A few hours ago, Valve officially announced three major hardware announcements under its “Steam” brand. Alongside the Steam Deck, the company has added the Steam Machine gaming PC, the Steam Controller gamepad, and the Steam Frame VR headset. Here's everything you need to know about them.
The Steam Machine
Starting with the Steam Machine, it is described as a compact, living-room-friendly PC built to run your entire Steam library. According to the official store listing, it delivers “over six times the horsepower of Steam Deck.” The machine runs SteamOS, Valve’s Linux-based operating system, allowing gamers to jump into their PC game library in a console form factor.
Specs-wise, the Steam Machine features a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C/12T processor with up to 4.8GHz, 30W TDP, and semi-custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs, clocking at 2.45GHz and 11W TDP. This enables the machine to run games at 4K resolution in 60 FPS with FSR. Meanwhile, storage is plentiful with 512GB and 2TB, with expandable storage via microSD, alongside 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM.
The power supply is actually built into the machine, with an AC power of 1110-240V, so no charging brick is needed. There are a lot of I/O ports as well, including USB-C, USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, and there's even an LED strip on the front, which can be customised.
The Steam Controller
Valve has also brought back the Steam Controller, a dedicated gamepad designed to bridge PC gaming and console-style controllers. The store listing highlights its comfortable extended-play ergonomics, thumbsticks, buttons, bumpers and triggers.
Compared with the first Steam Controller years ago, the new version looks very different with two trackpads at the bottom. Besides being wireless, it can be plugged in with a wireless transmitter that works as a charger as well.
The Steam Frame
Perhaps the most ambitious of the three is the Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset built by Valve. It features a streaming-first design: built-in processing plus a wireless dongle to stream games from your PC. Key specs include a Snapdragon-based chipset, 2160 × 2160 resolution per eye, refresh rate up to 120/144Hz, pancake lenses, eye-tracking, and inside-out tracking, all without external base stations.
Price and Availability
No prices have been revealed by Valve just yet, but they are all scheduled to launch in early 2026. According to Valve, all three will ship to the same regions currently served by the Steam Deck, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Australia, as well as KOMODO regions — Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
With that said, the Malaysian market may not see new Steam products here, since the Steam Deck is not officially sold here. However, some local third-party stores may try to get their hands on these and sell them here regardless. Stay tuned for more trending tech news at TechNave.com.
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