Rejoice! Valve has officially revived the game. Steam engineA compact gaming computer that can be played on your living room TV.
Not only does it (supposedly!) run quietly, but it can also run 4K games at 60fps thanks to AMD's FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) upscaling technology. Valve is really jumping into the pool headfirst here, huh?
The cube-like device, which is about 6 inches tall (small but mighty), will run Valve's Linux-based SteamOS 3. According to Valve, it is “six times more powerful than Steam Deck.” Thanks to Proton's built-in compatibility layer, it can run most Windows games natively—a huge deal since compatibility issues were the main reason why 2015's Steam Machines failed (before the Proton layer even existed).
The newest version of the Steam Machine will have two configurations: 512 GB and 2 TB. On the inside, it features a custom AMD Zen 4 chip with 6 cores and 12 threads, as well as a custom RDNA 3 GPU. Translation? You can expect console-level power in a tiny package.
Valve also introduced a new Steam controller And Steam framea standalone VR headset powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. We haven't heard anything about pricing yet (this could be a real game changer), but all three devices should hit the market sometime in early 2026.
