engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh have officially opened reservations for the VR headset as of September 14, 2026. Arriving three months after the Steam Machine launch, the new hardware starts at a base price of $1,059.
The Steam Frame features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and runs SteamOS on Arm via Proton emulation. Available in 256GB for $1,069 and 1TB for $1,299, it supports standalone play and wireless streaming over 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E using a dedicated USB dongle.
This successor to the utilizes internal eye-tracking for foveated streaming and includes a fallback mechanism for latency spikes. Valve is currently working on native Half-Life Alyx support to leverage the headset's advanced mobile architecture.