Valve officially announced a revival of its Steam Machine on November 12, 2025, and with the announcement came some lofty promises of performance.
For some context, the new Steam Machine is a console-like desktop PC built into a tiny cube, running on Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS operating system. You can think of it as a Steam Deck without the screen or built-in controls, but Valve says the Steam Machine is more than six times faster than the popular gaming handheld.