The Steam Controller is officially going on sale May 4th for $99 USD, $149 CAD,

Last November, Valve introduced the world to its new vision of living room gaming: the Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Then, RAMageddon. Memory shortages forced Valve to delay

Valve's new Steam Controller sold out quickly when it went on sale on Monday, and the company is going to open a "reservations queue" on Friday at 1PM ET for anyone who missed

The official Steam Machine gamepad is here, and it works great on PC and Deck. But where do you sit on its $99 price? Read more from @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social:

This is an objectively expensive gaming device, but there’s no sticker shock here—the Steam Machine is the same kind of expensive as every other computer in 2026.

Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."

Valve's new hardware is solid but might not justify its $99 price.