Ten months after Valve first showed off the Steam Frame alongside the Steam Machine and the new Steam Controller, the wireless VR headset finally has a price and a way to buy it. Reservations opened today at $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for the 1TB model, and both include the headset, tracked controllers, and the wireless adapter. That’s $10 more than the Steam Machine’s $1,049 starting price, which Valve had attributed to rising memory costs earlier this year when it pushed back the ship windows for both devices.
Valve is running the same randomized reservation system it used for the Steam Machine, saying it helped improve the purchase experience and limit resellers. Signups stay open until September 17 at 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM Eastern), at which point Valve closes the list and does a one-time shuffle to set the order. Everyone gets an email later that day saying whether they’re in the reservation queue or on the waitlist, and the first batch of purchase emails starts going out September 18. There’s no advantage to signing up early, but anyone who registers after the cutoff lands at the back of the waitlist. Valve isn’t saying how many units it has on hand.
Every Steam Frame comes with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx, redeemable from the settings menu after logging into the headset. Only one copy can be redeemed per device, and anyone who already owns the game won’t be able to claim a second one. Valve is also pitching the headset for non-VR play, saying it can stream your entire Steam library from a PC, while more than 100 games already carry the Steam Frame Standalone Verified badge for running natively on the headset without a PC.
Three first-party accessories are launching alongside the headset, and there’s a wrinkle in how you buy them. The 45W power supply with a 2.5-meter cable runs $29, since no charger comes in the box. The Ergonomic Accessories Kit, which adds two controller hand straps with battery doors, a headset top strap, and an extended light blocker, is $59. The Accessory Replacement Kit with a spare face gasket, head cushion, and standard light blocker is $49. All three are add-to-cart options only at checkout, meaning you can’t order them unless you’ve received a purchase email for the headset itself.
The Steam Frame ships directly through Steam in the U.S., Canada, the UK, the EU, and Australia, with Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong handled by authorized distributor KOMODO and South Korea coming later. Valve has posted the full signup FAQ and a pair of quick start videos on the Steam Hardware announcement page.
