After months of radio silence, Valve has given the strongest indication yet that its living room PC, the Steam Machine, and next-generation VR headset, the Steam Frame, are both nearing release.
In an update on Valve’s Steamworks Development forums, the company committed to a summer release window for both devices. This could mean that you might be waiting for either all the way up until September, putting them well beyond the initial early 2026 promises from when Valve initially announced both the Steam Machine and Steam Frame last year. Despite the brief update, Valve has yet to share any pricing details for either device.
The ongoing memory and storage crisis, fueled by the demands of AI data centers, struck at exactly the wrong time for Valve as it was preparing the release of its Steam Machine. With speculation already rife over what the living room PC might cost, the company has since raised the prices of its Steam Deck by nearly 50%, with the 1TB OLED model now retailing for $950.
An increased wait for the Steam Machine has not helped its prospects, especially with the understanding now that it’s likely going to launch at a much higher price than Valve initially desired. The devices 8GB of VRAM has been a contentious talking point since its reveal, with the wide belief that it’s not enough to support new AAA releases, especially at 4K resolutions. That has been helped somewhat by AMD’s announcement of FSR 4 support for older RDNA 3 GPUs, which the Steam Deck will ship with later this year.
For more on both of Valve’s upcoming hardware launches, check out everything we know about the Steam Machine and Steam Frame . Be sure to also see if you should be spending $100 on Valve’s recently launched Steam Controller, which will be included with the Steam Machine when it arrives in a few months.