Alongside launching the ‘Steam Frame Verified’ label, Valve confirmed that the headset is shipping “this summer”.
When revealing Steam Frame back in November, Valve said it would ship in “early 2026”. For pricing, it told UploadVR it was “aiming” to sell Steam Frame for less than the $1000 Index full-kit.
But given the global memory shortage resulting from the rapid growth of AI, come February the company announced that it would need to “revisit” its “exact shipping schedule and pricing”.
This month, in a blog post launching the Steam Frame Verified program, Valve confirmed that both Steam Frame and the Steam Machine consolized PC will launch “this summer”, meaning sometime in the next three months.
“Like Steam Deck Verified, the Steam Frame Standalone Verified program focuses on the experience customers will have with the device out-of-the-box in standalone mode. The criteria are similar as well: the default graphics configuration needs to perform well, text and UI elements need to be clear and legible on the built-in display, and the default controller configuration needs to work well with the Steam Frame Controllers. The same test criteria apply to both VR titles and non-VR titles.”
Developers can read about the Steam Frame Verified requirements on the Steamworks website.
