SteamOS, PC and Valve

Valve Expands SteamOS Beyond Steam Deck, Challenging Windows Gaming Dominance
Valve partners with Lenovo to expand SteamOS beyond Steam Deck, challenging Windows' gaming dominance with optimized handheld experience.
Valve will power a Lenovo portable gaming PC as SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion Go
SteamOS Is Coming To More PC Gaming Handhelds, Starting With Lenovo's New Unit
It's official: Valve's SteamOS will be available on more platforms soon, and the first handheld PC gaming device to adopt the operating system will be the new Lenovo Legion Go S. At CES 2025, it was revealed that the slim Lenovo unit will run on the Linux-based OS--, the same one used on Valve's Steam Deck.
Lenovo’s Legion Go S is the first non-Valve SteamOS gaming handheld
The Steam Deck is no longer the only SteamOS-based gaming handheld on the market. A more expensive Windows version of the Legion Go S will be available first.
Steam Ate Microsoft's Lunch On PC, It's About To Do The Same On Handhelds
Valve’s handheld device, the Steam Deck, wasn’t the first portable gaming PC ever created, but it is by the far the most successful. And like Steam becoming the de facto way people play PC games in 2025,
Hands On: Lenovo Legion Go PC Gaming Handhelds Get New Designs, SteamOS
The Legion Go S is a streamlined PC gaming handheld and the first with SteamOS since Steam Deck; the Go 2 is a full sequel. The Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop also gets a silicon boost.
Lenovo Announces New PC Gaming Handhelds: Legion Go 2, Go S
Lenovo has announced two new iterations on the Legion Go, a PC gaming handheld it released in October 2023. The Legion Go 2 will be a beefier—and likely pricier—version of Len
Lenovo Announces World's First Non-Valve Handheld PC with SteamOS
Lenovo has finally announced a new line of Legion Go handheld PCs, with one that will come installed with SteamOS out of the box. The new model is called the Legion Go S, and it's the world's first handheld PC from a third-party manufacturer using Valve's operating system.
Microsoft is finally fighting back against the rise of SteamOS by overhauling Windows 11 to be better on handhelds
Windows 11 is often cited as the worst thing about handheld gaming PCs - but it looks like Microsoft could soon fix this.
Microsoft states that combining Xbox and Windows is the key to handhelds after SteamOS declares war
Microsoft plans to merge Windows and Xbox for handheld gaming in 2025 Valve's SteamOS aims to be integrated into all gaming handhelds Microsoft must succeed with its hybrid to compete with Valve's expansion efforts.
Interview: Valve talks SteamOS on third-party handhelds
The Steam Deck has been the biggest PC gaming hardware story of the last few years. So it’s no surprise that the idea of running SteamOS (perhaps the most celebrated component of that machine) on other handhelds like the Legion Go S is also a big deal.
The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition
Back in 2017, when the original Switch launched, there wasn’t anything like it. The Switch’s successor will compete in a much ...
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on ...
SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S handheld gaming PC, the gears are well and truly turning. Revealed to be the ...
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SteamOS Is Officially Launching on a System That's Not By Valve
Valve's SteamOS officially expands to third-party devices, with an upcoming handheld gaming PC set to ship with the Steam ...
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
The official launch of the "Powered by SteamOS" program has been a long time coming; Valve's Lawrence Yang said as far back as 2022 that the company is "excited to see people make their own SteamOS ...