Earlier this month, Valve restated its commitment to launching the Steam Machine later this summer. Today, the company has now officially shared pricing, the dates for the first dispatches, and a wide range of additional information—including the hardware specs—for its living room PC.
In a detailed blog post, Valve confirmed it will release the Steam Machine in four separate setups.
- Steam Machine 512GB: £879 / $1,049 / €1,039 / CAD $1,509 / AUD $1,609 / PLN 4,389.
- Steam Machine 512GB + Steam Controller bundle: £938 / $1,128 / €1,108 / CAD $1,628 / AUD $1,728 / PLN 4,698.
- Steam Machine 2TB: £1,149 / $1,349 / €1,359 / CAD $1,919 / AUD $2,109 / PLN 5,739.
- Steam Machine 2TB + Steam Controller bundle: £1,208 / $1,428 / €1,428 / CAD $2,038 / AUD $2,228 / PLN 6,048.
As an extra perk, both 2TB versions come with two added faceplates: one covered in red fabric and the other finished in solid walnut.
If you want to place a reservation, Valve is putting in place a system much like the one currently used for the Steam Controller. We’ve put together a pre-order guide to make the steps easier to follow. Customers should receive their Steam Machines sometime after June 29th, once Valve starts sending out dispatch notifications, though the company has not named an exact release day beyond that window.
Anyone who’s interested in reserving a Steam Machine can register starting now through Thursday, June 25th. Registration for the first group ends at 6pm BST (7pm CET, 10am PT, 1pm ET). To take part, you’ll need an active Steam account, and you must have completed a Steam purchase before April 27th, 2026.
For this initial round, the reservation order will be assigned at random. That means it won’t make a difference whether you sign up right away or leave it until near the deadline—an approach designed to help reduce pressure on the Steam store. Valve is also restricting reservations to one unit per household, with each payment method and shipping address limited to a single order.
On June 25th, you’ll receive an email letting you know where you stand in the queue. You may also receive a second message confirming that you’ve been added to the waitlist. Any registrations submitted after that date will be placed on the waitlist as well.
As Valve shared with Eurogamer, “We’ll start sending order emails to customers at the beginning of the reservation queue on June 29th. As orders are completed, we will begin shipping units.”
When Valve originally announced the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and the Steam Controller, the intention was to have everything shipped in the first quarter of 2026. Valve later moved that plan to the first half of the year once it became clear that higher memory and storage costs would force the company to revise its pricing.
In comments to Eurogamer ahead of today’s reveal, Valve said the new Steam Machine pricing is “significantly higher” than it had first expected. The company also outlined why it decided not to follow a console-style strategy of selling the Steam Machine at a loss through subsidies.
If you have technical questions about Valve’s new console, we have answers. And if you’d like to know what it’s been like using the Steam Machine, you can read Chris’ complete Steam Machine review, too.