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Steam Deck vibes meet Valve’s summer hardware push

Valve says the Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still shipping this summer, but it has not said what either device will cost. The company expanded Steam Verified to cover both new products, framing the program as a way to show how games should run out of the box on the new hardware. windowscentral.com hothardware.com tweaktown.com

The timing lands just after Valve raised the price of the Steam Deck OLED, which is keeping attention on whether the new hardware will be affordable. Pricing remains the big unknown, and multiple outlets say Valve has offered no clarity yet. windowscentral.com hothardware.com tweaktown.com

Steam’s May 2026 hardware survey also shows the broader PC gaming audience is still overwhelmingly on Windows, with Windows 11 up to 69.76% of Steam users and Windows overall at 93.85%. Linux fell to 3.99% after peaking earlier in the spring, while macOS reached 2.16%. neowin.net windowscentral.com

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Ukrainian-made Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City 2 finally has a release date, and you can play the first hour right now on Steam

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Brigandine Abyss demo is now available on PC Steam, Limited Edition pre-orders now live on PS5 and Switch 2 | RPG Site

This demo lets you check the early parts for 2 out of the 6 main story factions. A limited edition on PS5 and Switch 2 can be ordered now as well.

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Culdcept The First Steam demo now available | RPG Site

The Culdcept The First Steam demo lets you transfer save data to the full release next month.

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Silver Blade of Gods' End releases for PC via Steam on July 22 | RPG Site

This indie strategy RPG has been undergoing development by a 2-people team for around 7 years.

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Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle releases on July 9 for PC via Steam | RPG Site

This game is being made by a former Capcom and Vanillaware artist, with its soundtrack composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto.

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Tracking: Ukrainian-made Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City 2 finally has a release date, and you can play the first hour right now on Steam / The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer, Valve confirm as the pair join the Verified program

Ukrainian-made Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City 2 finally has a release date, and you can play the first hour right now on Steam The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer, Valve confirm as the pair join the Verified program
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Tracking: Three days before launch, one of the most wishlisted games on Steam warns players not to expect 'a huge survival game' with 'hundreds of hours of main progression' / Indie devs mixed on Steam's latest redesign over visibility complaints

Three days before launch, one of the most wishlisted games on Steam warns players not to expect 'a huge survival game' with 'hundreds of hours of main progression' Indie devs mixed on Steam's latest redesign over visibility complaints

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Gothic 1 Remake is now available on Steam

Gothic 1 Remake is now available on Steam
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So it starts… Ai community items

Points shop will soon flood with AI slop. At least with games a disclaimer should be added within the description of the game. But here… Yeah… Like what is the point? You don’t even gain anything as a company from this.
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Nearly 70% of Americans Play Video Games for at Least an Hour Each Week, New Report Finds

Nearly 70% of Americans Play Video Games for at Least an Hour Each Week, New Report Finds
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Valve reportedly Almost Delisted Rainbow Six Siege From Steam After Ubisoft Attempted to Sell It Cheaper On Uplay

Valve reportedly Almost Delisted Rainbow Six Siege From Steam After Ubisoft Attempted to Sell It Cheaper On Uplay
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Official Update for MacOS Steam Controller 2026 Users

For those who do not know, some games just don’t work on Mac using the SC2026. And has been almost a month of work arounds and inconsistent results. Also, most Apple Games do not work perfectly. Which makes sense given w…

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Does the Steam Machine make sense for you?

Whether or not you're the right customer for the Steam Machine, you won't be able to ignore it. Valve's upcoming device has enough overlap with consoles as well as PCs that almost everyone will have an opinion about it. The value proposition is there, the loyal fanbase is waiting, and the pricing might not be as big an issue as it seemed. What remains to be seen is how many people believe the Steam Machine makes sense in their living room.

The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
What is the highest number of hours you have in any given game, according to Steam?

This is the first one I wanted to look up, because I'm sure everyone's like "What's my embarrassing [number]?". Well, maybe not everyone has this reaction. I'm having this reaction because my most played game is Dota 2 by magnitudes. I'll tell you my number. Hours played, 2,101. My second-place game is Divinity: Original Sin 2, at only 241. I will say, though, that I played a lot of Overwatch before it was on Steam. And Final Fantasy 11, when I was a teenager, I was a seriously hardcore player of that game. I started playing [Dota 2] in my early relationship with my now-husband, who also loves

There's one game Don't Nod narrative designer Nina Freeman won't ever uninstall from her PC, because it's banned on Steam: 'It's tragic, because everyone should play this game'
Which one should be your pick?

The answer to this question will depend exclusively on where most of your game library lives. The Big Picture Mode, however stunning, only helps you to access your Steam library, and for someone whose collection is exclusively on Steam, it is the more mature option on Windows. That being said, the answer going to be quite different for the vast majority. Most PC gamers in 2026 have a game library that's scattered across Steam, Epic, GOG, Game Pass, and whatever launcher a publisher decided to force on them this year. The Xbox Mode works as an antidote to this problem by consolidating all of it

Steam's Big Picture Mode finally has competition, and it's from Microsoft
What's in a name?

In case you think I'm making all this up, former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra recently claimed that Sony views Valve as a new competitor. Ybarra believes that with Xbox not active in the console wars anymore (Project Helix is still a ways away), Sony is bringing true console exclusives back, as it stops launching them on PC. He also thinks Sony is smart enough to see the promise of Steam Machine and its potential to be the biggest competitor to the PlayStation. In fact, most of the points I illustrated above were also mentioned by Ybarra in the same comment thread. He stressed Steam's 3-hour, no

The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
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