Steam Frame Reservations Are Now Live: Here’s How to Join the Queue

Valve has officially opened reservations for the <a href="https://comicvibe.com/valve-steam-frame-review-solid-standalone-vr-thats-too-little-too-late/" title="Valve Steam Frame review: Solid standalone VR that's too little, too late”>Steam Frame, its new stand-alone VR headset. Rather than launching with a traditional preorder system, the company is using a reservation queue designed to help reduce scalping and give more buyers a fair shot at purchasing one.

It starts at $1,059 for 256GB or $1,299 for 1TB, and every purchase includes a copy of Half-Life: Alyx if you don’t already own it.

Steam Frame VR headset

Reservations are open now through Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. PT on Steam. After signups close, Valve will randomly assign reservation orders before sending confirmation emails to customers later that day. If you’re hoping to get your hands on one, here’s everything you need to know.

The Steam Frame is Valve’s new stand-alone VR headset with support for PC VR streaming and access to compatible Steam games. Reservations are open now, with customers randomly assigned a place in line after the reservation window closes.

As CNET VR expert Scott Stein put it, “Half-Life Alyx’s stand-alone performance is by far the most impressive experience I’ve had on Valve’s ambitious and sometimes awkward new VR-shaped gaming console.”

Reservation and wait-list emails will be sent later on Sept. 17, with the first purchase invitations expected to roll out Sept. 18. The headset also launches with support for 130 stand-alone Verified games and includes Half-Life: Alyx for new owners who don’t already have it in their Steam library. Valve says the headset launches with 130 stand-alone Verified games, with more expected over time.