Valve just released 50 tons of games in two days

We don’t know yet when the Valve will start the Steam Machinebut we don’t have to wait long. Valve just shipped about 50 tons of “Game Consoles” to the United States in a two-day period between May 1 and April 30, according to external records seen by Seaside.

That’s over a “ton” of cargo Valve watcher Brad Lynch mentioned at the end of last week – and there is reason to believe that these containers have new content Steam Machines or Steam version inside, not an additional Steam Deck handheld unit. (Steam Deck is also designated as “Game Console” for ordering purposes.)

While Valve’s partners ran out of shipments after Christmas 2025, they appear to be bouncing back, with nearly 100 tons of the product moving to the US in the past two months. During that time, cargo ships with names such as Ever Logic and Ever Shine have brought ten 40-foot containers from China to Los Angeles, CA and Tacoma, WA, weighing 127,228 kilograms (140 US tons) in total.

Each of the 40-foot containers can weigh more than 3,700kg when empty, so there is less than 140 tonnes of actual goods entering the US. But even accounting for the containers, Valve’s new containers are significantly heavier than their predecessors – meaning they may have something new inside.

For several years now, each of Valve’s 40-foot containers to cross the ocean has been storing 42 packages weighing about 14,500kg (32,000lbs), foreign documents show. This was most recently the case on April 18, when Ever Sigma placed a 14,322kg, 42-pack in Tacoma, Washington with Valve partner Ingram Micro. Maybe it still has Steam Decks inside and not Steam Machines?

But a few days later, Ever Shine delivered the lightest container of 12,608kg (27,800lbs) to Tacoma, with 42 packages. The entry records show that Valve’s partners did not change to a lighter container; it is still a 40-foot model that weighs about 3,700kg when empty.

Valve has sent at least seven of these since April 23, weighing about 12,600kg. Subtract the weight of the containers, and you get 53,124kg of products, packaging, pallets, and travel covers, or about 50 tons of “Game Consoles.”

Just remember that 50 tons is not a lot! Valve says that a Steam Machine weighs 2.6kg (about 5.73lbs) per contract, so the current volume of shipments could add up to less than 20,000 Steam Machines, especially if each of them is already built with a controller or other items that increase the weight of each package. (Valve told us Bundles may be available.)

The Steam Controller seems to have it already sold out on launch day. Unless Valve plans to make more products, the Steam Machine can go very fast. I’m not sure about Steam Frame, although I personally enjoy the competition in the gaming market.

It is still possible everything of these containers have a handheld Steam Deck inside, and something that makes the weight change. Either way, Valve is finally getting back on track. Valve maker Pierre-Loup Griffis he recently told us the company was “hard at work trying to deal” with the situation in its hands you can buy that one tootoo.