Valve's Steam Machine has one big advantage over the old Steam Box

The new Steam Machine, set to launch sometime in early 2026, benefits from all the lessons Valve learned the first time, not ...
Road to VR

Valve Says Steam Frame Development Started Even Before Index Was Released

In March 2019, Valve surprised the VR industry with the tease of ‘Index’, its first self-made VR headset. Index would go on to launch later in May 2019 and be seen as the enthusiasts’ choice in PC VR ...
Game Rant

Open-World Games Steam Players Love More Than Critics Did

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...
Game Rant

Valve Confirms The Steam Machine Won't Have a Subsidized Price

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...
IGN

"SteamOS will take off and your Store revenue will only go up."

A former Xbox executive has called on Valve to allow third-parties to use SteamOS to make their own Steam Machines, amid concern over the price of the next-gen living room PC. Now, Mike Ybarra, former ...
Hosted on MSN

New Solo Leveling Game Is Off to a Strong Start on Steam

Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive peaked at nearly 13,000 concurrent Steam players over the final weekend of November 2025. The figure marks the game's sixth concurrent user record on Valve's storefront ...
Digital Trends

Valve’s Steam Machine could cost you PC money, not console money

Why this is important: If Valve prices the Steam Machine like a proper PC, it immediately sets a different expectation for buyers. Let’s be real, you’re paying PC-level money, not subsidised console ...
ZDNet

Valve's new Steam Machine will make 2026 a massive year for Linux

Valve is set to release a new gaming console in 2026. The Steam Machine will run the Linux OS. The console also doubles as a PC. According to Gaming On Linux, the market share for Steam on Linux hit a ...
PC Gamer

2025 Steam Awards nominations are open, and I wonder if Valve's wonky personalized suggestions will affect the results—you'll know they did if Bongo Cat gets nominated in the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I'd actually wondered how Steam Awards nominations would be handled in 2025. Typically it happens ...

Hytale won't be on Steam at launch as devs do not see the necessity of it and want to avoid bad reviews from people that aren't as well-informed

That comes courtesy of Hytale's FAQ page, penned by the game's executive director, Patrick 'Lyall' Derbic, who explained the ...
IGN

Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure

UPDATE: Valve has responded with a statement sent to GamesIndustry.biz, confirming its decision not to release Horses on Steam is "final". "We reviewed the game back in 2023. At that time, the ...
GameSpot

How Much Will Steam Machine Cost? Here's What Valve Had To Say About Pricing

As part of Valve's big hardware announcements today, the company did not disclose a price for the new Steam Machine device. Hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat was asked in an interview about what ...