Valve has finally put a price tag on its new Steam Machine, and it lands at $1,049 in the US and £879 in the UK for the base model. Reservations are now open through a randomized system rather than a regular first-come, first-served queue.
The Steam Machine is Valve’s compact, SteamOS-powered living-room PC. Think of it as a console-shaped box built to plug into your TV and run your existing Steam library, with none of the Windows setup. The chassis is roughly a six-inch cube, closer to a GameCube than a desktop tower, and reportedly packs an integrated 300W power supply so there’s no external brick.
The base configuration includes 512GB of storage and 16GB of DDR5 memory, paired with semi-custom AMD hardware. Reports point to a CPU built around two Zen 4 cores and four Zen 4c cores, and a GPU sitting in the same neighborhood as a mobile Radeon 7600. A larger 2TB version is also available at a noticeably higher price.
One detail worth flagging: The base model reportedly doesn’t ship with Valve’s new Steam Controller. Buyers who want the full couch-gaming setup will need to grab one separately or pick up a bundle, pushing the real entry price higher than the headline number.
A living room premium
At over a grand, the Steam Machine isn’t competing with the PS5 or Xbox Series X on price. It sits squarely in compact gaming PC territory. A DIY build with a Ryzen 7600, RX 7600, 16GB DDR5, and a 512GB SSD comes in around $1,020 in the US, but you won’t be cramming any of that into a six-inch cube.
The pricing also reflects the current state of the PC parts market. RAM and SSD prices have spiked hard in recent months, driven partly by AI-fueled demand for memory, and that pressure shows up here. Valve likely isn’t subsidizing this hardware the way Sony and Microsoft sometimes do with consoles.
The randomized reservation system replaces the usual preorder rush. Valve hasn’t fully detailed the eligibility rules, but the setup looks designed to keep bots and scalpers from gobbling up early stock. Check Valve’s official page for region availability, shipping windows, and account requirements before signing up.
