Steam Machine: Valve's gaming PC official with custom AMD silicon and compact form factor

Valve's long-dead Steam tabletop console has finally come back to life in the form of a new Steam Machine. Like the Steam Deck, it uses custom AMD silicon with six Zen 4 cores and a 28 CU GPU (110 W TDP) that is a cut-down version of the Radeon RX 7600. While not stated explicitly, a Geekbench listing confirmed the latter.

The new Steam Machine comes with 16 GB of DDR5 RAM and 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. For storage, Valve offers 512 GB and 2 TB SKUs, with additional expansion possible via a microSD card. Whether or not users will be able to manually upgrade the internal storage remains to be seen, but if the Steam Deck is anything to go by, it will likely be possible.

For I/O, the Steam Machine offers a DP 1.4 port, an HDMI 2.0 port, two USB 3.2 Type-A ports, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen2 port,  a 1 Gb/s Ethernet port, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

Valve claims the Steam Machine can run games at 4K, but that will likely require heavy assistance from FSR given its somewhat anaemic hardware. It will run SteamOS 3 out of the box and even comes with 17 addressable LEDs for additional customisation. The console measures 152 mm x 162.4 mm x 156 mm and weighs 2.6 kilograms.

Unfortunately, Valve hasn't specified a price or release date, and with the holiday season approaching, it is unlikely to launch in 2026.