When Can You Buy Steam Frame and How Much Does It Cost?

You can reserve the Steam Frame from now through Thursday, September 17 at 10 a.m. PT. Purchase invites roll out Friday, September 18. Pricing starts at $1,059 (US) / £889 (UK) for 256GB and $1,299 (US) / £1,089 (UK) for 1TB.

Key Takeaways

• Reservations for Valve’s Steam Frame headset close Thursday, September 17 at 10 a.m. PT.
• Purchase lottery invitations are distributed on Friday, September 18 (early signup gives no queue advantage).
• US pricing is $1,059 (256GB) and $1,299 (1TB); UK is £889 / £1,089; Canada is C$1,529 / C$1,859; EU is €1,049 / €1,279.
• The standalone wireless SteamOS headset includes pancake lenses (2160x2160 per eye, 120Hz), eye tracking, 16GB RAM, and runs Half-Life: Alyx without a tethered PC.
• High price reflects expensive Wi-Fi 7 modules and industry-wide surge in memory/storage costs.

You can reserve Steam Frame now through Thursday, September 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Valve sends purchase invites Friday, September 18. That is not a guaranteed ship date. It is a ticket to buy if you get picked.

How much it costs

| Region | 256GB | 1TB | Ergonomic Kit |

| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |

| US | $1,059 | $1,299 | $59 |

| UK | £889 | £1,089 | £59 |

| Canada | C$1,529 | C$1,859 | C$89 |

| EU | €1,049 | €1,279 | €69 |

What is in the box: Headset, controllers, PC wireless adapter, and microSD slot. Notably, *Half-Life: Alyx* runs directly on the headset with no gaming PC required.

How do Steam Frame reservations work?

Pick 256GB or 1TB and sign up on Valve’s list before the Thursday cutoff. After 10 a.m. PT on the 17th, Valve randomizes everyone who reserved.

Early signup does not beat Wednesday night. Invites go out the 18th. If you miss the cutoff, you wait for a later wave. This is the same anti-scalper queue system Valve employed with Steam Deck and Steam hardware rollouts.

Why is Steam Frame over $1,000?

Valve is selling a wireless SteamOS headset packed with custom pancake lenses, 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye, 120 Hz refresh rate, eye tracking, 16GB RAM, and Wi-Fi 7 — in a year when memory and storage silicon are expensive industry-wide.

Valve delayed the product specifically to secure these premium parts. Early hardware reviews call the build quality exceptional and the price a wall for mainstream casuals. Valve still maintains the goal is to expand the high-end VR frontier, not settle for low-powered mobile compromise. $1,059 is their bet on the future of standalone VR.

Sources: Valve/Steam; UploadVR; GamesIndustry.biz; Digital Trends; BBC.