Overview
- The company says the badge will have “fewer constraints,” offering the rule of thumb that Steam Deck‑Verified titles will also be Steam Machine‑Verified.
- Valve will run the same rounds of testing and provide developer feedback, with a distinct verification path for Steam Frame/VR titles.
- Published specs for the living‑room mini‑PC include a 6‑core AMD Zen 4 CPU and an RDNA3 GPU with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, delivering far more headroom than the Steam Deck.
- Outlets expect a much larger pool of Verified games under the looser criteria, while some commentators caution that a more permissive badge could be less meaningful for buyers.
- Valve says the Steam Controller Puck was designed to curb wireless interference and simplify pairing/charging, and official pricing remains unannounced ahead of an early‑2026 release window.