For decades gamers have seen Valve as a game developer and as a publisher with the content platform Steam. Recently Valve got into the game console market with the Steam Deck. The Steam Deck functions as a portable handheld tablet in that the user can play games from their Steam account as well as use software from the account, such as Google Chrome.

The pricing for a Steam Deck depends on how much the consumer wants to spend on a SSD drive before a SD card is factored into the purchase. This does change the build of the device and the overall features that it can do. This review covers a 512 GB Steam Deck, which is $700 USD with taxes.

Games and playability on the go is a big draw on a Steam Deck as well as a Nintendo Switch with the Steam Deck having a slight upper hand in performance to an original generations Switch.