Holy moly! Valve just hiked the Steam Deck OLED price by almost 50% — but I have two fan-favorite handhelds that are still cheap and you should get instead
- Valve just announced a Steam Deck price hike
- It'll go up by over 40% in the US, and over 30% elsewhere
- No hardware changes are coming with the price increase
Price hikes, even for older gadgets, are standard practice in 2026. None, though, warrants as loud a ‘WTF’ as Valve saying its Steam Deck OLEDs are going to cost close to 50% more in some regions, with smaller but still major price hikes landing elsewhere.
Per a blog post announcement where Valve revealed the handhelds are back in stock, it also dropped the pricing bomb. The $549 / £479 / AU$899 512GB model will now set you back $789 / £649 / AU$1,199 — representing a $240 / £170 / AU$300 increase or a 43% increase in the US (and closer to 35% in the UK and Australia).
Meanwhile, the 1TB OLEDSteam Deck will cost $949 / £779 /...
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