgrade Valve's Steam Machine, but not in the area everyone is concerned about, as demonstrated by a brief teardown video.

NewsSteam Machine spotted with smart custom E-ink front cover displaying CPU and GPU temps

November 14, 2025 | Valve has been showing off how custom front covers can be used with the Steam Machine, including a nifty E-ink display highlighting HWInfo stats...

NewsValve comments on Steam Machine price, hints at affordability

November 13, 2025 | A Valve engineer has commented on the price of the newly announced Steam Machine, saying that affordability is at the heart of Valve's decision...

NewsDbrand unveils 'Companion Cube' for Valve's Steam Machine

November 13, 2025 | Dbrand has unveiled the 'Companion Cube' for Valve's Steam Machine as a way to pay homage to the Portal franchise and Valve as a company.

NewsValve's Steam Machine can't run some of the most popular multiplayer games

November 13, 2025 | Valve's new Steam Machine won't be able to play some of the most popular multiplayer games due to its operating system running on Linux.

NewsSteam Machine can output 4K at 120Hz, but with a significant sacrifice

November 13, 2025 | Valve's Steam Machine is technically capable of 4K 120Hz output, but it will come with significant sacrifices to color and image quality.

NewsSteam Machine won't provide a console-like experience for media playback (yet)

November 12, 2025 | Valve has announced the Steam Machine, a dedicated gaming PC designed to look like a console but, at launch, won't offer good media-watching...

NewsXbox's Phil Spencer praises new Steam Machine console: 'It's an open platform built on choice'

November 12, 2025 | Valve is making a new Steam Machine PC that looks like a console, and Xbox's CEO has taken notice and further lends credence to a next-gen Xbox...

NewsValve reveals new Steam Machine console, 4K 60FPS gaming with FSR, SteamOS, and quick resume

November 12, 2025 | Valve enters the console hardware arena again with its Steam Machines 2.0 revamp, a new console PC box that runs SteamOS and plays Steam PC...

NewsValve celebrates Steam Machine release with huge gaming sale on Steam

November 11, 2015 | Valve launches huge PC gaming sale to celebrate the launch of Steam Machines.

NewsAlienware go for the full Steam Machine push at PAX Australia 2015

October 30, 2015 | Alienware had some Steam Machines and the newly-released Steam Controller at PAX Australia.

NewsZOTAC unveils its 'SN970' Steam Machine at GDC 2015

March 4, 2015 | ZOTAC introduces its new Steam Machine, the new SN970 - powered by an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M GPU.

NewsMAINGEAR unveils its ultra-compact Steam Machine known as DRIFT

March 4, 2015 | MAINGEAR unveils its new 4K-capable Steam Machine, known as DRIFT.

NewsAlienware Steam Machine will be the least profitable system ever sold

May 21, 2014 | Alienware is only building its version of the Steam Machine so that they can be associated with Valve.

NewsSilverstone's new Raven Z RVZ01 is the perfect Steam Machine chassis

January 15, 2014 | Meet the Raven Z RVZ01, Silverstone's answer to what a Steam Machine chassis should be.

NewsDigital Storm shows off their new Bolt II Steam Machine at CES 2014

January 8, 2014 | Digital Storm shows off the all new Bolt II Steam Machine at CES 2014 and we take an in-depth look.

NewsiFixit tears down the first Steam Machine, scores 9/10 repairibility

December 19, 2013 | iFixit opens up a Steam Machine from Valve to see what magic makes it tick!

NewsThis Steam Machine prototype has me excited, what do you think?

November 26, 2013 | Take a look at this Steam Machine prototype, doesn't it look like a PS4?

NewsXi3 to unveil its PISTON console on Monday, the first Steam Machine?

September 28, 2013 | Xi3 says 'the wait is over,' will unveil its PISTON gaming console on Monday.

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