Valve Steam Frame Headset Starts at $1,059

Valve just shadow-dropped a wireless VR headset, and the 256GB kit starts at $1,059. Steam Frame launched on Monday, 14 September 2026, as a standalone headset with two hand controllers. It succeeds the tethered 2019 Index.

GeekWire called it a Monday morning surprise out of Bellevue. The product is on Steam now. Every Frame includes Half-Life: Alyx as a pack-in.

The headset runs SteamOS 3 on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with 16GB of RAM, a microSD slot, and dual 2160x2160 LCDs, one per eye. It recharges over USB-C the way a Steam Deck does. GeekWire notes it does not ship with a dedicated power supply.

Valve is using a Deck-style verification list. More than 100 games have been hand-tested for the headset. Not every Steam title is verified.

PC Gamer has the 1TB kit at $1,299 and the lottery clock. Signups stay open until Thursday, 17 September, at 10 a.m. Pacific. Valve then runs one randomization and emails winners a reservation. Everyone else lands on a waitlist.

A signup is not a guaranteed ship date. The $1,059 starting price sits in premium territory versus Meta Quest, which GeekWire flags as the drag on a still-niche VR market.