Steam Deck Gets Major Price Hike of Up to $300 Overseas
The steep price increase on existing hardware raises questions about the affordability of Valve's next-generation devices, especially as no pricing has been announced for the upcoming Steam Machine.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Valve announced on May 28 that the Steam Deck OLED models have received a significant price increase in regions outside Japan. The OLED 512GB model rose from $549 to $789, and the OLED 1TB model jumped from $649 to $949-an increase of up to $300. Valve attributed the revision to rising component costs and global logistics conditions. In Japan, the devices remain sold out and no price change was announced for that market, though a 15,000 yen increase had already been applied in February 2026. The price hike has drawn concern from the overseas community, with notable journalist Tom Warren commenting that the increase is a bad sign for the pricing of future Valve hardware, such as the unannounced Steam Machine. The Steam Deck OLED is sold through Valve's official partner KOMODO, and both models are currently out of stock in Japan.
Valve announced the restock and price revision on Steam. The new prices vary by region: the OLED 512GB model now costs $789 in the United States, CAD 1,129 in Canada, EUR 779 in Europe, GBP 649 in the United Kingdom, AUD 1,199 in Australia, and PLN 3,279 in Poland. The OLED 1TB model is set at $949 USD, CAD 1,349, EUR 919, GBP 779, AUD 1,429, and PLN 3,879.
In Japanese yen terms, the OLED 512GB has risen from about 88,000 yen to about 126,000 yen, and the OLED 1TB from about 100,000 yen to about 150,000 yen. Japan was excluded from this revision because a 15,000 yen increase was already applied at the end of February 2026. However, the underlying cost increases may eventually affect distribution within Japan, according to Automaton.
The Steam Deck runs on SteamOS, based on Arch Linux, and uses a compatibility layer called Proton to run Windows games. It can also launch games from stores other than Steam, such as the Epic Games Store and GOG.com. Both OLED models are currently sold out on KOMODO's sales page, and an announcement may come alongside the next restock.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.