Steam Controller will cost AU$149 in Australia, go on sale 3am on May 6
Valve has officially announced the release date and price for the new Steam Controller
Valve has officially announced the release date and price for the new Steam Controller, after reviews and other details of the device leaked.
From Valve's press release:
Steam Controller is built with all the inputs to play all of your games on Steam however you like to play them: PC, laptop, Steam Deck, and any device running Steam or Steam Link (including Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs). It is also designed to work with the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame.
The controller has magnetic thumbsticks with TMR technology, technically different to Hall effect but similarly anti-drift and precise. It also features trackpads with a similar look to the Steam Deck (which we loved in our review here).
The Steam Controller also features grip buttons, "grip-enabled Gyro" that Valve calls "Grip Sense" and uses a unique wireless puck for apparently more reliable and consistent communication than standard Bluetooth.
Valve says it supports 35+ hours of gameplay from a single charge. It'll be releasing May 4th, 2026, at 10 am San Francisco time. In other regions it will cost:
US: $99 USD / Canada: $149 CAD / EU: €99 / UK: £85 / AUD 149 / PLN 419
And it launches in "U.S., CA, U.K., EU, and AU; as well as in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan through an official distributor (Komodo Station)".
