Valve Says Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and New Steam Controller Are Still Set for 2026

Valve's March 6, 2026 Steam Year In Review 2025 post offers the clearest recent official status update on its new hardware lineup. In the hardware section of the post, Valve revisits the company's long-running living room PC effort and says the three products announced in November 2025 are still on track to ship in 2026.

The most important line addresses supply constraints directly. Valve says there have been challenges with memory and storage shortages, but adds that it will be shipping all three products this year. That matters because the quiet period after the 2025 announcements had already pushed parts of the community toward delay assumptions. The official wording does not remove every open question, but it does reaffirm a 2026 launch target.

Valve also describes what each device is supposed to represent. The redesigned Steam Controller is presented as a full-library PC gamepad with a puck that doubles as both a wireless connector and charging station, plus capacitive touch thumbsticks, two trackpads, high-definition rumble, and Grip Sense gyro aiming. Steam Machine is framed as a living room PC with more than six times the horsepower of Steam Deck. Steam Frame is described as a lightweight wireless VR headset with its own processing power that can also connect to Steam Machine and other PCs.

Key points

Valve says Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame are all shipping in 2026.

The company explicitly cites memory and storage shortages as a challenge.

Steam Machine is positioned as a big-screen PC with more than six times the horsepower of Steam Deck.

Steam Frame is described as a wireless VR headset with standalone processing power and PC connectivity.

The broader strategic message is just as important as the launch window. Valve ties the hardware push to work already done across SteamOS, Proton, SteamVR, and Steam Deck. It also points to the Lenovo Legion Go S, released in May 2025, as the first third-party device to ship with SteamOS as its default operating system. In other words, Valve is not just announcing gadgets. It is trying again to expand the Steam ecosystem into living room PC play and wireless VR with a much stronger software foundation than it had a decade ago.