Steam Machine price revealed alongside waitlist

Jack G

June 23, 2026

Valve has revealed pricing and release information for the highly anticipated Steam Machine after doing the same recently for the new Steam Controller.

To preorder, you need to join the waitlist that will soon determine your spot in the preorder queue, using an “in good standing” Steam account that made a purchase before April 27th:

We underestimated customer interest when we recently released the new Steam Controller, and we wanted to create a system that would be less frustrating and more fair for everyone. A launch that starts at a specific day and time tends to reward bots, people with fast internet connections, talented gaming fingers for quick F5/refresh reactions, and those who can schedule their life around that moment. By accepting reservation signups over the course of a few days, without any incentive to be first, we’re hoping to take away some of that friction. The longer timeframe also allows us to do some extra validation on the signups to make sure they’re real accounts, with only one per household.

The FAQ on this Steam Store page has heaps of information for those interested in the process and joining the queue.

As for pricing, in Australian Dollars:

Storage	512 GB NVMe SSD	2 TB NVMe SSD
Without Controller	$1,609	$2,109
With Controller	$1,728	$2,228

It is clear that the pricing of Memory and Storage have impacted Valve here no less than anyone else, it brings the Steam Machine in line with some equivalent prebuilds and whilst similarly powered to a PS5 or Xbox Series X, the pricing is much higher although the value of an open platform may make that comparison ineffective for some.

All models come equipped with a semi-custom 6 core AMD Zen 4 CPU, AMD RDNA3 GPU with 8 GB video memory, 16 GB DDR5 memory, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD card slot & an integrated Steam Controller wireless adapter.