After much speculation and debate, Valve has officially announced the pricing for the Steam Machine. Steam Machine is launching in four different options that anyone interested can sign up for beginning today.
Steam Machine is here, and you can sign up now:
Steam Machine 512GB
Steam Machine 2TBPlus bundled versions with Steam Controller
Learn more and sign up here: https://t.co/n6RlOy3wHd pic.twitter.com/8W42GfYo6n— Valve (@valvesoftware) June 22, 2026
There is a 512GB model and a 2TB model and bundles for each that come with a Steam Controller.
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Steam Machine 512GB: $1,049 USD / 1,509 CAD / 1,039 EUR / 879 GBP / 1,609 AUD / 4,389 PLN
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Bundle: Steam Machine 512GB + Steam Controller: $1,128 USD / 1,628 CAD / 1,108 EUR / 938 GBP / 1,728 AUD / 4,698 PLN
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Steam Machine 2TB: $1,349 USD / 1,919 CAD / 1,359 EUR / 1,149 GBP / 2,109 AUD / 5,739 PLN
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Bundle: Steam Machine 2TB + Steam Controller: $1,428 USD / 2,038 CAD / 1,428 EUR / 1,208 GBP / 2,228 AUD / 6,048 PL
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Both bundle options come with two additional faceplates, red fabric, and solid walnut.
There is a reservation system that was implemented in an effort to improve the purchase experience and limit resellers. Right now, anyone interested can sign up for the Steam Machine model/bundle they are interested in. Anyone who can’t sign up now can sign up before Thursday, June 25, at 10 am PT. On Thursday at the time, signups will be close and a one-time randomization to determine the randomization and waitlist order.
Talking about why they decided to randomize the reservation order, Valve said:
“we underestimated customer interest when we recently released the new Steam Controller, and we wanted to create a system that would be less frustrating and more fair for everyone. A launch that starts at a specific day and time tends to reward bots, people with fast internet connections, talented gaming fingers for quick F5/refresh reactions, and those who can schedule their life around that moment. By accepting reservation signups over the course of a few days, without any incentive to be first, we’re hoping to take away some of that friction. The longer timeframe also allows us to do some extra validation on the signups to make sure they’re real accounts, with only one per household. ”
Valve also broke down how they came down to the price, something that everybody in the video game community has been wondering with prices rising due to the high cost of RAM and the tariffs.
“Steam Machine, like our other hardware products, is made up of many components that we source from manufacturers around the world. The price at which we sell our hardware is a direct result of the cost of these components. We felt like we had a good understanding of how those costs might change over time when we first started sourcing them for Steam Machine back in 2023. That understanding was born from the many years of data we all have about the evolution of PC hardware prices – primarily, that it tends to get cheaper over time as new technology arrives. Over the past year or so, that has changed quickly and significantly, most visibly for RAM and storage components. There are a variety of reasons, all of which are affecting hardware products everywhere. The overall effect is that our original goal for the price of Steam Machine is no longer viable. So the prices we’re sharing today reflect the state of the world for manufacturing; or, more accurately, it reflects the price of the components as we’ve secured them over the past 6 months. Price wasn’t the only thing impacted by all of this: availability was as well. There were periods where we found we couldn’t source some of our components at all, at any price. More than anything else, this has impacted the number of units we’ve been able to produce for launch.”