The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead a home console sibling to the Steam Deck. Valve introduced its second attempt at ruling the living room in a surprise hardware announcement in November 2025,

The global memory shortage strikes again.

Though Valve notes "some titles" might need upscaling or to run at lower frame rates.

Valve has previously said the Steam Machine will debut early in 2026, and Lisa Su has underlined this is still the case.