Monday, June 22nd 2026
Valve Finally Reveals Steam Machine Pricing and Starts Accepting Pre-orders
It's been over seven months since Valve announced the Steam Machine and every single leak and educated guess in relation to its cost can now be confirmed to have been wrong, since the base system will come in at a rather steep US$1,049. At this point we all knew it was going to cost more than an Xbox Series X or a PlayStation 5, despite the consoles having increased in price these past few months, but that's not even the worst of it. The base spec Steam Machine is in many ways worse than those consoles, as it only includes 512 GB of local storage and the 2 TB model will set you back US$1,349, a price difference which is higher than what a mid-range 2 TB NVMe SSD costs in retail. If you live in the Euro area, you're looking at €1,039 for the base model and €1,359 for the 2 TB SKU.
Valve is also offering bundles with the Steam Controller, which starts at US$1,228/€1,108 when bundles with the 512 GB Steam Machine and if you want the 2 TB version with a controller, then you're looking at US$1,428/€1,428. It's not as if you can get a Steam Machine today either, as you have to sign up to a list before the 25th of June for a chance to get your hands on a Steam Machine. Yes, you read that correctly, a chance, since Valve in its wisdom decided to randomise the email addresses of those that signed up, so it's pot luck if you'll get a chance to get your hands on one of the first Steam Machines. Valve claims they did this to be fair to everyone and that it's a system that causes less frustration, but we're not sure that's how people will feel about it at the end of the day. On the other hand, scalpers will at least not be buying up all the units to then resell them at higher prices online. On top of that, you need to have a Steam account in good standing, having made at least one purchase on Steam prior to the 27th of April this year and of course, every household is limited to on Steam Machine. If you miss to sign up before the deadline, you will be added to the end of the randomised list, which does at least seem pretty fair. Oh and there's no changes once you've signed up.
See below for pricing in other countries.
Note that Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong will have purchase their Steam Machines through the retail channel and Valve will not be shipping any units to South Korea for the time being.
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Valve is also offering bundles with the Steam Controller, which starts at US$1,228/€1,108 when bundles with the 512 GB Steam Machine and if you want the 2 TB version with a controller, then you're looking at US$1,428/€1,428. It's not as if you can get a Steam Machine today either, as you have to sign up to a list before the 25th of June for a chance to get your hands on a Steam Machine. Yes, you read that correctly, a chance, since Valve in its wisdom decided to randomise the email addresses of those that signed up, so it's pot luck if you'll get a chance to get your hands on one of the first Steam Machines. Valve claims they did this to be fair to everyone and that it's a system that causes less frustration, but we're not sure that's how people will feel about it at the end of the day. On the other hand, scalpers will at least not be buying up all the units to then resell them at higher prices online. On top of that, you need to have a Steam account in good standing, having made at least one purchase on Steam prior to the 27th of April this year and of course, every household is limited to on Steam Machine. If you miss to sign up before the deadline, you will be added to the end of the randomised list, which does at least seem pretty fair. Oh and there's no changes once you've signed up.
- Steam Machine 512 GB: $1,049 USD / 1,509 CAD / 1,039 EUR / 879 GBP / 1,609 AUD / 4,389 PLN
- Bundle: Steam Machine 512 GB + Steam Controller: $1,128 USD / 1,628 CAD / 1,108 EUR / 938 GBP / 1,728 AUD / 4,698 PLN
- Steam Machine 2 TB: $1,349 USD / 1,919 CAD / 1,359 EUR / 1,149 GBP / 2,109 AUD / 5,739 PLN
- Bundle: Steam Machine 2 TB + Steam Controller: $1,428 USD / 2,038 CAD / 1,428 EUR / 1,208 GBP / 2,228 AUD / 6,048 PLN
Note that Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong will have purchase their Steam Machines through the retail channel and Valve will not be shipping any units to South Korea for the time being.
526 Comments on Valve Finally Reveals Steam Machine Pricing and Starts Accepting Pre-orders
Still I think it is cool little box. I just don't have money for it :)
:kookoo:
In 2026\H2Wow man, goalposts were moved, you need a sanity check imho
Stop trying to think you're being reasonable, this machine is grossly overpriced, yes even for being so tiny (what usp is that anyway, its still not portable, you haven't got a screen, laptops do this better in every possible way and here's the kicker, they don't even cost more); its got a past gen GPU and ditto upscaler...
I mean sure, its cute. But that's all I can say about it at this point that's a net positive.
Its fine if you're a fan but let's not try to say this thing is somehow a game changer. Its just a very expensive mini PC with outdated hardware and an OS you can install on anything.
We used to have better price / performance years ago? The progress in PC industry used to be so fast that couldn't happen back in the days, at least not for a longer period and not significantly. Now it's a rule, not an anomaly.
But I do care about false narratives:www.theverge.com/games/952004/valve-steam-machine-price-not-subsidizing
That really is taking a piss. A near-monopoly which has been instrumental to the death of physical games and software ownership, and which has just released a closed-system console, is telling us we should support its silly price because of the "the strength of the open PC platform"? Srsly?
:kookoo:
Its not like the specific size of a Machine is somehow going to enable anything whatsoever that you couldn't with any other SFF.
But sure, you didn't include the controller and you've picked the smallest capacity for storage... I'm not sure that somehow makes this a better deal. 512GB isn't much, and a console without a controller isn't a complete package.
I can separate my own personal opinion and being happy when my fellow tech enthusiasts get a piece of hardware they are excited for.
I'm not super high on the majority of current gen hardware but I'm still happy for people when they upgrade.
I feel like a boomer these days hating on everything lol but it's hard to be excited about any hardware in the current market.
That being said I only really hate this AI Bull$#!+ everything else is just underwhelming due to price or how long it took to come to market.
A far better narrative would have been the 'Apple narrative' where they defend a high hardware price (overpriced, lets face it) on the value of 'custom everything' and 'excellent software/OS'.
That narrative fits. With the additional bonus of having a system that isn't locked into an Apple-ecosystem, but still comes with a connected App Store that you really don't want to work around in practice.
Which, honestly, is what Valve was aiming for obviously
You've got plenty of choice, too:
This is what I had my eyes on before the launch. Is the Steam Machine not better?I didn't include the controller because 1. I already have two controllers collecting dust, and 2. No controller bundle was on the horizon until now, and I wasn't planning on getting one anyway. How could I have talked about something that didn't even exist at the time? Do you think I can see the future or something? And I'm the one moving the goalpost, man... :confused:
I notice almost every company goes full greed when they go public.
Valve doesn't force you to use their $100 controller, a nice thing about it being a PC and not a locked down console.Your hate for Valve aside, seriously calm down they don't have a monopoly, Steam is simply just better than other platforms. Mega corporations like EA or Epic games still can't figure out how to make a decent well featured store.
The steam machine isn't a closed system, you could install a different version of Linux on it or Windows if you really wanted to, and it plays PC games you already own.
Pricing is the only real issue here, Valve doesn't have industry connections like Sony and Microsoft to get memory at lower cost contracts from SK Hynix or Samsung.
Form Factor, I am guessing pops the price of the Steam Machine.
I was thinking about it last night, the biggest concern i have with the device is will age poorly.