Valve’s Steam Machine is here: starts at $1,049 for 512GB or $1,349 for the 2TB version

Highly anticipated: After months of delays and growing anxiety about memory prices, Valve has officially confirmed pricing, configurations, and a June 30 launch date for its Steam Machine. The living-room gaming box starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model and climbs to $1,349 for the 2TB version – a significant premium over the sub-$750 figure that had been anticipated when Valve announced the hardware in November 2025. Getting one at launch, however, is far from guaranteed.

Under the hood, the Steam Machine packs a semi-custom AMD platform: a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 CPU clocked up to 4.86GHz, an RDNA 3 GPU with 28 compute units and 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM running at up to 2.45GHz within a 110W envelope, 16GB of DDR5 system RAM, and either 512GB or 2TB of NVMe SSD storage.

A microSD slot provides additional expansion. The M.2 SSD is user-replaceable in both 2230 and 2280 form factors; RAM is also swappable, though the compact thermal design makes it more involved than a standard desktop.

For GPU context: 28 RDNA 3 compute units at those clocks is roughly equivalent to a Radeon RX 7600, a capable mid-range card from late 2023, but not where AMD’s GPU lineup sits in mid-2026.

Four configurations are available:

• Steam Machine 512GB – $1,049
• Steam Machine 512GB + Steam Controller – $1,128
• Steam Machine 2TB – $1,349
• Steam Machine 2TB + Steam Controller – $1,428

We got it wrong: you will be able to buy a Steam Machine in 2026 after all…

The Steam Controller normally retails at $99.99, making the bundle a mild discount. The 2TB models also include two additional faceplates: red fabric and solid walnut. Valve will also release the CAD files for the external hull so third parties can make their own. Beyond that, Valve’s engineers confirmed there are no additional faceplate collaborations planned at launch.

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