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After inspiring a wave of gaming handhelds with the Steam Deck, can Valve ignite compact gaming desktops with the Steam Machine? This diminutive desktop (starting at $1,049, as tested) brings your Steam library into your living room, running TV-friendly SteamOS out of the box seamlessly. So far, so good, but it packs relatively modest parts…

Anyone who buys a Steam Machine will be able to play virtually all of the games that also run on a traditional gaming PC – but nothing beyond that. Unlike traditional consoles, Valve’s new device will not have its own exclusive titles. Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais explained the reasoning in an interview with Bloomberg: Restricting where…

Valve’s new Steam Machine started shipping on The Steam Machine officially launched on June 30, 2026, with units shipping that day, dropping a $1,049 living-room PC into a market Microsoft’s Xbox Series X has owned since November 2020. The base Steam Machine costs $399 more than a Series X disc console today, and that gap…

Many fans of the Valve Steam Machine passionately defend the console online against arguments that compare the Steam Machine to prebuilt gaming PCs. Since the Steam Machine’s launch, these arguements have revolved around the assertion that the Steam Machine resembles traditional consoles like the PS5 more than it does a prebuilt gaming PC, as you…

If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve noticed how Valve’s new Steam Machine has the gaming world all excited. With memory and graphics card prices through the roof, due to part shortages and sky-high demand, any remotely affordable product is bound to draw attention. That’s why so much hype built up around the Steam Machine before it launched.…