{"id":679021,"date":"2026-07-07T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:58:13","slug":"steam-frame-pre-order-guide-how-to-reserve-valves-vr-headset-when-the-time-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679021\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Frame pre-order guide: how to reserve Valve\u2019s VR headset when the time comes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steam<\/a>(Credit: Valve)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 Valve could implement a randomized reservation queue for Steam Frame pre-orders<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4f It did so for the Steam Machine pre-order and Steam Controller restock as a fairer way of getting hardware into the right hands<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4d To get a Steam Frame, your account will need to be in good standing and you\u2019ll have needed to have made a purchase before a certain date<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude4f You may need to register interest in a specific model and then wait to be picked for a place in line<\/p>\n

We\u2019re anticipating that the Steam Frame, Valve\u2019s long-awaited next VR headset, is going up for pre-order soon \u2013 as and when it does, here\u2019s how you should be able to get your hands on one.<\/p>\n

Using the Steam Machine as a guide, we have an idea of what Valve will do when it comes to Steam Frame pre-orders.<\/p>\n

To prevent headsets from getting into the wrong hands, it\u2019s likely Valve will implement a reservation system in a similar vein to the Steam Machine\u2019s pre-order<\/a> and the Steam Controller restock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This means you\u2019ll be able to sign up for the model or bundle you\u2019re interested in, and once a certain date has passed, a onetime randomization will determine the reservation and waitlist order.<\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/a>(Credit: Valve)<\/p>\n

This was deemed a fairer process for the Steam Machine, and should mean the hardware gets into the right hands. Valve has said previously that it underestimated the demand for the Steam Controller when it first launched<\/a>, which was snapped up by bots and scalpers, people with fast internet connections and similar things as listings went live at a certain time.<\/p>\n

By offering a more staggered approach, its idea is to get hardware into the right hands, with extra validations on accounts \u2013 with both the Steam Controller restock and Steam Machine pre-order, Valve required your account to be in good standing, and you\u2019ll need to have made a purchase before the end of April, 2026. If the Steam Frame is the same as the Machine, the headset will be limited to one per household.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>(Credit: Valve)<\/p>\n

Based on the determined reservation order, you\u2019ll either then receive one of two emails: one that says you\u2019ve been added to the reservation queue with a Steam Frame in your name, or that you\u2019re on the waitlist.<\/p>\n

For the former, as units become available, people in the queue will receive an email with a link to purchase.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re anticipating the Steam Frame to launch in a few short weeks<\/a>, according to insider Brad Lynch<\/a>, who noted a similar launch timeline to the Steam Machine with the state of Valve\u2019s internal prep for getting the device ready to go.<\/p>\n

Valve is undertaking extensive backend work ahead of the headset\u2019s official release, as it did with the Steam Machine and Steam Controller, plus there has been a steady stream of shipments of the device in recent weeks<\/a>, suggesting we\u2019re very close to the long-awaited release date.<\/p>\n

Up next: Steam Frame\u2019s first virtual environment revealed \u2013 and Valve Index owners will feel right at home<\/a><\/p>\n

Reece Bithrey is a journalist with bylines for Trusted Reviews, Digital Foundry, PC Gamer, TechRadar and more. He also has his own blog, UNTITLED, and graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in International History and Politics in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Valve) \ud83d\udc49 Valve could implement a randomized reservation queue for Steam Frame pre-orders \ud83d\udc4f It did so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[86,56,54,55,4297,4298,4299],"class_list":["post-679021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}