Steam Deck
It's from 2022, when you were 16.
- Maker
- Valve
- Type
- Handheld gaming PC
- Debuted
- 2022
- Note
- Runs Linux-based SteamOS — yet plays your existing Windows-game library via the Proton layer
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About
As of 2026, it's 4 years old.
After Valve's earlier hardware flirtations fizzled, the Steam Deck finally cracked it: a chunky handheld PC that boots straight into your entire Steam library and just plays it. Years of "why can't I play my PC games on the couch?" answered in one brick.
It quietly kicked off the modern handheld-PC boom, sending Asus, Lenovo, and friends scrambling to copy a category Valve made cool. Not bad for the company that once couldn't count to three.
The little Linux brick that put a gaming PC in your backpack — and a fire under the whole industry.
Steam Deck through the years
Launch
Valve ships the Deck and revives its hardware reputation overnight.
OLED rivals swarm
Asus ROG Ally and others pile into the category Valve created.
