Valve discounts the Steam Deck for Black Friday, cutting the price enough to make its popular handheld PC more affordable than the original Switch.

Gaming handhelds are getting more expensive, but this great one just got more affordable in time for the holidays.

For Black Friday, you might want to splurge on a discounted Steam Deck instead of saving your money for the no doubt pricier Steam Machine. 2026 stands to be an intriguing year for video games, now that Valve is renewing its efforts to break into the hardware market by reviving its Steam Machine concept,

The 256 GB LCD Steam Deck is reduced to $319.20 at the Steam store, down from its full list price of $399. That makes it less than half the price of the premium 1 TB OLED model, and also $130 less than a Nintendo Switch 2. The offer will be available until Dec. 1.

The Steam Deck LCD is currently over $80 cheaper than usual, but there's sadly no discount for the OLED model.

Amazon's Black Friday sale is already underway ahead of the year's biggest shopping day, and you can score some pretty great early deals right now, including a Samsung 1TB microSDXC card for $79.99.

Blue Prince, Borderlands 4, Silent Hill f, Metal Eden, Oblivion Remastered, and Battlefield 6 are all cheaper than normal on Valve's digital store

However, while that's still nowhere near being released, two things have just won me over. First, Valve has launched its first ever Steam Black Friday sale with quality games for as low as £1 / $1. And second, a 5-star SteamOS gaming handheld many believe is better than the Steam Deck now has a great Black Friday discount.

There is a fantastic range of games getting discounted, too, including 50% off EA Sports FC 26, 15% off Battlefield 6, a whopping 67% (6 7!) off Risk of Rain 2, 20% off Helldivers 2, 34% off the glorious Blue Prince, and 8% Dead by Daylight.