Overview
- Valve announced pricing on Monday, June 22, and opened a reservation sign-up that closes on June 25 with a one-time randomization to assign purchase reservations and waitlist positions.
- The Steam Machine ships in four SKUs priced at $1,049 (512GB), $1,128 (512GB+controller), $1,349 (2TB) and $1,428 (2TB+controller), with 2TB bundles including two extra faceplates.
- Valve published hardware specs that use a semi‑custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA3 GPU (28 CUs), 16GB DDR5 plus 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, and either a 512GB or 2TB NVMe SSD, a configuration reviewers place near mid‑range RX 7600 performance suited to 1440p or upscaling on TVs.
- To curb bots and resellers Valve requires a Steam account in good standing with a prior Steam purchase, limits one signup per household, and will check payment, shipping and account signals before confirming reservations.
- Valve says it is selling the device near cost rather than subsidizing it, and it attributes the higher price and reduced launch volume to global RAM and SSD shortages driven in part by large AI and data‑center demand.