Valve classifies the Steam Machine as more powerful than 70 percent of gaming PCs

11/17/25 -

Valve classifies the performance of the Steam Machine as comparable to and in many cases even higher than 70 percent of the PCs surveyed in the Steam Hardware Survey.

Hardware Engineer Yazan Aldehayyat explains that the device should offer enough computing power to make the existing game catalog usable without restrictions.

At the same time, Valve is aiming for an entry-level model that reaches a wide range of buyers through a lower price. The performance level of typical home computers serves as a technical reference point. The Steam Machine uses a commercially available chip, whose firmware and software have been adapted for SteamOS. According to previous information, the performance ranges between Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5, with the RAM of 8 GB of VRAM being considered a limiting factor. Release: Early 2026 (Europe)

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Wait, 8gb RAM? Is this correct?

Some Arab insider says Ubisoft has been acquired.

Red Steel 3 incoming?

Why does it even need 8Gb,there's no screen on it.  😋

I do agree with GG though, it should have been more. They're promising raytracing just like sony and ms did, but 8Gb won't cut it. Even more so since this is 'just' a PC and not bespoke hardware devs will spend time optimalizing for.