Valve announced the Steam Machine today alongside a new Steam Frame VR headset and a new Steam Controller. Following up on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/steam-deck-re-review-2025″ data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/steam-deck-re-review-2025″>success of its Steam Deck, Valve is clearly attempting to bridge the shrinking gap between console and PC gaming with its desktop Steam Machine.
The Steam Machine runs data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/steamos” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/steamos”>SteamOS and has some semi-custom parts inside, but it’s essentially an data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/amd” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/processors/amd”>AMD-powered data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/mini-pc” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/mini-pc”>mini PC with boosted gaming abilities. With an expected launch date of Spring 2026, I thought it would be fun to put together a…
