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Steam Frame review: Another best-in-class VR headset by Valve, though virtual realities clash with economic ones

It's a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one. The supply of original virtual reality games has slowed to a dribble, and just as with Valve's last hardware launch, the Steam Frame...

Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset opens for orders, with the cheapest model priced at a lenswatering £889 / $1,059

Valve have just launched the Steam Frame wireless VR headset, finally completing the triumvirate of new hardware along with the new Steam Machine and Steam Controller that they unveiled all the way back in November 2025.

Valve's long-awaited standalone VR headset Steam Frame starts at £889 and sign-ups open today - but you'll need to be quick

After years of rumours, and 10 months since its official unveiling, Valve's long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame, is poised to begin shipping soon, and with a confirmed starting price of 889. Read more

Steam Frame review

Steam Frame review

And so here it is: Steam Frame; Valve's second in-house VR headset following 2019's Index, featuring a boosted spec sheet, PC-to-headset streaming, and the ability to function standalone.

"It's absolutely our goal to expand the market" - Valve's new Steam Frame VR headset has a nifty idea for broader appeal

Valve has said its new Steam Frame VR headset, despite costing nearly 900 for a base model, is intended to "expand the market" of virtual reality headsets.