Following several rumors and leaks, Valve has officially announced the Steam Frame, “a streaming-first, wireless VR headset + controllers” capable of playing one’s entire Steam library. It launches in early 2026 and includes a Wireless Adapter with Dual Radios (meaning no wire hassles) and Foveated Streaming for over ten times the image quality.
The VR headset includes two 2160×2160 LCD panels with 72 to 144 Hz refresh rates, dual stereo speakers, and four high-resolution cameras for tracking (complete with infrared LEDs). Its hardware includes a Snapdragon 8 Series CPU, 16 GB RAM and between 256 GB and 1 TB of storage space with a microSD slot. There’s also a rechargeable 21.6 Wh lithium-ion battery, a USB-C port, and a USB-C 2.0 port.
You also receive two accompanying controllers with about 40 hours of battery life, which can be used for non-VR titles. It also runs SteamOS and all its accompanying features, including cloud save support and quick suspend/resume. If that wasn’t enough, it pairs with the existing Steam Controller and allows for streaming from the Steam Deck.
There’s also the new Steam Controller, which includes High Definite Rumble, Grip-Enabled Gyro and next-gen magnetic thumbsticks. Motion control is supported and players can customize the input, including the two Trackpads, with Steam Deck parity ensuring that “thousands” of titles have community configs out of the box.
However, the other, arguably more exciting part of this whole deal is the Steam Machine, a portable PC with “six times the horsepower” of the Steam Deck. It’s equipped with a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 six-core CPU running at up to 4.8 GHz, a semi-custom AMD RDNA3 GPU with 28 CUs, 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM and 2.45 GHz max sustained clock speed, and 16 GB DDR5 RAM. Together with FSR, it can play games in 4K/60 FPS.
You can choose from two storage solutions at launch – 512 GB and 2 TB – on an NVMe SSD, but there will also be a “high-speed” microSD slot for further expansion. And since it also runs SteamOS, it’s perfectly capable as a PC as well.
Valve hasn’t announced pricing for all of this, but you can wishlist the Steam Frame and Steam Machine now.
