Valve · Gaming
Valve Steam Deck OLED
Averages 8.6 out of ten across 12 published outlet scores, which span 3 points. bitcritiq has not used this product, and this page carries no score of ours.
$789 · list price at store.steampowered.com, read Nov 1, 2026
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What each outlet scored it
| Outlet | Score | Out of ten |
|---|---|---|
| GamesRadar+ | 5 / 5 | 10 |
| IGN | 9 / 10 | 9 |
| Trusted Reviews | 4.5 / 5 | 9 |
| Tom's Guide | 4.5 / 5 | 9 |
| Digital Trends | 9 / 10 | 9 |
| PC Gamer | 89 / 100 | 8.9 |
| Notebookcheck | 89 / 100 | 8.9 |
| PCMag | 4 / 5 | 8 |
| TechRadar | 4 / 5 | 8 |
| Tom's Hardware | 4 / 5 | 8 |
| The Verge | 8 / 10 | 8 |
| Wired | 7 / 10 | 7 |
Star ratings are doubled to reach a ten-point scale; outlets already scoring out of ten are unchanged. The average above is the mean of this column.
Who it suits
Best for no fuss
The highest average here, and the only full marks, from GamesRadar+. Wired calls its software beginner-friendly, and Tom's Guide says it set a new standard for competitors to follow.
Where it falls down. The reviews date from 2023 and 2024, before Valve raised the price by $240, so they scored a cheaper machine. Tom's Hardware finds it slightly behind Z1 Extreme machines, and The Verge says the newest big games are leaving it behind.
Specifications
- APU
- Custom AMD APU
- Memory
- 16GB
- Storage
- 512GB or 1TB SSD (1TB as reviewed); the price shown is the 512GB model, $949 for 1TB at Valve
- Display
- OLED
- Battery
- Valve claims 30–50% longer than the original LCD model
- OS
- SteamOS
- Platform
- Linux with Proton compatibility layer
Where this sits against the alternatives
This product is one of the picks on The Best Gaming Handhelds of 2026, According to the Reviews, which compares it against the others that cleared the same three-outlet bar.
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