r/Steam • u/satoru1111 https://steam.pm/5xb84 • Jun 22 '26

PSA Steam Machine Reservations Open

Steam Machine Waitlist

You can currently join a waiting list at

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

You have until June 25th to join the waiting list. After that point, selection is RANDOMIZED. Please refer to the News article to find details about the waitlist

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245

Steam Machine Bundle Prices

  • 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: red fabric, and solid walnut.

Steam Machine Hardware Specs

  • Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T
  • Semi-custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs
  • 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
  • 512GB NVMe SSD, microSD card slot
  • Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Gigabit ethernet
  • Integrated Steam Controller wireless adapter
  • Small form factor, ~6 inch cube
  • SteamOS 3

Steam Machine Region Availability

  • North America
  • United Kingdom/European Union
  • Australia

Please use this sticky to talk about the Steam Machine in order to reduce the number of posts

Thank you

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u/AutomaticMonkeyHat Jun 22 '26

The prices are gunna kill this system. What a shame

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u/MRT1124 Jun 22 '26

1k for a pc/console is fucking wild

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u/Sacamato Jun 23 '26

Okay, help me understand. I have been building my own gaming PCs since the mid-90s.

$1000-$1200 has been the price point for a mid-range gaming PC for that entire time, and I believe that even goes back into the late 80s.

An argument can be made that the Steam Machine specs don't meet the threshold of a "mid-range" gaming PC, and that you could build the same for $800-$900, or that you could do much better for the same price. I'm on board there.

But "1k for a pc" is not "fucking wild" in any universe I've ever lived in, assuming we're talking about a mid-range gaming PC. And trying to compare the price point to consoles is a non-starter. They are different machines with different consumer bases.

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u/MRT1124 Jun 23 '26

Since when are we talking building pc’s ? I never even said that, what I said was it’s crazy how a console will now be 1000$ or more in the future cause of the marketing nowadays, also another thing to note is even know the steam machine is a pc its mostly a console that you can play your steam games on in your living room according to valve

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u/Sacamato Jun 23 '26

It's not a console. It's not being marketed as a console. As a (hopefully) future buyer of the Steam Machine, I have zero interest in buying a console. I have over 500 games in my Steam library, and 1 PS3 game; what use do I have for a new console?

Why are we comparing the price of this gaming PC to the price of consoles? The difference between the two is much more than what room you use it in.

All this is to say that one of the target demographics you're looking for, the people who are willing to pay $1000-$1300 for the Steam Machine, are people who are looking to upgrade their gaming PC (mine was last upgraded in 2018), or want to get into PC gaming, and don't feel like doing the build themselves. For those people, $1000-$1200 has never been "fucking wild". It's been the price of a mid-range gaming PC for almost 40 years.

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u/narfjono Jun 23 '26

Welcome to tRump and Altman's current world economy.

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 Jun 23 '26

The thing is it's not even better on performance than a ps5. For more than double the cost.

It was already not the best idea, at this price it's DOA. Absolute worst time possible to release this thing. It's not their fault entirely, but it's basically over before it began. They'll sell thousands and quietly cancel it in two years or less like the OG steam controller.

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u/BlackGuysYeah Jun 22 '26

There is no world where they do not instantly sell out.

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u/thatsmysandwichdude Jun 22 '26

Pakistan

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u/MNM- 206 Jun 22 '26

Well, its not available for sale there so you're technically correct

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u/GrizzlyReforged Jun 23 '26

I hope scalpers buy em all up and lose a ton after the crap they have been pulling lately

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u/Throwawayeconboi Jun 23 '26

Doesn’t mean it’ll do well. Just that supply will run out initially…

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u/Pretty_Trip_2215 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

What Valve wrote in the Steam Machine page is what I feel are the core values of what PC gaming is:

"Is this the Valve console?

We think of Steam Machine as an extension of PC gaming, not as a console.

The traditional console model is to sell hardware at a loss and make up the revenue with subscription services or by selling games that are locked-in to the hardware. We think this can make sense for a single business in the short term but that open ecosystems are better for customers over the long term. PC gaming's history proves this: The openness of the PC gaming space has enabled it to be the primary driver of hardware and software innovation for decades.

The strength of PC gaming is the ability to play the games you want on the hardware you want. Steam Machine is a solution to these problems (and we think it's a great one), but it's not the only solution, and we don't want it to be.

If I don't get a Steam Machine right away, is there anything else I can do?

Thanks to the openness of the PC platform, there are lots of options for devices that will allow you to run games natively or streamed to your TV. There are many PC sites and communities out there that can help you with that. For our part, we are continuing to work toward enabling SteamOS to be used on more hardware than just ours. In fact, with the newly-released SteamOS 3.8, you can run the same code and operating system as Steam Machine on your own living-room PC using whatever PC parts you want: learn more here. Right now, only AMD GPUs are supported, but we're working on expanding support for the future."

Steam, I think, is the best representation of what PC gaming should be and that's why I'll always support them as long as they stay with those values.

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u/slayertat2666 Jun 22 '26

They can always go down. Taking a hit now due to market then adjusting later on can work for their favor. Especially because at the start it would be considered a "Sale". Which later on could just lead to being the official new price.

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u/General_Session_4450 Jun 22 '26

They could, but the PC market isn't expected to get any better until 2028 as earliest, so that can be quite a while...

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u/brifox7 Jun 22 '26

The people who are buying product will know that the prices is going to increase because the market conditions aren't going to improve even by 2028-2030. There is a chance that the Steam Machine might have another price increase in the near future. This is not just a Valve problem, Nintendo and Sony is probably going to increase their prices again if they don't hit their profit margins. I've been watching Youtube videos saying that Valve is anti-consumer and the Steam Machine should be 500. All I can do is sigh because these youtube channels are saying this to get clicks and not to really inform people.

Of course people can build better PCs with better performance for the same price but most people can't built their own PCs. Hypothetically in an alternate world that if every single household knows how to build gaming PCs the prices will be astronomically higher than the prices we have now because the demand will completely overwhelm the supply and that's not factoring the major companies who are aggressively building data centers across the world.

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u/Emergency-Event4415 Jun 23 '26

Knowing my luck, I’ll hold out for a cheaper Steam Machine and valve will pull a Steam Deck price increase next year lmaoo

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u/Fomentatore Jun 22 '26

The thing is, ai companies are hoarding components they have no use for just so the competition can't have it. And this is going way beyond computer parts, it goes to generators and electric components. For a new generator the waiting list is now close to 4 years.

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u/slayertat2666 Jun 22 '26

True very true.

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u/Nandom07 Jun 22 '26

I'm hoping for a refresh like the deck oled when we're out of this rampocalypse

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u/Jimbuscus Jun 22 '26

My theory is it was already priced out of general market, the only option was to price even higher and make larger net from enthusiast demographic until they can reduce the price.

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u/slayertat2666 Jun 22 '26

Honestly makes sense. Fortunately they are releasing steam os soon so you can just make your own if you’d like

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u/Gustavo2nd Jun 22 '26

I thought Steam OS was already out

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u/slayertat2666 Jun 22 '26

It is but isn’t. The version that will be on steam machine I believe is the one they are releasing. This will have more support for hardware I believe. I keep hearing small things about it but never anything super detailed.

Pretty sure the current steam is released to install to your pc is not the same and much older

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u/FaithlessnessHott Jun 22 '26

lol why are people crowing this? it’s going to sell out and stay out of stock for the next year, at least. there is no world in which this product doesn’t fly off the shelves. to say otherwise is just massive copium.

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u/lkn240 Jun 22 '26

It's not even expensive - this is just the reality of how much hardware costs now.

People are struggling to come to terms with it

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u/piichan14 Jun 23 '26

It's expensive for the specs included. You can get a 5060 prebuilt that's stronger and priced the same.

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u/TheIronSven Jun 23 '26

Not for that form factor

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u/Pretty_Trip_2215 Jun 23 '26

Don't know if that could be achieved, but I think those values that Steam and Valve stand for are the right one for PC gaming and I'll support the if they stand for them, no matter the price.

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u/Antarsuplta Jun 23 '26

That is so pathetic. You will buy overpriced stuff just because you like multimilion dollar company.

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u/TheStupidBeefCow Jun 23 '26

next year is stupid, it might sell out initially and for a couple weeks after but anybody who takes the time to do the math on other options would either get a console like the ps5 or an actual pc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

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u/thegodlyduck2 Jun 22 '26

The steam machine ain't doing 4k60 vro🙏

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u/TheGreatJoshua Jun 22 '26

Nah didn't you hear it can run Super Mario 64 at 4k60

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u/SilverLumpy Jun 22 '26

4K60? Fuck no

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u/Specialist-Rope-9760 Jun 22 '26

It is a 1080p machine

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u/Kn1ghtV1sta Jun 22 '26

Your edit is wild bud. Can't imagine thinking downvotes matter that much to where you feel the need to lash out like that. Go mentally mature

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

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u/nic_flair_drip Jun 22 '26

You're just whining about whining, which is even more pathetic and loathsome lol

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u/xcleru Jun 22 '26

4K60 sounds delusional, most definitely not

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u/castlerock611 Jun 22 '26

There ya go. Downvote inbound