{"id":673306,"date":"2026-11-03T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673306\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T03:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:30:09","slug":"steam-frame-has-arrived-in-valves-latest-steam-survey-and-its-already-more-popular-than-psvr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673306\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Frame has arrived in Valve’s latest Steam survey, and it’s already more popular than PSVR 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New month, new Steam Hardware & Software Survey to delve into. And when it comes to VR headset market share, one of the first things we noticed is the influx of new Steam Frame<\/a> owners. This time last month, Valve\u2019s new headset wasn\u2019t yet visible on the monthly survey, though it was retroactively added<\/a> with just 0.41% of market share. But right now, it sits at more than 4%.<\/p>\n

Meta Quest 3 remains top of the pack with more than 27% of users, while the more budget-friendly Quest 3S<\/a> enjoys just over 11% of market share. Unsurprisingly, the discontinued Quest 2 declines further, and the Valve Index has dipped below 10% after its own discontinuation<\/a> last month, despite Valve selling off remaining stock (including peripherals) with a 20% discount.<\/p>\n

VR headsets in Steam Survey October 2026<\/p>\n

Valve has now published its monthly data for VR headset usage. For reference, just 1.75% of all Steam users own a VR headset (and have used it with their system), so it\u2019s still a niche area in the grand scheme of things. Either way, the Steam Frame seems to be enjoying a successful start following its launch in September \u2013 Valve continues to work through its reservation system<\/a>, with more order invites due to be sent by December or early 2027.<\/p>\n

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VR HeadsetSeptember 2026October 2026Change (pp)Meta Quest 326.91%27.27%+0.36Oculus Quest 225.80%22.23%-3.57Meta Quest 3S11.08%11.04%-0.04Valve Index HMD10.83%9.90%-0.93Pico 44.76%4.50%-0.26Valve Steam Frame0.41%4.13%+3.72Oculus Rift S3.40%3.26%-0.14Sony PS VR22.31%2.41%+0.10HTC Vive2.26%2.00%-0.26Windows Mixed Reality1.85%1.79%-0.06Oculus Rift1.80%1.67%-0.13Meta Quest Pro1.53%1.58%+0.05Bigscreen Beyond1.28%1.31%+0.03Pimax HMD0.67%0.71%+0.04HTC Vive Pro0.72%0.69%-0.03Pico Neo 30.65%0.65%-0.00HTC Vive Pro 20.58%0.49%-0.09Oculus Quest0.43%0.44%+0.01iVRy0.40%0.33%-0.07HTC VIVE Focus Vision0.29%0.32%+0.03HTC Vive Cosmos0.15%0.17%+0.02HTC VIVE XR Elite0.16%0.16%-0.00Riftcat Vridge0.14%0.10%-0.04Varjo Aero0.04%0.04%+0.00Oculus Rift DK20.01%0.03%+0.02Sony PlayStation VR0.02%0.02%+0.00Other1.49%2.76%+1.27<\/p>\n

As the newest major headset on the market, the Steam Frame enjoys the biggest growth over the past month, and it\u2019s already notably more popular than the PlayStation VR2<\/a> on Steam. It\u2019s also more popular than the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S. Sony\u2019s PSVR2 was originally launched with exclusive support for the PS5, but an official PC adapter<\/a> did finally arrive in August 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[61,60,80,210,211,212],"class_list":["post-673306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}